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includes the full recognition of ICCAs as well as the ICC/IF's right to
maintain, protect, and regulate access and prohibit unauthorized intrusion
thereto;
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b. As part of their responsibilities to their ancestral domain, ICCs/IPs shall
have priority in the management of their conservation areas and the
preservation, restoration, and maintenance of ecological balance and
biodiversity therein, with the full and effective assistance of government
agencies;
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c. ICCAs shall be considered in the formulation of, and integrated in, national
and sub national policies, plans and programs in recognition and respect of
the ICC/IP's right to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions, and
institutions within the framework of national unity and development;
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d. The positive contribution to biodiversity conservation of ICCAs and related
sustainable traditional indigenous forest resources management systems
and practices shall be fully acknowledged and included in the accounting
and reporting of the national implementation of CBD obligations; and
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e. ICCs/IPs shall have a fair and equitable share in the commercial profits of
users of well-defined and confirmed ecosystem services provided by ICCAs,
in recognition and respect of the ICC/IP's right to benefit and share in the
profits from allocation and utilization of the natural resources found in
their ancestral domains.
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SEC. 4. Definition of Tenns. - For purposes of this Act, the following terms shall
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have the corresponding meanings:
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(a) "Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan" or
"ADSDPP' refers to the document consolidating the plans of the ICC/IP for
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the sustainable management and development of the land and natural
resources as well as human resources within their ancestral domains based
on their indigenous knowledge systems and practices and on the prinCiple
of self-determination;
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(b) "Biological Diversity" or "Biodiversity" refers to the variety and variability
among all living organisms and the ecological complex in which they occur;
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(c) "DENR" refers to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources;
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(d) "Ecosystem services" refer to environmental goods and regulating,
supporting, and cultural services provided by ecosystems that are directly
used to further human well-being; or benefits that people derive from an
ecosystem;
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(e) "Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples" refer to a group of
people or homogenous societies as defined under Republic Act No. 8371,
otherwise known as "The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997";
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(f) "Indigenous Community Conserved Areas" or "ICCAs" refers to natural
and/ or modified ecosystems containing significant biodiversity values,
ecological services and cultural values, voluntarily conserved by indigenous
cultural communities/indigenous peoples through customary laws or other
effective means;
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