Lising, Sarah Dane B. Assignment no.

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DPA 726 Problems and Issues in DA Literature Review Topic

The topic that I would like to undertake for my Dissertation is all about environmental change, adaptive
capacities and development induced displacements among Indigenous Peoples in Quezon Province.
Indigenous Peoples or minority groups are vulnerable to different experiences of migration and
displacement where their well being and development are severely curtailed (Minority Rights Group, 2017).

One interesting condition for analysis in order to have a better appreciation of the interplay between
environmental change, displacements, adaptive capacities and development is the case of Indigenous
People in Quezon Province. A large crowd of Indigenous People particularly the Dumagats can be found
in the town of General Nakar, while few of them can be spotted in three municipalities of Polilio Island.
The Dumagats have been relocated to more than 47 settlements areas by the government (Escamilas, 2012).
While the Badjao tribe who have been greatly affected by the effects of armed conflicts and poverty forced
them to leave their home seas and settle in various urban areas in the Philippines such as Quezon Province.

Surprisingly, the focus of researches in the last few decades has circled in the major streams related to land
rights, socio-economic situations, political culture, cultural expression and language disappearances.
Although there are many literatures containing discussions about IP displacement but these were usually
taken from other social sciences such as psychology. Hence, the reseacher envisions through this paper to
fill in the research gaps by specifically putting more emphasis on the interplay of environmental change,
displacements, adaptive capacities and development of Indigenous People to gather bases on how to
holistically address the concerns of these tribes through sound policy.

The literature review which I will be undertaking in the upcoming days through this subject will greatly
augment the limited and scarce materials and references that I gathered for the topic. This will aid me in
polishing my dissertation topic which I firmly believed will be of great significance for policy making in
relation to the welfare of the Indigenous People.