1 favorable conditions for Filipino entrepreneurs to engage in mining 2 through various state-private agreements that shall ensure that mining 3 shall 4 production and produce both consumer and producer goods and 5 manufactures; 6 nn) National park - help spur more domestic investments, increase agricultural an area of the public domain essentially natural 7 wilderness, scenic, or historic in character which has been withdrawn 8 from settlement, occupancy, or any form of exploitation except in 9 conformity with an approved management plan and set aside exclusively 10 to conserve the area or preserve the scenery, the natural and historic 11 objects, wild animals, and plants therein mainly for the purpose of 12 biodiversity conservation and/or human enjoyment; 13 00 ) Natural forest - forests composed of indigenous trees, not planted by 14 man, whose structure, functions, and dynamics have been largely the 15 result of natural succession processes; 16 pp) Natural parks - is a relatively large area not materially altered by 17 human activity where extractive resource uses are not allowed. These 18 parks are maintained to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of 19 national or international significance for scientific, educational and 20 recreational use; 21 qq) Open-pit mining - Extracting metal ores and minerals that lie near the 22 surface by removing the overlying material and breaking and loading the 23 ore. Also known as open-cast mining and open-cut mining; 24 rr) Ore - a material that contains minerals in such quantities that it can be 25 mined and worked commercially to extract that mineral. The mineral is 26 usually contained in chemical combination with some other element in 27 addition to various impurities; 28 ss) Pollution control and infrastructure devices - infrastructure, machinery, 29 equipment and/or improvements used for impounding, treating, or 30 neutralizing, 31 industrial waste and tailings as well as eliminating or reducing hazardous 32 effects of solid particles, chemicals, liquids or other harmful by-products 33 and gases emitted from any facility utilized in mining operations for their 34 disposal; precipitating, filtering, conveying and cleansing mine 35 tt) Private land - any land belonging to any private person which includes 36 alienable and disposable land being claimed by a holder, claimant, or 13