This project recognizes the community's primary role as repositories of resource management regimes evolved by the people who lived in such close proximity like Agta/Alta/Dumagat people of Aurora. The endangered Aurora Dumagat are composed of at least three ethnolinguistic groups (Casiguran Agta, Umiray Dumagat and Central Aurora Alta) who are believed to be part of the original wave of migrations to the eastern part of Luzon 20,000 years ago. The endangered Agta/Alta/Dumagat peoples of Aurora have a role in managing the resources and conserving the wealth in biodiversity of the Sierra Madre.

This project will begin to lay the groundwork for the future scenario where the Agta peoples, the citizen, local government and industries of Aurora can have a meaningful dialogue over the utilization and sustainable management of the wealth in biodiversity of the Central Sierra Madre.

This project will enhanced policy environment conducive to the enactment of pro-conservation and pro-ancestral domain local ordinances and legislation. Indicators of accomplishment of project outputs include training modules, and documentation, biodiversity appraisal document, maps of ancestral domain, evidences gathered in support of ancestral domain claims and other official documents. The endangered Agta/Alta/Dumagat people of Aurora have a role in managing the resources and conserving the wealth in biodiversity of the Sierra Madre. Ensuring their continued survival have a decisive impact on the conservation of the living wealth of the province, especially their role as stewards, owners, and capable managers of their ancestral domain.