Safeguard System
Free, prior and
informed consent
(FPIC) from
Indigenous Peoples
groups
Statutes
R.A. 8371 (Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act)
Restrictions and
processes for project
areas within those
issued Certificates for
Ancestral Domain,
Ancestral Land,
Ancestral Land Claim
Issuance of treecutting permits
References
R.A. 3571 (An Act to Prohibit
the Cutting, Destroying or
Injuring of Planted or
Growing Trees, Flowering
Plants and Shrubs or Plants
of Scenic Value Along Public
Roads, in Plazas, Parks,
School Premises or in Any
Other Public Pleasure
Ground); RA 10593 (An Act
Providing Regulations on the
Cutting of Coconut Trees)
Minimizing negative
impact on culture and
cultural heritage
including management
of chance finds
R.A. 10066 (National Cultural
Heritage Act)
Alignment of activities
with the watershed
management plan
Alignment of
development plans
PD 1559 (Further Amending
PD No. 705, Forestry
Reform Code)
R.A. 6657 (Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Law)
Equal access to
fishery resources
R.A. 8550 (The Philippine
Fisheries Code)
National Commission on
Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
Administrative Order No. 3
Series of 2012 Revised
Guidelines on FPIC and Related
Processes
(http://www.ncipro67.com.ph/res
ources/downloads/)
Joint DENR-NCIP Memorandum
Circular No. 2007-01
Management of Overlapping
Protected Areas and/or Their
Buffer Zones and Ancestral
Domains/Lands
(http://ncipcar.ph/index.php/issua
nces/joint-memo-circulars)
DPWH Department Order No.
116, Tree-Cutting and EarthBalling Application process and
requirements for DPWH
Infrastructure Projects
(www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/sites/d
efault/files/issuances/DO_116_s
2018.pdf)
DENR DAO 2004-16 Prescribing
the Revised Schedule of Forestry
Administrative Fees
(http://policy.denr.gov.ph/dao200
4/dao2004-16.pdf)
Philippine Coconut Authority
Application to Cut Coconut Trees
(www.pca.da.gov.ph/pdf/disclosu
re/permitcut.pdf)
Cultural heritage as specific type
of risk identified in the ICC
Generic Preferred Risk Allocation
Matrix
(https://ppp.gov.ph/press_releas
es/generic-preferred-risksallocation-matrix-gpram/)
Revised Forestry Code
(http://policy.denr.gov.ph/basicpo
l/forcode/pd1559.pdf)
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program
(http://www.dar.gov.ph/ra-6657what-is-carp-comprehensiveagrarian-reform-program)
Fisheries-related legislation
(https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/lawA
ndRegulation.jsp)
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