SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC }

OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Second Regular Session
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'15 MAR 17 P7 :26

SENATE
SENATEBILLNd"

27.12

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(In substitution o/SBN 320,321,322,323,324,326,327,329,697, 762,1044,1045,1047,

Prepared jointly by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and on Finance
with Senators Cayetano (P.), Escudero, Ejercito Estrada, Binay, and Legarda as authors

AN ACT
AMENDING, THEREBY STRENGTHENING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS) ACT OF 1992,
DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING AS PROTECTED AREAS AND BUFFER ZONES THE
PARCELS OF LAND DESIGNATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586, PROVIDING FOR THEIR
MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House a/Representatives a/the Philippines in Congress assembled:

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SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known and referred to as the

"EXPANDED National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of [1992} 2015".

SEC. 2. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2.

Dec/aration of Policy. - Cognizant of the profound impact of

[man's] HUMAN activities on all components of the natural environment

particularly the effect of increasing population, resource exploitation and

industrial advancement and recognizing the critical importance of protecting

and maintaining the natural biological and physical diversities of the

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environment notably on areas with biologically unique features to sustain

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human life and development, as well as plant and animal life, it is hereby

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declared the policy of the State to secure for the Filipino people of present and

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future generations the perpetual existence of all native plants and animals

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through the establishment of a comprehensive system of integrated protected

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areas within the classification of national park as provided for in the

Constitution.

It is hereby recognized that these areas, although distinct in features,

possess common ecological values that may be incorporated into a holistic plan

representative of our natural heritage; that effective administration of these

areas is possible only through cooperation among national government, local

government and concerned private organizations; that the use and enjoyment of

these protected areas must be consistent with the principles of biological

diversity and sustainable development.

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To this end, there is hereby established a National Integrated Protected

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Areas System (NlPAS)['1 which shall encompass outstandingly remarkable areas

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and biologically important public lands that are habitats of rare and endangered

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species of plants and animals, biogeographic zones and related ecosystems,

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whether terrestrial, wetland or marine, all of which shall be designated as

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"protected areas".

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THE STATE SHALL ENSURE THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS

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ACT, THE MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL

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MECHANISMS HEREIN ESTABLISHED, AND THE FULL SCIENTIFIC AND

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TECHNICAL SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

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AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE ECOSYSTEMS, CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL

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PRACTICES."

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SEC. 3. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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"SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the following

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terms shall be defined as follows:

"National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)" is the

classification and administration of all deSignated protected areas to maintain

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essential ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic

diversity, to ensure sustainable use of resources found therein, and to maintain

their natural conditions to the greatest extent possible;

(b)

"Protected Area" refers to identified portions ofland and water set

, aside by reason of their unique physical and biological significance, managed to

enhance biological diversity and protected against destructive human

exploitation;

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"Buffer zones" are identified areas outside the boundaries of and

immediately adjacent to designated protected areas pursuant to Section 8 that

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need special development control in order to avoid or minimize harm to the

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protected area;

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(d)

"Indigenous cultural community" refers to a group of people

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sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions and other distinctive

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cultural traits and who have since time immemorial, occupied, possessed and

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utilized a territory;

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(e)

"National park" refers to [a forest reservation essentially of natural

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wilderness character which has been withdrawn from settlement, occupancy or

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any form of exploitation except in conformity with approved management plan

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and set aside as such exclusivelY to conserve the area or preserve the scenery,

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the natural and historic objects, wild animals and plants therein and to provide

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enjoyment of these features in such areas] THE LANDS OF THE PUBLIC

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DOMAIN CLASSIFIED AS SUCH IN THE 1987 CONSTITUTION WHICH

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INCLUDE ALL AREAS UNDER THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED

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AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS) PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586

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PRIMARILY DESIGNATED FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATIVE PLANTS

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AND ANIMALS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATED HABITATS AND CULTURAL

DIVERSITY;

(I)

"Natural monuments" is a relatively small area focused on

protection of small features to protect or preserve nationally significant natural

features on account of their special interest or unique characteristics;

(g)

"Natural biotic area" is an area set aside to allow the way of life of

societies living in harmony with the environment to adapt to modern technology

at their pace;

(h)

"Natural park" is a relatively large area not materially altered by

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human activity where extractive resource uses are not allowed and maintained

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to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or international

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significance for scientific, educational and recreational use;

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(i)

"Protected

landscapes/seascapes"

are

areas

of

national

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significance which are characterized by the harmonious interaction of man and

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land while providing opportunities for public enjoyment through recreation and

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tourism within the normal lifestyle and economic activity of these areas;

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"Resource reserve" is an extensive and relatively isolated and

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uninhabited area normally with difficult access designated as such to protect

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natural resources of the area for future use and prevent or contain development

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activities that could affect the resource pending the establishment of objectives

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which are based upon appropriate knowledge and planning;

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(k)

"Strict nature reserve" is an area possessing some outstanding

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ecosystem, features and/or species of flora and fauna of national scientific

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importance maintained to protect nature and maintain processes in an

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undisturbed state in order to have ecologically representative examples of the

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natural environment available for scientific study, environmental monitoring,

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education, and for the maintenance of genetic resources in a dynamic and

evolutionary state;

(I)

"Tenured migrant communities" are communities within protected

areas which have actually and continuously occupied such areas for five (5)

years before the designation of the same as protected areas in accordance with

this Act and are solely dependent therein for subsistence; [and]

(m) "Wildlife sanctuary" comprises an area which assures the natural

conditions necessary to protect nationally significant species, groups of species,

biotic communities or physical features of the environment where these may

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require specific human manipulations for their perpetuation;

"BIOPROSPECTING" REFERS ,TO THE RESEARCH, COLLECTION

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AND UTILIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC RESOURCES FOR

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PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE DERIVED THEREFROM SOLELY

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FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES;

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(0)

"BY-PRODUCTS OR DERWATlVES" REFER TO ANY PART TAKEN

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'OR SUBSTANCE EXTRACTED FROM WILDLIFE, IN RAW OR IN PROCESSED

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FORM, THIS INCLUDES STUFFED ANIMALS AND HERBARIUM SPECIMENS;

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(P)

"COLLECTION" OR COLLECTING" REFERS TO THE ACT OF

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GATHERING

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DERIVATIVES;

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(Q)

OR

HARVESTING

WILDLIFE,

ITS

BY-PRODUCTS

OR

"CORALS" REFER TO ALL BOTTOM DWELLING ANIMALS

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UNDER THE PHYLUM CNlDARIA WHICH ARE A MAJOR PART OF THE REEF

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COMMUNITY, THE DEFINITION INCLUDES FOUR (4) TYPES OF CORALS: (1)

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THOSE THAT PRODUCE A HARD SKELETON OF CALCIUM CARBONATE SUCH

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AS ALL SCLERACTINIAN CORALS, THE HYDROZOAN CORALS (FIRECORALS),

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AND THE BLUE AND RED CORALS UNDER THE GENERA HELIOPORA AND

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TUBIPORA; (2) THE ANTIPATHARIAN OR BLACK CORALS WITH A RIGID,

CHITINOLUS SKELETON; (3) THE GORGONIANS WITH A HORNY AND/OR

CALCAREOUS AXIS; AND (4) THE SOFT BODIED ANTHOZOANS SUCH AS SEA

ANEMONES,AND THE SOFT CORALS UNDER THE SYSTEMATICAL GROUP OF

ALCYONARIA OR OCTOCORALLlA;

(R)

"CONVEYANCE" SHALL INCLUDE EVERY DESCRIPTION OF

VESSEL, INCLUDING MOTORIZED OR NON-MOTORIZED VEHICLES, NON-

DISPLACEMENT CRAFTS AND SEAPLANES, USED OR CAPABLE OF BEING

USED AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ON LAND OR WATER. IT SHALL

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INCLUDE EVERYTHING FOUND THEREIN, EXCEPT PERSONAL EFFECTS;

"DELINEATION" REFERS TO THE ACTUAL GROUND SURVEY OF

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THE BOUNDARIES OF PROTECTED AREAS AND/OR THEIR BUFFER ZONES

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AND MANAGEMENT ZONES USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) OR

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OTHER APPLICABLE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

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WITH THE INTENTION TO COME UP WITH A MAP OF THE AREA;

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(T)

"DEMARCATION" REFERS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE

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BOUNDARIES OF PROTECTED AREAS AND/OR THEIR BUFFER ZONES AND

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MANAGEMENT ZONES USING VISIBLE MARKERS/MONUMENTS, BUOYS IN

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CASE OF MARINE AREAS, AND KNOWN NATURAL FEATURES/LANDMARKS,

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AMONG OTHERS, AS A RESULT OF THE ACTUAL GROUND DELINEATION;

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(U)

"ENDEMIC SPECIES" REFERS TO THE SPECIES OR SUBSPECIES

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OF FLORA AND FAUNA WHICH ARE NATURALLY OCCURRING AND FOUND

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ONLY WITHIN SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE COUNTRY;

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(V)

"EXOTIC SPECIES" REFERS TO THE SPECIES OR SUBSPECIES OF

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FLORA AND FAUNA WHICH DO NOT NATURALLY OCCUR WITHIN THE

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PROTECTED AREA AT PRESENT OR IN HISTORICAL TIME;

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(W) "EXPLOITATION" REFERS TO ANY MODE OF USE, EXTRACTION,

DEVELOPMENT, UTILIZATION OR DISPOSITION OF RESOURCES, FOR

WHATEVER PURPOSE, WHETHER COMMERCIAL OR OTHERWISE;

(X)

"EXPLORATION"

REFERS

TO

THE

SEARCHING

OR

PROSPECTING FOR MINERAL RESOURCES, AS DEFINED BY LAW, BY

GEOLOGICAL, GEO-CHEMICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, REMOTE

SENSING,

TUNNELING OR ANY OTHER MEANS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING

THE EXISTENCE, EXTENT, QUANTITY AND QUALITY THEREOF AND THE

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TEST

PITTING,

TRENCHING,

DRILLING,

SHAFT

SINKING,

FEASIBILITY OF MINING THEM FOR PROFIT;

"EXPLOSIVES" REFER TO DYNAMITE OR OTHER CHEMICAL

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COMPOUNDS THAT CONTAIN COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENTS OR INGREDIENTS

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WHICH UPON IGNITION BY FRICTION, CONCUSSION, PERCUSSION OR

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DETONATION OF ALL OR PARTS OF THE COMPOUND WILL KILL, STUPEFY,

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DISABLE OR RENDER UNCONSCIOUS ANY SPECIES. IT ALSO REFERS TO ANY

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OTHER SUBSTANCE AND/OR DEVICE, INCLUDING BLASTING CAPS OR ANY

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OTHER COMPONENT OR PART OF DEVICES, WHICH CAUSES AN EXPLOSION

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THAT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE SAID HARMFUL EFFECTS ON ANY

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RESOURCES AND CAPABLE OF DAMAGING AND ALTERING THE NATURAL

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HABITAT;

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(l)

"GEAR" REFERS TO ANY INSTRUMENT OR DEVICE AND ITS

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ACCESSORIES UTILIZED IN TAKING, CATCHING, GATHERING, KILLING,

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HUNTING,

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RESOURCES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA;

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(AA)

DESTROYING,

DISTURBING,

REMOVING

OR

POSSESSING

"GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOS)" REFER TO

ANY LIVING ORGANISM THAT POSSESSES A NOVEL COMBINATION OF

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GENETIC MATERIAL OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF MODERN

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

(BB)

"HABITAT"

REFERS

TO

PLACE

OR

TYPE

OF

ENVIRONMENT WHERE SPECIES OR SUBSPECIES NATURALLY OCCURS OR

HAS NATURALLY ESTABLISHED ITS POPULATION:

(cq

"HUNTING" REFERS TO THE COLLECTION OF WILD FAUNA

FOR FOOD AND/OR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES WITH THE USE OF

WEAPONS SUCH AS GUNS, BOW AND ARROW, SPEARS, TRAPS AND SNARES

AND THE LIKE:

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(DD)

"INVASIVE

ALlEN

SPECIES"

REFERS

TO

SPECIES

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INTRODUCED DELIBERATELY OR UNINTENTIONALLY OUTSIDE THEIR

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NATURAL HABITATS WHERE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH

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THEMSELVES, INVADE, OUT-COMPETE NATIVES AND TAKE OVER THE

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NEW ENVIRONMENTS;

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(EE)

"KAYAKAS" REFERS TO THE FISHING METHOD KNOWN AS

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THE LOCAL VERSION OF THE MURO-AMI BUT SMALLER IN SIZE, USING

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BAMBOO OR TRUNK TREES AS SCARING DEVICES ASIDE FROM COCONUT

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OR OTHER LEAVES OR MATERIALS TO DRIVE THE FISHES AND OTHER

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MARINE RESOURCES OUT OF THE CORAL REEFS, AT THE SAME TIME

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POUNDING THE CORALS:

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(FF)

"MANAGEMENT PLAN" REFERS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL

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FRAMEWORK WHICH SHALL GUIDE ALL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO EACH

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PROTECTED AREA IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACT:

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(GG)

"MINERAL" REFERS TO ALL NATURALLY OCCURRING

INORGANIC SUBSTANCE IN SOLID, GAS, LIQUID, OR ANY INTERMEDIATE

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STATE EXCLUDING ENERGY MATERIALS SUCH AS COAL, PETROLEUM,

NATURAL GAS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

(HH)

"MULTIPLE-USE ZONE" REFERS TO THE AREA WHERE

USE,

LAND

SETTLEMENT,

INCLUDING AGRICULTURE, AGRO-FORESTRY, EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES

AND OTHER INCOME GENERATING OR LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES, MAY BE

ALLOWED TO THE EXTENT PRESCRIBED IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN;

(II)

TRADITIONAL

AND/OR

"MURO-AMI" REFERS TO THE METHOD USED IN REEF

FISHING CONSISTING OF A MOVABLE BAGNET, DETACHABLE WINGS AND

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SCARELINES HAVING PLASTIC STRIPS AND IRON/STEEL/STONE WEIGHTS,

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EFFECTING FISH CAPTURE BY SPREADING THE NET IN AN ARC AROUND

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REEFS OR SHOALS AND, WITH THE USE OF THE SCARELINES, A CORDON OF

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PEOPLE DRIVE THE FISH TOWARDS THE WAITING NET WHILE POUNDING

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THE CORALS BY MEANS OF HEAVY WEIGHTS LIKE IRON/STEEL/STONE OR

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ROCK MAKING IT DESTRUCTIVE TO CORALS;

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OJ)

"NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION (NGO)" REFERS TO

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THE AGENCY, INSTITUTION, FOUNDATION OR A GROUP OF PERSONS

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WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ASSIST PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS/ASSOCIATIONS

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IN VARIOUS WAYS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORGANIZING,

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EDUCATION, TRAINING, RESEARCH AND/OR RESOURCE ACCESSING;

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(KR)

"NONRENEWABLE

RESOURCES"

REFER

TO

THOSE

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RESOURCES THAT CANNOT BE REMADE, REGROWN OR REGENERATED ON

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A SCALE COMPARATIVE TO ITS CONSUMPTION;

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(LL)

"NOXIOUS OR POISONOUS SUBSTANCES" REFER TO ANY

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SUBSTANCE, PLANT EXTRACTS OR JUICE THEREOF, SODIUM CYANIDE

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AND/OR CYANIDE COMPOUND OR, OTHER CHEMICALS EITHER IN RAW OR

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PROCESSED FORM, HARMFUL OR HARMLESS TO HUMAN BEINGS, WHICH

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WILL KILL, STUPEFY, DISABLE OR RENDER UNCONSCIOUS ANY ORGANISM

AND CAPABLE OF DAMAGING AND ALTERING THE NATURAL HABITAT;

(MM)

"PARK OPERA TIONS SUPERINTENDENT (PASU)" REFERS TO

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR)

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE PROTECTED AREA;

(NN)

"PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION (PO)" REFERS TO THE GROUP

OF

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHICH MAY BE AN ASSOCIATION, COOPERATIVE,

FEDERATION, OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, ESTABLISHED TO UNDERTAKE

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COLLECTIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND NEEDS,

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AND MUTUALLY SHARE THE BENEFITS OF THE ENDEAVOR;

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ORGANIZED

(00)

MIGRANT

COMMUNITIES

AND/OR

INTERESTED

"POACHING" REFERS TO THE GATHERING, COLLECTING

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OR POSSESSING ANY PRODUCTS OR NATURAL RESOURCES FROM THE

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PROTECTED AREA, OR IN THE CASE OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS,

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OPERATING

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CORPORATION OR ENTITY THEREIN WITHOUT A PERMIT;

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(PP)

ANY

FOREIGN

FISHING

VESSELS

BY

ANY

PERSON,

"PROTECTED AREA OCCUPANTS" REFERS TO PERSONS

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WHO ARE RESIDING, UTILIZING AND/OR CULTIVATING AREAS WITHIN

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THE PROTECTED AREA; THEY MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS PRIVATE OWNERS,

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TENURED MIGRANTS OR INFORMAL SETTLERS;

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(QQ)

"PROTECTED AREA RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT" REFERS

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TO THE ACCOUNT EACH PROTECTED AREA SHALL ESTABLISH AND

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MAINTAIN FOR THE SEVENTY-FIVE (75%) OF INCOME GENERATED BY THE

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PROTECTED AREA AUTHORIZED TO BE RETAINED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT

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NO. 10629;

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(RR)
DECLARED

"PROTECTED SPECIES" REFERS TO ANY PLANT OR ANIMAL

PROTECTED

UNDER

PHILIPPINE

LAWS,

RULES

AND

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REGULATIONS. THIS SHALL INCLUDE ALL SPECIES LISTED UNDER THE

CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF

WILD FAUNA AND FLORA AND ALL ITS ANNEXES, THE CONVENTION ON

THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES, THOSE SPECIFIED UNDER

THE RED LIST CATEGORIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR

CONSERVATION OF NATURE, OR ANY PLANT OR ANIMAL WHICH THE

PAMB OR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY MAY DEEM NECESSARY FOR

CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION IN THE PROTECTED AREA:

(SS)

"RESOURCES" REFER TO ALL NATURAL ENDOWMENTS,

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WHETHER AQUATIC OR TERRESTRIAL, LIVING OR NON-LIVING, FOUND IN

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THE PROTECTED AREA:

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(TT)

"QUARRYING" REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF EXTRACTING,

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REMOVING AND DISPOSING SAND, GRAVEL, GUANO, LIMESTONE OR ANY

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MATERIAL RESOURCES FOUND ON OR UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE OF

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PRIVATE OR PUBLIC LAND:

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(UU)

"THREA TENED SPECIES" REFERS TO A GENERAL TERM TO

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DENOTE

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ENDANGERED,

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CATEGORIES OF WILDLIFE WHOSE POPULATION IS AT RISK OF

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EXTINCTION:

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SPECIES

(VV)

OR

SUBSPECIES

ENDANGERED

CONSIDERED

VULNERABLE

OR

AS

CRITICALLY

OTHER

ACCEPTED

"WASTE" REFERS TO THE DISCARDED ITEMS OF SOLID,

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LIQUID, CONTAINED GASEOUS OR SEMI-SOLID FORM, FROM WHATEVER

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SOURCE, WHICH MAY CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE DETERIORATION OF

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THE RESOURCES OR HABITATS IN THE PROTECTED AREA: AND

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(WW)

"WILDLIFE" REFERS TO THE WILD FORMS AND VARIETIES

OF FLORA AND FAUNA, IN ALL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES, INCLUDING

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THOSE WHICH ARE IN CAPTIVITY OR ARE BEING BRED, FED OR

PROPAGATED."

SEC. 4. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

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"SEC. 5.

Establishment and Extent of the System - The establishment

and operationalization of the System shall involve the following:

All areas or islands in the Philippines proclaimed, designated or

set aside, pursuant to a law, presidential decree, presidential proclamation or

executive order as national park, game refuge, bird and wildlife sanctuary,

wilderness area, strict nature reserve, watershed, mangrove reserve, fish

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sanctuary,

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landscape/seascape as well as identified virgin forests before the effectivity of

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this Act are hereby tiesignated as initial components of the System. The initial

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components of the System shall be governed by existing laws, rules and

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regulations, not inconsistent with this Act;

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(b)

natural

and

historical

landmark,

protected

and

managed

Within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act, the DENR

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shall submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a map and legal

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descriptions or natural boundaries of each protected area initially comprising

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the System. Such maps and legal description shall, by virtue of this Act,

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constitute the official documentary representation of the entire System, subject

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to such changes as Congress deems necessary;

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(cl

All DENR records pertaining to said protected areas, including

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maps and legal descriptions or natural boundaries, copies of rules and

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regulations governing them, copies ofpubIic notices of, and reports submitted to

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Congress regarding pending additions, eliminations, or modifications shall be

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made available to the public. These legal documents pertaining to protected

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areas shall also be available to the public in the respective DENR Regional

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Offices, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENROsl and

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Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs) where NIPAS

areas are located;

(d)

Within three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act, the DENR

shall study and review each area tentatively composing the System as to its

suitability or non-suitability for preservation as protected area and inclusion in

the System according to the categories established in Section 3 hereof and

report its findings to the President as soon as each study is completed. The study

[must include in] FOR each area SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

(1)

A forest occupants survey;

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(2)

An ethnographic study;

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(3)

A protected area resource profile;

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(4)

Land use plans done in coordination with the respective

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Regional Development Councils; and

Such other background studies as will be sufficient bases for

selection.

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The DENR shall: .

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(i)

Notif'y the public of proposed action through publication in a

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newspaper of general circulation, and such other means as the System deems

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necessary in the area or areas in the vicinity of the affected land thirty (30) days

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prior to the public hearing;

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(ii)

Conduct public hearings at [the] locations nearest to the area

affected;
(iii)

At least thirty (30) days prior to the date of hearing, advise all

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Local Government Units (LGUs) in the affected areas, national agencies

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concerned, people's organizations and non-government organizations and invite

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such officials to submit their views on the proposed action at the hearing not

later than thirty (30) days following the date of hearing; and

(iv)

Give due consideration to the recommendations at the public

hearing; and provide sufficient explanation for his recommendations contrary to

the general sentiments expressed in the public hearing;

(e)

Upon receipt of the recommendations of the DENR, the President

shall issue a presidential proclamation deSignating the recommended areas as

protected areas and providing for measures for their protection until such time

when Congress shall have enacted a law finally declaring such recommended

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areas as part of the integrated protected area systems; [and]

Thereafter, the President shall send to the Senate and the House

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of Representatives his recommendations with respect to the designations as

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protected areas or reclassification of each area on which review has been

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completed, together with maps and legal description of boundaries. The

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President, in his recommendation, may propose the alteration of existing

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boundaries of any or all proclaimed protected areas, addition of any contiguous

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area of public land of predominant physical and biological value. Nothing

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contained herein shaH limit the President to propose, as part of his

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recommendation to Congress, additional areas which have not been designated,

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proclaimed or set aside by law, presidential decree, proclamation or executive

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orders as protected area/s[.]; AND

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(G)

PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NIPAS ACT,

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THE FOLLOWING PARCELS OF LAND ARE HEREBY DECLARED AND

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ESTABLISHED AS PROTECTED AREAS, THE PUBLIC LANDS THEREIN

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WITHIN THE LAND CLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL PARK:

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Name of Protected Area

Proclamation Number

Proclamation

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Number

Date

1.

Abasig-Matogdon Mananap Natural Biotic Area

318

May 31, 2000

2.

Agoo-Damortis Protected Landscape and Seascape

277

April 23, 2000

3.

Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary

913

October 31, 1996

4.

Alburquerque-Loay-Loboc Protected Landscape/Seascape 293

April 23, 2000

5.

Aliguay Island Protected Landscape and Seascape

106

May 6, 1999

6.

Aliwagwag Protected Landscape

139

AprilS, 2011

7.

Amra River Protected Landscape

274

April 23, 2000

8.

Apo Island Protected Landscape/Seascape

438

August 9, 1994

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9.

Apo Reef Natural Park

868

September 6,1996

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10. Baliangao Protected Landscape and Seascape

418

November 22,2000

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11. Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park

414

November 21, 2000

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12. Basilan Natural Biotic Area

321

May 31. 2000

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13. Bataan Natural Park

192 and

November 27, 1987 and

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December 1, 1945

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14. Bessang Pass Natural Monument/ Landmark

284

April 23, 2000

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15. Bicol Natural Park

43

December 29, 2000

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16. Bigbiga Protected Landscape

290

April 23, 2000

19

17. Biri Larosa Protected Landscape/Seascape

291

April 23,2000

20

18. BongsanglayNatural Park

319

May 31, 2000

21

19. Buenavista Protected Landscape

294

April 23, 2000

22

20. Bulusan Volcano Natural Park

421

November 27,2000

23

21. Buug Natural Biotic Park

63

December 22, 1998

24

22. Calbayog-Pan-As Hayiban Protected Landscape

1158

February 3, 1998

25

23. Camotes Island Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserve

2152

December 29,1981

26

24. Casecnan Protected Landscape

289

April 23, 2000

27

25. Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve

123

June 23, 1987

28

26. Chico Island Wildlife Sanctuary

272

April 23, 2000

29

27. Chocolate Hills Natural Monument

1037

July 1, 1997

-16-

28. euatro Islas Protected Landscape/Seascape

270

April 23, 2000

29. Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape

278

April 23, 2000

30. Dumanquilas Bay Protected Landscape and Seascape

158

August 10, 1999

31. El Nido Managed Resource Protected Area

32

October 8, 1998

32. Guiuan Protected Landscape/Seascape

469

September 26, 1994

33. Hinulugan Taktak Protected Landscape

412

November 17, 2000

34. Initao-Libertad Protected Landscape and Seascape

260

September 16, 2002

35. jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape

279

April 23,2000

36. Kalbario-Patapat Natural Park

1275

April 20, 2007

10

37. Lagonoy Natural Biotic Area

297

April 24, 2000

11

38. Lake Danao Natural Park

1155

February 3,1998

12

39. Libunao Protected Landscape

280

April 23, 2000

13

40. Lidlidda Protected Landscape

266

April 23, 2000

14

41. Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape

316

May 31, 2000

15

42. Mahagnao Volcano Natural Park

1157

February 3, 1998

16

43. Malabungot Protected Landscape and Seascape

288

April 23, 2000

17

44. Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape

342

July 12, 2000

18

45. Manleluag Spring Protected Landscape

576

March 10, 1994

19

46. Marinduque Wildife Sanctuary

696

August 17, 2004

20

47. Masinloc and Oyon 8ayMarine Reserve

231

August 18, 1993

21

48. Mati Protected Landscape

912

September 6, 2005

22

49. Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape

295

April 23, 2000

23

50. Mayon Volcano Natural Park

413

November 21, 2000

24

51. Mt. Balatukan Range Natural Park

1249

May 6, 2007

25

52. Mt Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary

292

April 23, 2000

26

53. Mt. Gulting-Gulting Natural Park

746

February 20, 1996

27

54. Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park

557

May 8, 1969

28

55. Mt Inayawan Range Natural Park

1344

july 30,2007

29

56. Mt. Isarog Natural Park

214

june 20, 2002

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57. Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park

305

May5,2000

58. Mt. Mantalingahan Protected Landscape

1815

June 23, 2009

59. Mt Matutum Protected Landscape

552

March 20,1995

60. Mts. Palay-Palay and Mataas na Gulod Protected Landscape

1315

61. Mt. Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument

570

March 9, 2004

62. Mount Timolan Protected Landscape

354

August 14, 2000

63. Murcielagos Island Protected Landscape and Seascape

281

April 23, 2000

64. Naro Island Wildlife Sanctuary

317

May 31, 2000

65. Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center

723

October 25, 2004

10

66. Northern Negros Natural Park

895

August 15, 2005

11

67. Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park

186

April 18, 2002

12

68. Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary

903

May 14,1992

13

69. Palaui Island Marine Reserve

447

August 28,1994

14

70. Pamitinan Protected Landscape

901

October 10, 1996

15

71. Panglao Island Protected Seascape

426

July 22, 2003

16

72. Pasonanca Natural Park

132

July 5,1999

17

73. Penablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape

484

October 6, 2003

18

74. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

212

November 12, 1999

19

75. Pujada Bay Protected Landscape/Seascape

431

July 31, 1994

20

76. Quezon Protected Landscape

394

June 2, 2007

21

77. Quirino Protected Landscape

779 and

February 3, 2005 and

548

February 9, 2004

22

June 27, 2007

23

78. Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape

287

April 23, 2000

24

79. Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary

1000

February 15, 2006

25

80. Roosevelt Protected Landscape

273

April 23, 2000

26

81. Salcedo Protected Landscape

296

April 23, 2000

27

(formerly Santa Lucia Protected Landscape)

28

82. Salinas Natural Monument

275

April 23, 2000

29

83. Samar Island Natural Park

442

August 13, 2003

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84. Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape

756

March 5, 1996

85. Selinog Island Protected Landscape and Seascape

276

April 23, 2000

86. Siargao Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape

902

October 10, 1996

87. Sibalom Natural Park

282

April 23, 2000

88. Simbahan-Talagas Protected Landscape

267

April 23, 2000

89. Siocon Resource Reserve

84

February 24, 1999

90. Taal Volcano Protected Landscape

923

November 19, 1996

91. Talaytay Protected Landscape

283

April 23, 2000

92. Talibon Group of Islands Protected Landscape/Seascape

131

July 5, 1999

10

93. Tanon Strait Protected Seascape

1234

May 27, 1998

11

94. Tumauini Watershed Forest Reserve

355

April 4, 1994

12

95. Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary

171

August 26,1999

13

96. Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape

296

November 24,2011

14

THE LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF EACH PROTECTED AREA AS

15

DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED ANNEX WHICH SHALL FORM AN INTEGRAL

16

PART OF THIS ACT, ARE HEREBY ADOPTED.

17

THE DENR, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER GOVERNMENT

18

AGENCIES IF NECESSARY, SHALL DELINEATE AND DEMARCATE ON THE

19

GROUND THE BOUNDARIES OF EACH PROTECTED AREA WHICH SHALL

20

NOT BE MODIFIED EXCEPT BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS."

21

SEC. 5. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

22

"SEC. 8. Buffer Zones. - [For each protected area, there shall be

23

established peripheral buffer zones when necessary, in the same manner as

24

Congress establishes the protected area, to protect the same from activities that

25

will directly and indirectly harm it. Such buffer zones shaIl be included in the

26

individual protected area management plan that shaIl prepared for each

27

protected area. The DENR shall exercise its authority over protected areas as

28

provided in this Act on such area and designated as buffer zones.] BUFFER

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ZONES SURROUNDING THE PROTECTED AREAS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY

THE PAMB, WHEN NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN

EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION WHERE RESTRICTIONS CAN APPLY AND

COMMUNITIES CAN ASSIST IN REPELLING THREATS TO THE PROTECTED

AREA WITHOUT NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION. SUCH BUFFER ZONES

MAY INCLUDE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE LANDS. MANAGEMENT PRESCRIPTION

OF THE BUFFER ZONES SHALL BE INCLUDED AS A COMPONENT OF THE

PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN."

SEC. 6. Section 9 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10

"SEC. 9.

Management Plans. - THERE SHALL BE A MANAGEMENT

11

PLAN PROMULGATED FOR EACH PROTECTED AREA THAT SHALL SERVE AS

12

THE BASIC LONG-TERM FRAMEWORK PLAN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE

13

PROTECTED AREA AND GUIDE IN THE PREPARATION OF ITS ANNUAL

14

OPERATIONS PLAN AND BUDGET.

15

[There shall be a general management planning strategy to serve as

16

guide in formulating individual plans for each protected area.]

17

[management planning] strategy FOR THE MANAGEMENT PLAN shall, at the

18

minimum,

19

management techniques including if necessary, the concept of zoning, buffer

20

zone management for multiple use and protection, habitat conservation and

21

rehabilitation, diversity management, community organizing, socioeconomic

22

and scientific researches, site-specific policy development, pest management,

23

and fire control. [The management planning strategy] IT shall also provide

24

gUidelines for the protection of indigenous cultural communities, other tenured

25

migrant communities and sites for close coordination between and among local

26

agencies of the Government as well as the private sector.

promote

the

adoption

and

implementation

of

The

innovative

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Each component area of the System shall be planned and administered

to further protect and enhance the permanent preservation of its natural

conditions. A management manual shall be formulated and developed which

must contain the following: an individual management plan [prepared by three

(3) experts], basic background information, field inventory of the resources

within the area, an assessment of assets

interrelationships, particular objectives for managing the area, appropriate

division of the area into management zones, a review of the boundaries of the

area, and a design of the management programs.

and limitations,

regional

10

WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT, THE

11

MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE PUT INTO EFFECT FOLLOWING THE

12

GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLANNING STRATEGY PROVIDED FOR UNDER

13

THE NIPAS ACT AND ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE HEREIN SET FORTH.

14

THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE PASU IN

15

COORDINATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE OFFICES OF THE NATIONAL

16

GOVERNMENT

17

INDIGENOUS

18

AGRICULTURE (DA), LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL

19

SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL

20

COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (ICCS/IPS). IT SHALL BE REVIEWED

21

AND APPROVED

22

BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BUREAU (BMB), TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

23

DENR. THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL TAKE EFFECT AFTER THIRTY (30)

24

DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT THEREOF BY THE SECRETARY OF THE

25

DENR: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE DENR, MAY

26

REVISE AND MODIFY THE MANAGEMENT PLAN BEFORE THE EXPIRATION

SUCH

AS

PEOPLES

THE

(NCIP),

BY THE

DENR,
IF

NATIONAL

APPLICABLE,

PAMB AND

COMMISSION

ON

DEPARTMENT

OF

ENDORSED, THROUGH THE

- 211

OF THE SAID 30-DAY PERIOD TO ENSURE CONFORMITY WITH APPLICABLE

LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS.

THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE MODIFIED AND UPDATED

REGULARLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH STUDIES, SIMILAR RESOURCES

ASSESSMENTS AND SURVEYS AS WELL AS RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS ON

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. THE MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE

DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

UNITS,

INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, WITH THE GOAL OF PROPER

10

COORDINATION AND UNIFORM MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS. ALL

11

CONCERNED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL INTEGRATE AND

12

MAINSTREAM THE MANAGEMENT PLAN INTO THEIR POLICIES, PROGRAMS

13

AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS. THE BMB SHALL

14

MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO

15

ENSURE

16

CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES.

CIVIL

SOCIETY

COMPLIANCE

ORGANIZATIONS,

AND

PRIVATE

CONSISTENCY

WITH

SECTOR,

AND

BIODIVERSITY

17

A YEAR BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD OF THE

18

APPLICABILITY OF THE PLAN IN EFFECT, THE PASU SHALL CAUSE

19

PUBLICATION OF NOTICES ON THE SUCCESSOR PLAN IN TWO (2)

20

NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL AND LOCAL CIRCULATION IN THE CONCERNED

21

LOCALITIES. NOTICES SHALL ALSO BE POSTED IN THE PROVINCIAL HALL,

22

CITY AND/OR MUNICIPAL HALLS COVERING THE PROTECTED AREA AS

23

WELL AS IN THE BARANGAY HALLS BOUNDING OR IMMEDIATELY

24

ADJACENT TO THE PROTECTED AREA. THE PROPOSED PLAN SHALL BE

25

MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE PERIOD FOR COMMENT

26

AND A FINAL PLAN SHALL LIKEWISE BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC

27

PERUSAL AT THE OFFICES OF THE PASU AND THE DENR-REGIONAL

-221

DIRECTOR UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE PAMB: PROVIDED, THAT THE

PLANS SHALL BE PLAINLY WRITTEN IN A LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDABLE

IN THE AREA: PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THESE SHALL BE POSTED AND

UPLOADED ON THE WEBSITES 01' THE DENR REGIONAL OFFICES.

SEC. 7. Section 11 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 11. Protected Area Management Board. - There shall be a Protected

Area Management Board for each of the established protected area, AS WELL AS

AREAS THAT ARE STILL TO BE DESIGNATED, and shall be composed of the

following: the Regional [Executive] Director under whose jurisdiction the

10

protected area is located, AS CHAIRPERSON; one (1) representative from the

11

autonomous regional government, if applicable; GOVERNOR/S OF THE

12

PROVINCE/S COVERING THE PROTECTED AREA; the Provincial PLANNING

13

AND Development COORDINATORS (PPDC) OF THE PROVINCE/S COVERING

14

THE PROTECTED AREA; [one (1) representative from the municipal

15

government]

16

MUNICIPALITY/MUNICIPALITIES COVERING THE PROTECTED AREA OR

17

THEIR DULY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE/S; [one (1) representative

18

from each barangay] THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE BARAN GAYS covering the

19

protected area OR THEIR DULY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES; one (1)

20

representative from each [tribal]

21

CULTURAL communit[y]IES, if applicable; at least [three (3)] ONE BUT NOT

22

MORE THAN FIVE (5) representatives from non-government organizations

23

(NGOs)/local community organizations duly accredited by the DENR or the local

24

government unit operating in the protected area, which has been existing for

25

five (5) years with track records related to the protection and management of

MAYOR/S

OF

THE

CITY/CITIES

AND/OR

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/INDIGENOUS

-23 1

the protected area; AT LEAST ONE BUT NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACCREDITED PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS (POS)

OPERATING IN THE PROTECTED AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR

FIVE (5) YEARS WITH PROVEN TRACK RECORD RELATED TO THE

PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROTECTED AREA; ONE

REPRESENTATIVE FROM AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION WITH PROVEN

TRACK RECORD RELATED TO THE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF

THE PROTECTED AREA; AND one (1) representative from other departments

or national government agencies involved in THE PROTECTION AND

10

MANAGEMENT OF protected areaS [management] OR HAS LONG-TERM

11

PROJECTS ORA PERMANENT FACILITY LOCATED THEREIN;

12

THE PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

13

OFFICER (PENRO) OR A PROVINCIAL OFFICER HOLDING AN EQUIVALENT

14

POSITION SHALL BE AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE PAMB.

15

The Board shall, by a majority vote, decide the allocations for budget,

16

approve proposals for funding, decide matters relating to planning, peripheral

17

protection and general administration of the area in accordance with the general

18

management strategy. The members of the Board shall serve for a term of five

19

(5) years without compensation, except for the actual and necessary traveling

20

and subsistence expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, EITHER

21

IN THEIR ATTENDANCE IN MEETINGS OF THE PAMB OR IN CONNECTION

22

WITH OTHER OFFICIAL BUSINESS AUTHORIZED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE

23

PAMB, SUBJECT TO EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. EACH MEMBER

24

SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO REPRESENT HIS OR HER SECTOR AND IS

25

DEEMED TO CARRY THE VOTE OF SUCH SECTOR IN ALL MATTERS. IN THE

26

CASE

OF

MEMBERS

WHO

ARE

GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS,

THEIR

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APPOINTMENT SHALL BE CO-TERMINUS WITH THEIR TERM OF OFFICE.

THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD [they] shall be appointed by the Secretary of

the DENR as follows:

A member who shall be appointed to represent each local

government down to barangay level whose territory or portion is included in

the protected area. Each appOintee shall be the person designated by the head of

such LGU, except for the Provincial Development Officer who shall serve ex

officio;

(b)

A member from non-government organizations who shall be

10

endorsed by heads of organizations which are preferably based in the area or

11

which have established and recognized interest in protected areas;

12

(c)

The REDls in the regionls where such protected area lies shall sit

13

as ex officio member of the Board and shall serve as adviser Is in matters related

14

to the technical aspect of management of the area; and

15

(d)

The RED shall act as chairman of the Board. When there are two

16

(2) or more REDs in the Board, the Secretary shall designate one (1) of them to

17

be the Chairman. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original

18

appointment.

19

AS A TRANSITORY PROVISION, THE INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE

20

PAMB SHALL BE NOMINATED FROM THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE

21

EXISTING PAMB OF THE PROTECTED AREA: PROVIDED, THAT AT LEAST

22

TWENTY (20%) OF THE PAMB MEMBERS SHALL BE WOMEN PURSUANT TO

23

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9710 OR THE MAGNA CARTA OF WOMEN.

24
25

A MEMBER MAY BE REMOVED FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING

-25(A)

MORE THAN THREE (3) CONSECUTIVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES

DURING REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE MANAGEMENT

BOARD;

(B)

COMMISSION OF ACTS PREJUDICIAL TO THE MANAGEMENT OF

PROTECTED AREAS AS EMBODIED IN SECTION 20 OF THE NIPAS ACT OR

OTHER EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING PROTECTED

AREAS;

8
9

(C)

BEING REPRESENTED;

10
11

DISASSOCIATION FROM THE OFFICE OR ORGANIZATION

(D)

DISSOLUTION OF THE OFFICER OR ORGANIZATION BEING

REPRESENTED; AND

12

(E)

13

THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

14

(LGUS) AND NATIONAL AGENCIES IN THE PAMB SHALL INFORM THEIR

15

RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENTS, OFFICES OR SECTORS, OF PAMB-APPROVED

16

OR OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES, RULES, REGULATIONS, PROGRAMS AND

17

PROJECTS AND TO ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, THE

18

NIPAS ACT AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE

19

OBSERVED, COMPLIED WITH, AND USED AS REFERENCE AND FRAMEWORK

20

IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLANS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

21

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING SHALL SUBJECT SUCH

22

REPRESENTATIVE

23

PROVIDE."

24

SEC. 8. Insert three (3) new sections after Section 11 of Republic Act No. 7586 to read as

25

CONVICTION BY FINAL JUDGMENT OF ANY CRIMINAL ACT.

TO

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

AS

THE

PAMB

MAY

follows:

26

"SEC. 11.1. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PAMB. - THE PAMB OF

27

THE PROTECTED AREA, WHICH SHALL DECIDE BY CONSENSUS OR

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MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM

OF MAJORITY OF ALL THE MEMBERS, SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS:

4
5
6

(A)

ISSUE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE RESOLUTION OF

CONFLICTS THROUGH APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE MEANS;

ADOPT RULES

OF PROCEDURES IN THE CONDUCT

OF

BUSINESS, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF COMMITTEES TO WHICH ITS

POWERS MAYBE DELEGATED;

APPROVE THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ANNUAL WORK AND

(C)

10

FINANCIAL PLANS, ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND OVERSEE THE OFFICE OF

11

THEPASU;

12

(D)

13

PERMITS

14

MANAGEMENT PLAN;

15

(E)

ESTABLISH CRITERIA AND SET FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF

ACTIVITIES

RECOMMEND

REGULATED

THE

BY

DEPUTIZATION

THIS

OF

ACT

OR

THE

APPROPRIATE

16

AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS,

17

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OR MANAGEMENT

18

OF THE PROTECTED AREA;

19
20

(F)

APPROVE

FEES AND

CHARGES

IN

ACCORDANCE

WITH

EXISTING GUIDELINES AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROTECTED AREA;

21

(G)

MANAGE THE ALLOCATION

OF THE PROTECTED AREA

22

RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT, AND OTHER FUNDS FOR THE PROTECTED

23

AREA,

24

ACCOUNTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 16 OF THIS ACT; AND

25
26

ENSURE

(H)

THEIR

PROPER

ADMINISTRATION

AND

RENDER

RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE POLICY CHANGES TO THE DENR

AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES;

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PAMBS WITH OVER TWENTY-FIVE (25)

MEMBERSHIPS MAY

CREATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES (EXECOMS) WHICH SHALL PERFORM

ALL THE ABOVE FUNCTIONS. EACH MEMBER OF THE EXEC OM SHALL ACT

AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PAMB AS A WHOLE AND ARE

ANSWERABLE TO THE PAMB EN BANe.

BANCSHALL RETAIN THE RIGHT TO RATIFY THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS:

IN SUCH CASES, THE PAMB EN

(1)

APPROVAL OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN;

(2)

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL WORK AND FINANCIAL PLANS; AND

(3)

APPROVAL OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR USE OF PROTECTED

10

AREA RESOURCES.

11

THE DENR, THROUGH THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, SHALL ENSURE

12

THAT THE PAMB ACTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS POWERS AND

13

FUNCTIONS. IN CASE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE RESOLUTIONS ISSUED

14

BY THE PAMB AND THE EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OF

15

NATIONAL APPLICATION, THE LATTER SHALL PREVAIL."

16

"SEC. 11.2. THE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PAMO). -

17

THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT

18

OFFICE (PAMO) IN THE PROTECTED AREA TO BE HEADED BY A PARK

19

OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT (PASU) WITH PERMANENT PLANTILLA

20

POSITION. THE

21

PLANTILLA APPOINTMENT, SUPPORTED BY FIELD OFFICERS WHO SHALL

22

BE PERFORMING THE DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND

23

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROTECTED AREA. UPON RECOMMENDATION

24

OF THE PAMB, THE DENR REGIONAL DIRECTOR SHALL DEPUTIZE LOCAL

25

COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

26

OFFICERS.

PAMO

SHALL

HAVE

COMPLEMENT

STAFF

WITH

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THE DENR SHALL APPOINT A PASU WHO SHALL BE PRIMARILY

ACCOUNTABLE

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND OPERATIONS OF

THE PROTECTED AREA. AS SUCH, THE

FOLLOWING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

6
7

(A)

TO

THE

PAMB

AND

THE

ESTABLISHES, OPERATES AND

DENR

FOR

THE

PASU SHALL HAVE THE

MAINTAINS A DATABASE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS DECISION SUPPORT TOOL;

(B)

PREPARES THE MANAGEMENT PLANS AS HEREIN DEFINED;

(C)

PROVIDES

A SECRETARIAT

FOR

THE

PAMB

AND

ITS

10

COMMITTEES AND SUPPLY THE PAMB WITH ALL THE NECESSARY

11

INFORMATION

12

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT;

13

(D)

TO

MAKE

APPROPRIATE

DECISIONS

FOR

THE

FORMULATES, PREPARES AND SUBMITS TO THE PAMB THE

14

DRAFT IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PROTECTED

15

AREA;

16

(E)

ENFORCES THE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS RELEVANT

17

TO THE PROTECTED AREA, COMMENCES AND INSTITUTES LEGAL ACTION

18

INDEPENDENTLY OR IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT

19

AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSISTS IN THE PROSECUTION OF

20

OFFENSES COMMITTED IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT;

21
22
23

(F)

MONITORS ALL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA

TO ENSURE ITS CONFORMITY WITH THE MANAGEMENT PLAN;

REQUESTS FOR AND RECEIVES ANY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,

24

SUPPORT OR ADVICE FROM ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE

25

GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, NON-GOVERNMENT

26

ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR

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THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF

THE PROTECTED AREA;

(H)

ISSUES

PERMITS,

INCLUDING

CUTTING

PERMITS WHEN

WARRANTED, FOR ACTIVITIES THAT IMPLEMENT THE MANAGEMENT

PLAN AND OTHER PERMITTED ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH

TERMS, CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY PAMB: PROVIDED,

THAT ALL EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING COLLECTION FOR

RESEARCH PURPOSES SHALL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED BY RELEVANT

AUTHORITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIC ACTS COVERING

10

THEM;

11

(I)

ENSURES THE INTEGRATION OF THE PROTECTED AREA

12

MANAGEMENT POLICIES, REGULATIONS, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO

13

ALL THE CONCERNED NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS LEVEL;

14

AND

15
16

OJ

PERFORMS SUCH OTHER FUNCTIONS AS THE PAMB MAY

DELEGATE."

17

SEC. 9. Insert a new section after Section 13 of RepubJic Act No. 7586 to read as follows:

18

"SEC. 13.1. RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL

19

COMMUNITIES CONSERVED AREAS AND TERRITORIES. - CA) PURSUANT TO

20

SECTIONS 7(B), 9(A) AND 58 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371, OTHERWISE

21

KNOWN AS THE "INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT OF 1997" OR IPRA,

22

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES CONSERVED

23

AREAS (ICCAS) AND TERRITORIES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL

24

BE RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED. THE PAMB AND PASU SHALL ASSIST

25

ICCS/IPS

26

DOCUMENTATION AND REGISTRATION OF ICCAS, AND THE PREPARATION

27

OF COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLANS. THE IDENTIFIED ICCAS AND THE

CONCERNED

IN

THE

IDENTIFICATION,

MAPPING,

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COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLANS SHALL BE HARMONIZED WITH THE

PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ZONING. THE PROTECTED

AREAS MANAGEMENT PLAN (PAMP) SHALt INCtUDE A COMPONENT ON

ICCAS. THE DOCUMENTATION AND MAPPING OF ICCAS SHALL BE

UNDERTAKEN IN THE PREPARATION, MODIFICATION OR REVISION OF

THE PAMP. THE PAMB SHAlt LIKEWISE CONSIDER ICCA ISSUES AND

CONCERNS IN ALL MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING

PROCESSES.

DEVELOPMENT

THE

PAMP
AND

AND

ANCESTRAL

PROTECTION

PLAN

DOMAIN

SUSTAINABLE

(ADSDPP)

SHALL

BE

10

HARMONIZED

TO

ENSURE

11

SUSTAINABLE

USE

OF

12

CULTURAL INTEGRITY."

13

SEC. 10. Section 14 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

THE

NATURAL

PROTECTION
RESOURCES,

OF
AND

BIODIVERSITY,
TO

MAINTAIN

14

"SEC. 14. [Survey for] Energy Resources. - Consistent with the policies

15

declared in Section 2 hereof. protected areas. except strict nature reserves and

16

natural parks, may be subjected to exploration only for the purpose of gathering

17

information on energy resources and only if such activity is carried out with the

18

least damage to surrounding areas. Surveys shall be conducted only in

19

accordance with a program approved by the DENR. and the result of such

20

surveys shall be made available to the public and submitted to the President for

21

recommendation to Congress. Any exploitation and utilization of energy

22

resources found within NIPAS areas shall be allowed only through a law passed

23

by Congress.

24

ENERGY PROJECTS WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL BE

25

PERMITTED ONLY THROUGH AN ACT OF CONGRESS EXCEPT RENEWABLE

26

ENERGY PROJECTS ALL OF WHICH THE PAMB MAY ALLOW WITH THE

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CONCURRENCE OF THE DENR SECRETARY: PROVIDED, THAT THESE

RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND BIODIVERSITY, ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE

STRICT PROTECTION ZONES, ADOPT REDUCED IMPACT TECHNOLOGIES,

AND UNDERGO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SYSTEM

AS PROVIDED BY LAW."

SEC. 11. Section 16 of Republic Act No. 7586, as amended by Republic Act No. 10629, is

hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 16. Integrated Protected Areas Fund. - There is hereby established

10

a trust fund to be known as Integrated Protected Areas (IPAS) Fund for

11

purposes of financing projects of the System. The IPAS may solicit and receive

12

donations, endowments, and grants in the form of contributions, and such

13

endowment shall be exempted from income or gift taxes and all other taxes,

14

charges or fees imposed by the Government or any political subdivision or

15

instrumentality thereof.

16

All incomes generated from the operation of the System or management

17

of wild flora and fauna shall accrue to the Fund and may be utilized directly by

18

the DENR for the above purpose. These incomes shall be derived from:

19
20

(a)

Taxes from the permitted sale and export of flora and fauna and

other resources from protected areas;

21

(b)

Proceeds from lease of multiple use areas;

22

(c)

Contributions from industries and facilities directly benefiting

23
24
2S

from the protected area; and

Such other fees and incomes derived from the operation of the

protected area.

26

The Fund, including all donations, grants, endowments from various

27

sources and other contributions shall be deposited in any government bank

- 321

within the locality where each protected area is located: Provided, That if there

is no government bank available in the locality, an account shall be opened in a

government bank nearest to the locality.

Disbursements from the Fund shall be made solely for the protection,

maintenance, administration, and management of the System, and duly

approved projects endorsed by the PAM Os, in the amounts authorized by the

DENR in accordance with existing accounting, budgeting and auditing rules and

regulations: ProvidedJurther, That the Fund shall not be used to cover personal

services expenditures."

10

SEVENTYFIVE PERCENT (75%) OF THE FUNDS COLLECTED SHALL

11

FORM PART OF THE PROTECTED AREA RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT

12

WHICH SHALL BE SOLELY DISBURSED FOR ITS USE. THE PROTECTED AREA

13

RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT SHALL LIKEWISE BE EXEMPTED FROM

14

BEING DEPOSITED IN THE NATIONAL TREASURY AND SHALL BE MADE

15

READILY AVAILABLE FOR DISBURSEMENT UPON PROPER APPROVAL OF

16

THE PAMB AND THE DENR, SUBJECT TO THE USUAL ACCOUNTING AND

17

AUDITING RULES AND REGULATIONS.

18

THE PROTECTED AREA RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT MAY BE

19

AUGMENTED BY GRANTS, DONATIONS, ENDOWMENT FROM VARIOUS

20

SOURCES, DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN, FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO THEIR

21

FUNCTIONS. ALL FINES AND PENALTIES INCLUDING COMPENSATION FOR

22

DAMAGES IN THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL LIKEWISE ACCRUE TO THE

23

IPAF: PROVIDED, THAT DISBURSEMENTS THEREFROM SHALL BE MADE

24

SOLELY FOR THE PROTECTION, MAINTENANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND

25

MANAGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM, AND DULY APPROVED PROJECTS

26

ENDORSED BY THE PAMB IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING ACCOUNTING

27

AND BUDGETING RULES AND REGULATIONS: PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT

-33 1

THE PROTECTED AREA RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT SHALL NOT BE

USED TO COVER EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES.

THE LGUS SHALL CONTINUE TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT ALL OTHER

FEES NOT ENUMERATED HEREIN WHICH THEY HAVE TRADITIONALLY

COLLECTED, SUCH AS BUSINESS PERMITS AND RENTALS OF LGU

FACILITIES: PROVIDED, THAT THE LGUS SHALL NOT IMPOSE PROPERTY

TAX AND ISSUE NEW TAX DECLARATION FOR AREAS COVERED BY THE

PROTECTED AREA. FURTHERMORE, LGUS MAY CHARGE ADD-ONS TO FEES

IMPOSED BY THE PAMB: PROVIDED, THAT SUCH ADD-ONS SHALL BE

10

BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LGUS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND

11

PROTECTION OF THE PROTECTED AREA.

12

THE PASU OR DENR-PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL

13

RESOURCES OFFICE/REGIONAL OFFICE THROUGH THE DENR-BMB SHALL

14

SUBMIT, IN PRINTED FORM AND BY WAY OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT, TO

15

THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND

16

FURNISHED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND THE

17

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE

18

FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE UTILIZATION OF

19

SAID AMOUNT INCLUDING THE LIST OF PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AND

20

THEIR CORRESPONDING AMOUNTS.

21

SEC. 12. Section 19 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

MANAGEMENT (DBM)

COpy

22

"SEC. 19. Special Prosecutor[s] AND RETAINED COUNSEL. - WITHIN

23

THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT, the Department of

24

Justice COO)) shall APPOINT [designate] A special prosecutor[s] to prosecute

25

violations of laws, rules and regulations in THE protected area[s]. SUCH

26

SPECIAL PROSECUTOR SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE PAMB AND THE

-341

PASU IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS/HER DUTIES AND ASSIST IN THE

TRAINING OF WARDENS AND RANGERS IN ARREST AND CRIMINAL

PROCEDURES. THE PAMB MAY RETAIN THE SERVICES OF COUNSEL TO

PROSECUTE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROSECUTION OF CASES UNDER THE

DIRECT CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE REGULAR OR SPECIAL

PROSECUTOR AND TO DEFEND THE MEMBERS OF THE PAMB, THE PASU

AND THE STAFF, OR ANY PERSON ASSISTING IN THE PROTECTION,

CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROTECTED

AREA, AGAINST ANY LEGAL ACTION RELATED TO THEIR POWERS,

10

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS PROVIDED IN THIS ACT OR AS

11

DELEGATED OR TASKED BY THE PAMB."

12

SEC. 13. Sections 20 of Republic Act No. 7586 is hereby amended to read as follows:

13

"SEC 20. Prohibited Acts. - Except as may be allowed by the nature of

14

their categories and pursuant to rules and regulations governing the same, the

15

following acts are prohibited within protected areas.

16

(a)

Hunting, TAKING, KILLING, COLLECTING, destroying, disturbing,

17

or [mere possession of] POSSESSING any WILD TERRESTRIAL OR AQUATIC

18

plants or animals [or], FLORA OR FAUNA, SAND, ROCKS, OR BY-products

19

derived

20

PROTECTED AREA

21

Management Board], AUTHORIZATION OR EXEMPTION: PROVIDED, THAT

22

THE PASU AS AUTHORIZED BY THE PAMB SHALL ISSUE A PERMIT,

23

AUTHORIZATION

24

RESEARCH, THE EXCEPTIONS UNDER SECTION 27(A) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.

25

9147 OR HARVESTS OF NON-PROTECTED SPECIES FOR SUBSISTENCE IN

26

MULTIPLE USE ZONES BY PROTECTED AREA OCCUPANTS;

therefrom,

INCLUDING

IN

PRIVATE

LANDS

WITHIN

THE

without [a] THE NECESSARY permit [from the

OR EXEMPTION

ONLY FOR

CULLING,

SCIENTIFIC

-351

(b)

Dumping, THROWING, USING, OR CAUSING TO BE DUMPED

OR PLACING INTO THE PROTECTED AREA OF any TOXIC CHEMICAL,

NOXIOUS

MATERIAL, waste OR products WHETHER IN LIQUID, SOLID OR GAS STATE,

INCLUDING PESTICIDES AND

DEFINED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6969, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE

"TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTES CONTROL

ACT OF 1990" detrimental to the protected area, or to the plants and animals or

inhabitants therein;

10

(c)

OR

POISONOUS

SUBSTANCE

OR

NON-BIODEGRADABLE

OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AS

[Use of any motorized equipment without a permit from the

11

Management Board]; OPERATING ANY MOTORIZED CONVEYANCE WITHIN

12

THE PROTECTED AREA NOT OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW;

13

(d)

Mutilating,
OR,

IN

defacing,
ANY

[or]

MANNER,

destroying,
DAMAGING

EXCAVATING,

14

VANDALIZING

ANY

NATURAL

15

FORMATION ON LAND, RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, HISTORICAL SITES,

16

ARTIFACTS AND OTHER objects of natural beauty, SCENIC VALUE or objects of

17

interest to cultural communities [(of scenic value)];

18

( e)

Damaging and leaving roads and trails in a damaged condition;

19

(I)

[Squatting, mineral locating, or otherwise occupying any land]

20

OCCUPYING OR DWELLING IN ANY LAND WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA

21

WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM THE PAMB;

22

(g)

Constructing, ERECTING, or maintaining any kind of structure,

23

fence or enclosures, conducting any business enterprise without a permit ON

24

LAND OR ON WATER FOR ANY PURPOSES INCONSISTENT WITH THE

25

MANAGEMENT PLAN DULY APPROVED BY THE PAMB: PROVIDED, THAT

26

LARGE-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER PROJECTS SUCH AS, BUT

27

NOT LIMITED TO, MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS,

-361

MEDIUM TO LARGE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS,

GOLF

NONTRADITIONAL FARMING, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT CAUSE

INCREASED

ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED;

6
7

(h)

10
11

HEAVILY

IMMIGRATION

MECHANIZED

AND

RESOURCE

COMMERCIAL

DEGRADATION

AND

ARE

Leaving in exposed or unsanitary conditions refuse or debris, or

depositing in ground or in bodies of water; and

8
9

COURSES,

(i)

Altering, removing destroying or defacing boundary marks or

(J)

UNDERTAKING MINERAL EXPLORATION OR EXTRACTION

signs.

WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA;

12

(K)

POACHING WITHIN A PROTECTED AREA;

13

(L)

CUTTING, GATHERING, REMOVING OR COLLECTING TIMBER

14

WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA INCLUDING PRIVATE LANDS WITHOUT

15

THE NECESSARY PERMIT, AUTHORIZATION OR EXEMPTION SUCH AS FOR

16

CULLING EXOTIC SPECIES;

17

(M)

POSSESSING OR TRANSPORTING, WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE

18

PROTECTED AREA ANY TIMBER, FOREST PRODUCTS, WILD TERRESTRIAL

19

OR AQUATIC PLANTS, ANIMALS, OR BY-PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM

20

WHICH IS ASCERTAINED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE PROTECTED

21

AREA OTHER THAN EXOTIC SPECIES UNDER AN APPROPRIATE PERMIT

22

FOR ITS CULLING;

23

(N)

24
25
26

ENGAGING IN QUARRYING WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA

FOR USE OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA AND WITHOUT PERMIT;

ENGAGING IN KAINGIN OR, IN ANY MANNER, CAUSING

FOREST FIRES INSIDE THE PROTECTED AREA;

-371

(P)

ESTABLISHING OR INTRODUCING ANY EXOTIC SPECIES,

INCLUDING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOS), AND INVASIVE

ALIEN SPECIES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA WHICH ARE DETRIMENTAL

TO ENDEMIC SPECIES AND THE ECOSYSTEM THEREIN:

(Q)

CONDUCTING BIOPROSPECTING WITHIN THE PROTECTED

AREA WITHOUT PRIOR PAMB APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING

GUIDELINES, PROVIDED THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTY HEREIN,

ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF ANY SUBSTANCE TAKEN FROM A PROTECTED

AREA WILL NOT BE ALLOWED AND ALL REVENUE EARNED FROM ILLEGAL

10

COMMERCIALIZATION THEREOF WILL BE FORFEITED AND DEPOSITED IN

11

THE IPAF;

12

(R)

13

TREASURES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA:

14
15

PROSPECTING, HUNTING OR OTHERWISE LOCATING HIDDEN

(S)

POSSESSING OR USING BLASTING CAPS OR EXPLOSIVES

ANYWHERE WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA:

16

(T)

TAKING,

REMOVING,

FISHING,

GATHERING,

KILLING,

17

DESTROYING OR POSSESSING CORALS FROM MARINE PROTECTED AREAS,

18

EXCEPT FOR SCIENTIFIC OR RESEARCH PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY THE

19

PAMB:

20

(U)

USING ANY FISHING OR HARVESTING GEAR THAT DESTROY

21

CORAL REEFS, SEAGRASS BEDS OR OTHER MARINE LIFE OR TERRESTRIAL

22

HABITATS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THIS ACT, THE PAMB, OTHER

23

LAWS, THE DA, OR THE DENR:

24

(V)

USING OF MURO-AMI, PA-ALlNG, ALL KINDS OF TRAWLS

25

(GALADGAD, NORWAy), PURSE SEINE (PANGULONG), DANISH SEINE

26

(HULBOT-HULBOT, PAHULBOT-HULBOT, LlKISAN, LlBA-LlBA, PALISOT,

27

PATANGKO, BIRA-BIRA, BULl-BULl, HULAHOOP, ZIPPER, LAMPORNAS,

-38-

ETC.), RING NET (KUBKOB, PANGULONG, KALANSISI), DRIVE-IN NET

(KAYAKAS), ROUND HAUL SEINE (SAPYAW, LAWAG), MOTORIZED PUSH

NET (SUDSOD),

VARIATIONS, PROVIDED THAT MERE POSSESSION OF SUCH GEARS WITHIN

PROTECTED AREAS SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THEIR USE; OR

BAG NET (BASING, SAKLlT), OR ANY OF THEIR

(W) PURCHASING OR SELLING, MORTGAGING OR LEASING LANDS

OR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROTECTED AREA WHICH ARE COVERED BY

ANY TENURIAL INSTRUMENT."

SEC. 14. Section 21 of RA 7S86 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10

"SEC. 21.

Penalties. - [Whoever violates this Act or any rules and

11

regulations issued by the Department pursuant to this Act or whoever is found

12

guilty by a competent court of justice of any of the offenses in the preceding

13

section shall be fined in the amount of not less than Five thousand pesos

14

CPS,OOO) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos CPSOO,OOO), exclusive of

15

the value of the thing damaged or imprisonment for not less than one (1) year

16

but not more than six (6) years, or both, as determined by the court: Provided,

17

That, if the area requires rehabilitation or restoration as determined by the

18

court, the offender shall be required to restore or compensate for the

19

restoration to the damages: Provided, further, That court shall order the eviction

20

ofthe offender from the land and the forfeiture in favor of the Government of all

21

minerals, timber or any species collected or removed including all equipment,

22

devices and firearms used in connection therewith, and any construction or

23

improvement made thereon by the offender. If the offender is an association or

24

corporation, the president or manager shall be directly responsible for the act of

25

his employees and laborers: Provided, finally, that the DENR may impose

26

administrative fines and penalties consistent with this ACt.]

-39-

(A)

THE

PENALTIES AND

QUALIFICATIONS

PRESCRIBED

IN

ARTICLES 309 AND 310 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, DEPENDING ON

THE VALUE OF THE RESOURCES INVOLVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE

PROHIBITED ACT OR A FINE OF AT LEAST TRIPLE THE VALUE OF THE SAID

RESOURCES, OR BOTH, SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON ANY PERSON WHO

VIOLATES NOS. (1) TO (6) OF SECTION 20 HEREIN.

(B)

A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS

(P200,OOO.00) BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE MILLION PESOS (Pl,OOO,OOO.OO)

OR IMPRISONMENT FROM ONE (1) YEAR BUT NOT MORE THAN SIX (6)

10

YEARS, OR BOTH, SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES

11

NOS. (8) TO (13) OF SECTION 20 HEREIN.

12

(C)

A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN 1,000,000 BUT NOT MORE THAN

13

5,000,000 OR IMPRISONMENT FROM SIX (6) YEARS BUT NOT MORE THAN

14

TWELVE (12) YEARS OR BOTH SHALL BE IMPOSED UPON ANY PERSON

15

WHO VIOLATES NOS. (14) TO (20) OF SECTION 20 HEREIN.

16

(D)

ADMINISTRATIVE FINES NOT LESS THAN P50,OOO NOT

17

EXCEEDING 5,000,000 SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY

18

RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN OR BY THE PAMB

19

OR AGREEMENTS REACHED BEFORE THE PAMB IN THE EXERCISE OF

20

ADJUDICATIVE FUNCTIONS;

21

PROVIDED,

22

RESTORATION AS DETERMINED BY THE COURT, THE OFFENDER SHALL BE

23

REQUIRED TO RESTORE OR COMPENSATE FOR THE RESTORATION TO THE

24

DAMAGES THAT SHALL ACCRUE TO THE PROTECTED AREA FUND:

25

PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT COURT SHALL ORDER THE EVICTION OF THE

26

OFFENDER FROM THE LAND AND THE FORFEITURE IN FAVOR OF THE

27

GOVERNMENT OF ALL MINERALS, TIMBER OR ANY SPECIES COLLECTED OR

THAT,

IF

THE

AREA

REQUIRES

REHABILITATION

OR

-401

REMOVED INCLUDING ALL EQUIPMENT, DEVICES AND FIREARMS USED IN

CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND ANY CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENT

MADE THEREON BY THE OFFENDER. SHALL BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE

AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONFISCATION, INDEPENDENT OF THE JUDICIAL

PROCEEDINGS BY THE PASU OFFICE UPON APPREHENSION, SUBJECT

HOWEVER

REQUIREMENTS. WHEN LEGAL ACTION IS HOWEVER, FILED IN THE

REGULAR COURTS, THE SAID CONVEYANCES, VESSELS, EQUIPMENTS,

PARAPHERNALIA, IMPLEMENTS, GEARS, TOOLS AND SIMILAR DEVICES,

10

INDEPENDENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS, SHALL NOT BE

11

RELEASED UNTIL AFTER JUDGMENT HAS BEEN RENDERED. PROCEEDS OF

12

THE

13

CONFISCATED PURSUANT HERETO SHALL ACCRUE TO THE PROTECTED

14

AREA

15

PROMULGATED BY THE PAMB. HOWEVER, IN NO CASE SHALL ANY

16

CONFISCATED OR RESCUED PROTECTED ANIMAL SPECIES BE SOLD OR IN

17

ANY MANNER DISPOSED OF BUT SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY TURNED OVER

18

TO THE PASU OFFICE FOR RELEASE IN ITS NATURAL HABITAT, SUBJECT TO

19

EXISTING REGULATIONS. VALUATION OF THE DAMAGE FOR THIS ACT

20

SHALL

21

CONSIDERATIONS

22

VALUATION ASSESSED BY THE DENR.. IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER

23

CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SHALL BE PRESUMED CORRECT

24

UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVEN BY PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE.

SALE

TO

OF

FUND.

TAKE

DUE

ALL

PROCESS

OBJECTS

PROCEDURE

INTO
AS

AND

ADMINISTRATIVELY

FOR

ACCOUNT
WELL

SUBSTANTIAL

THE

SALE

BIODIVERSITY

AS

AESTHETIC

OR

THEREOF

AND
AND

EVIDENCE

JUDICIALLY

SHALL

BE

CONSERVATION
SCENIC

VALUE.

25

IF THE OFFENDER IS AN ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION, THE

26

PRESIDENT OR MANAGER SHALL BE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACT

27

OF HIS EMPLOYEES AND LABORERS: PROVIDED, FINALLY, THAT THE DENR

-411

MAY IMPOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FINES AND PENAL TIES CONSISTENT WITH

THIS ACT.

ANY PERSON WHO SHAll. INDUCE ANOTHER OR CONSPIRE TO

COMMIT ANY OF THE ILLEGAL ACTS PROHIBITED IN THIS ACT OR SUFFER

THEIR WORKERS TO COMMIT ANY OF THE SAME SHALL BE LIABLE IN THE

SAME MANNER AS THE ONE ACTUALLY PERFORMING THE ACT.

7
8

ALL

CONVEYANCES,

VESSELS,

EQUIPMENT,

PARAPHERNALIA,

IMPLEMENTS, GEARS, TOOLS AND SIMILAR DEVICES

THE PENALTIES SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN

10

ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES CONTAINED IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9072

11

(NATIONAL

12

PROTECTION ACT), REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9147 (WILDLIFE RESOURCES

13

CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION ACT), REPUBLIC ACT 10654 (REVISED

14

PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE) AND OTHER RELATED LAWS.

CAVES

AND

CAVE

RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT

AND

15

CONVICTION FOR ANY OFFENSE UNDER THIS ACT OF A PUBLIC

16

OFFICER OR OFFICER OF THE LAW SHALL CARRY THE ACCESSORY

17

PENALTY OF PERPETUAL DISQUALIFICATION FROM PUBLIC OFFICE."

18

SEC. 15. Insert ten (10) new sections after Section 21 of Republic Act No. 7586 to read

19
20

as follows:
"SEC. ZZ.

EXISTING RIGHTS. -

ALL VESTED PROPERTY AND

21

PRIVATE RIGHTS WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA AND ITS BUFFER ZONES

22

ALREADY EXISTING AND lOR VESTED UPON THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT

23

SHALL BE PROTECTED AND RESPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING

24

LAWS: PROVIDED, THAT THE EXERCISE OF SUCH PROPERTY AND PRIVATE

25

RIGHTS SHALL NOT CONTRAVENE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, THE

26

INDIVIDUAL PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION OR THE IMPLEMENTING

27

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF EACH PROTECTED AREA.

-42 SEC. 23.

TENURED MIGRANTS AND OTHER PROTECTED AREA

OCCUPANTS. - TENURED MIGRANTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME

STEWARDS OF PORTIONS OF LANDS WITHIN ALLOWABLE ZONES. THE

PAMB

INSTRUMENTS,

RESOURCE USE WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA AND RECOMMEND THE

ISSUANCE OF THE APPROPRIATE TENURE INSTRUMENT CONSISTENT

WITH THE ZONING PROVIDED IN THE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SHALL

SHOULD

IDENTIFY,
LAND

VERIFY

CLAIMS, AND

AREAS

OCCUPIED

AND

REVIEW

ISSUANCES

BY

ALL

OF

TENURED

TENURIAL

PERMITS

MIGRANTS

FOR

BE

10

DESIGNATED AS ZONES IN WHICH NO OCCUPATION OR OTHER ACTIVITIES

11

ARE ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THE ATTAINMENT OF SUSTAINABLE

12

DEVELOPMENT, PROVISION FOR THE TRANSFER OF SAID TENURED

13

MIGRANTS TO MULTIPLE USE ZONES OR BUFFER ZONES SHALL BE

14

ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH JUST AND HUMANE MEANS.

15

IN THE EVENT OF TERMINATION OF A TENURIAL INSTRUMENT FOR

16

CAUSE OR BY VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF RIGHTS, THE PASU SHALL TAKE

17

IMMEDIATE STEPS TO REHABILITATE THE AREA IN ORDER TO RETURN IT

18

TO ITS NATURAL STATE PRIOR TO THE CULTIVATION OR OTHER ACT BY

19

THE TENURED MIGRANT.

20

PROTECTED AREA OCCUPANTS WHO DID NOT QUALIFY AS

21

TENURED MIGRANTS SHALL BE RESETTLED OUTSIDE THE PROTECTED

22

AREA.

23

WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS FROM THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT, THE

24

PASU SHALL SUBMIT TO THE PAMB THE FINAL LIST OF TENURED

25

MIGRANTS, WHICH SHALL BECOME THE OFFICIAL LIST UPON APPROVAL

26

OF THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR.

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WHEN

TENURIAL

INSTRUMENTS

LAPSE,

THE

PASU

SHALL

DETERMINE WHETHER THE GOALS OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN WERE

MET IN THE ISSUANCE THEREOF TO DETERMINE IF FURTHER EXTENSIONS

WILL BE ALLOWED BY THE PAMB.

SEC 24.

EXISTING FACILITIES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA. -

WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT, EXISTING

FACILITIES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ROADS, BUILDINGS AND

STRUCTURES, WATER SYSTEMS, TRANSMISSION LINES, COMMUNICATION

FACILITIES, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND IRRIGATION FACILITIES EXISTING

10

WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL BE

11

INVENTORIED AND THE INVENTORY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PAMB

12

THROUGH THE PASU.

13

THE PAMB, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DENR, SHALL

14

DETERMINE WHETHER THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH FACILITY AND ITS

15

FUTURE PLANS AND OPERATIONS WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE

16

PROTECTED AREA OR WHETHER CONDITIONS FOR ITS OPERATION SHALL

17

BE IMPOSED. IF ANY SUCH CONDITIONS ARE VIOLATED, THE OWNER OF

18

THE FACILITY SHALL BE LIABLE TO PAY A FINE OF FIFTY THOUSAND

19

PESOS

20

CONTINUING THE VIOLATION IMMEDIATELY. UPON REACHING A TOTAL

21

FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P500,000.00) OR IF THE

22

VIOLATION CONTINUES TO BE COMMITTED FOR (30) DAYS, THE PAMB

23

THROUGH THE PASU AND DEPUTIZING OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES,

24

SHALL CAUSE THE CESSATION OF OPERATION, AND EITHER THE

25

FORFEITURE IN FAVOR OF THE PAMB OR DEMOLITION OF THE FACILITY

26

AT THE COST OF ITS OWNER. IF THE OWNER OF THE FACILITY

27

DETRIMENTAL TO THE PROTECTED AREA IS THE GOVERNMENT, THE

(PSO,OOO.OO)

FOR

EVERY

VIOLATION

AND

DESIST

FROM

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AGENCY IN CHARGE SHALL SUBMIT A PLAN FOR A SUBSTITUTE FACILITY

THAT WOULD NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE PROTECTED AREA AND

UNDERTAKE THE BUILDING THEREOF WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE

PAMB DECISION TO CEASE OPERATIONS.

EXISTING

FACILITIES

ALLOWED

TO

REMAIN

WITHIN

THE

PROTECTED AREA MAY BE CHARGED A REASONABLE FEE BY THE PAMB.

ALL INCOME FROM SUCH FEE SHALL ACCRUE TO THE PROTECTED AREA

RETENTION INCOME ACCOUNT.

SEC 25. LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS. - THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

10

UNITS (LGUS) WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL PARTICIPATE IN ITS

11

MANAGEMENT THROUGH REPRESENTATION IN THE PAMB AS PROVIDED

12

UNDER SECTION 7 HEREOF. SAID LGUS MAY APPROPRIATE PORTIONS OF

13

THEIR SHARE FROM THE ANNUAL INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT AND

14

OTHER INCOME FOR USE OF THE PROTECTED AREA: PROVIDED, THAT ALL

15

FUNDS DIRECTLY COMING FROM THE I.GUS SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM

16

THE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) REMITTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR

17

THE INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS FUND-SPECIAL ACCOUNT IN THE

18

GENERAL FUND (IPAF-SAGF).

19

SEC. 26. REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY. - THE PASU, THROUGH THE

20

PAMB, SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT TO THE

21

SECRETARY OF THE DENR ON THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN THE

22

PROTECTED AREA.

23

REPORT

ON

THE

CONDITIONS AND

BENEFITS

OF

THE

24

BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL ALSO BE

25

SUBMITTED BY THE PASU, THROUGH THE PAMB, TO THE SECRETARY OF

26

THE DENR EVERY FIVE (5) YEARS.

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SEC. 27. APPROPRIATIONS. - THE SECRETARY OF THE DENR SHALL

IMMEDIATELY INCLUDE IN THE DENR'S PROGRAM THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF THIS ACT, THE FUNDING OF WHICH SHALL BE INCLUDED BY THE DBM

IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.

SEC. 28.

CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPLETORY APPLICATION OF

EXISTING LAWS. - THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED

LIBERALLY IN FAVOR OF THE PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION OF THE

PROTECTED AREA AND THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF ITS

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS AND

10

INTERESTS OF QUALIFIED TENURED MIGRANTS, FOR PRESENT AND

11

FUTURE FILIPINO GENERATIONS.

12

13
14
15

THE PAMB SHALL PREPARE ITS OPERATIONS MANUAL WITHIN SIX

16

SEC. 29. SUBSEQUENT SITE-SPECIFIC LEGISLATION. - UPON THE

17

GENERATION OF SITE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW LEGISLATION,

18

THE PAMB SHALL ENDORSE THROUGH A RESOLUTION, A SITE-SPECIFIC

19

BILL FOR CONGRESS TO ENACT IN EACH OF THE PROTECTED AREAS

20

LISTED HEREIN TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND TO THE DISTINCT AND

21

PARTICULAR NEEDS AND CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS

22

PROTECTED AREAS IN EACH LOCALITY.

OF THE

23

SEC. 30. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SITE-SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTING RULES

24

AND REGULATIONS. - THE PAMB SHALL, AFTER ITS REVIEW OF THE DRAFT

25

SUBMITTED BY PASU AND THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS,

26

ISSUE THE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EACH

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PROTECTED AREA TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PARTICULAR

CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONCERNS OF EACH SITE. THE PAMB SHALL ENSURE

THAT

PROCLAMATION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT ARE ADOPTED IN

THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SPECIFIC

PROVISIONS

OF

THE

APPLICABLE

PRESIDENTIAL

THE PAMB SHALL TRANSMIT THE ISSUED IMPLEMENTING RULES

AND REGULATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DENR, THROUGH THE

BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BUREAU (BMB). WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS

AFTER THE DATE OF RECEIPT THEREOF, THE SECRETARY OF THE DENR

10

SHALL REVIEW THE ISSUED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

11

FOR CONSISTENCY WITH RELEVANT EXISTING LAWS, RULES AND

12

REGULATIONS.

13

WITHIN

14

IMPLEMENTING RULES AND

15

PRESUMED CONSISTENT WITH LAW AND THEREFORE VALID.

IF THE SECRETARY OF THE DENR TAKES NO ACTION

THIRTY

(30)

DAYS

AFTER

RECEIPT

REGULATIONS,

OF

SUCH

ISSUED

THE SAME SHALL BE

16

SEC. 31. TRANSITORY PROVISION. - IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE

17

RECOVERY AND RESTORATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND TO

18

DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR TENURED

19

MIGRANTS,

20

CONCESSIONS,

21

DOCUMENTS OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT THAT ALLOWS UTILIZATION

22

OF RESOURCES WITHIN THE PROTECTED AREA UNTIL THE MANAGEMENT

23

PLAN SHALL HAVE BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT.

THE

DENR

LICENSES,

SHALL

HENCEFORTH

PERMITS,

CEASE

CLEARANCES,

TO

ISSUE

COMPLIANCE

24

ALL EXISTING LAND-USE AND RESOURCE USE PERMITS WITHIN

2S

THE PROTECTED AREA SHALL BE REVIEWED AND SHALL NOT BE

26

RENEWED UPON THEIR EXPIRATION UNLESS CONSISTENT WITH THE

27

MANAGEMENT PLAN AND APPROVED BY THE PAMB.

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3

SEC. 16. Sections 22 and 23 of Republic Act No. 7586 are hereby renumbered as

Sections 32 and 33 of the Revised NIPAS Act.

"SEC. 24. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete

publication in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE or in a national newspaper of general

circulation."

Approved,