e. Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) - refers to the consensus of all members of the ICCs/IPs to be determined in accordance with their respective customary laws and practices, free from any external manipulation, interference and coercion, and obtained after fully disclosing the intent and scope of the activity, in a language and process understandable to the community. The FPIC shall be institutionalized, recognized, documented, confirmed and be respected by the DENR, the, NCIP, LGUs and all other concerned agencies. f. Sustainable Traditional and Indigenous Forest Resources Management Systems and Practices (STIFRMSP) - refer to those systems and practices of ICCs/ IPS formally recognized, registered and confirmed jointly by the DENR and the NCIP that were duly verified and found to be the sustainable forest management system and practice in the forestlwatershed area within the ancestral domain/land of the concerned ICC/IP. Sec. 5. - Roles and Responsibilities. The following institutions shall have the following roles and responsibilities: 5.1 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) a. The primary agency of the government responsible for the conservation, management, development and the proper use of the country's environment and natural resources a s well a s the licensing and the regulation thereof in order to ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived from said resources for the welfare of the present and future Filipino generations alike. b. Provide technical assistance to the NCIP Field Office having jurisdiction over areas with ICCs/IPs so a s to strengthen existing indigenous leadership systems pertaining to traditional indigenous forest resources management systems and practices; c. Provide technical assistance and support based on participatory approach to natural resources management, use, recognition, documentation, registration, confirmation, including the preparation / formulation of relevant management projects and programs within ICC/IPs' ancestral domain/land in collaboration with the intended beneficiaries/stakeholders and concerned government entities; d. Assist in the survey, mapping, on-site characterization, including the conduct of required inventory/accounting of resources a s well a s the analysis and interpretation of relevant information necessary for the enlightenment of all stakeholders in collaboration with the NCIP, indigenous political structures and other stakeholders in the ancestral domain/land, in accordance with a n acceptable/applicable science and the conditions stated by the indigenous leadership system; e. Identify and recommend enabling systems/schemes to promote indigenous knowledge/ practices a s alternative approach and/ or management tool in forest ecosystem management;