Descriptive Analytics Analysis as Support for Ancestral Domain Preservation: Empirical Evidence Generation as support for Decision Making

Abstract

Ancestral domain refers to the lands, territories, and resources possessed and administered collectively by indigenous peoples, such as the indigenous communities of the Philippines. Indigenous peoples who have inhabited and cared for these regions for generations attach great cultural, spiritual, and economic significance to them. Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 acknowledged for the first time the idea of ancestral domain in the Philippines. However, the IPRA’s implementation and the preservation of ancestral properties in the Philippines have encountered obstacles. There have been instances of unlawful logging, mining, and land appropriation in ancestral domains, typically with the participation of local government officials and influential persons. This has resulted in the uprooting of indigenous populations and the devastation of their land and resources. This research aimed to analyze the data in relation to tree planting activities initiated by several advocates, especially the Father Saturnino Urios University Foundation. Which aims, helping to preserve and saving Ancestral Land. This research employs data mining activity and develops insights according to generated patterns. Descriptive analytics is the branch of data analysis that involves summarizing and describing data. It typically involves using statistics, data visualization, and other techniques to identify patterns and trends in data. Descriptive analytics can be used to understand the characteristics of data and to communicate those characteristics to others. Further, the results show that tree planting activities conducted by some advocates resulted in good results, since planted trees near the watershed have had a survival rate of 92.28 (%) percent and around 43,270 seedlings planted in 88.05 hectares. On the other hand, abaca have been planted in the area for the livelihood of IP situated in the area, have a survival rate of 96 (%) percent. This result is the output of an ongoing rehabilitation of the area and effort made by some organization resulted to a good output. However, it needs a long process to maintain and continue to preserve the ancestral land.