SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S.B. No.
1185
In tro d u c ed by SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA
AN ACT PROTECTING AND STRENGTHENING THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
AND
LOCAL
COMMUNITIES
CONSERVED
AREAS,
RECOGNIZING
THEIR
CONTRIBUTION
TO
BIODIVERSITY
CONSERVATION, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL
ICCA REGISTRY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the “Indigenous
Peoples an d Local C om m unities C onserved A reas A ct”.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy - It is the policy of the State to pursue
sustainable development, recognition of the rights of Indigenous Cultural
Communities/ Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs), biodiversity conservation, and
climate change mitigation and adaptation. Towards this end, the State
adopts the principle of protecting Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) and
acknowledging the significant contribution of conservation areas managed
by ICC/IPs in maintaining the country’s biodiversity as well as in climate
change mitigation.
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Consistent with the recognition and promotion of the rights of ICCs/IPs
under the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, the Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA), and the Universal Declaration of the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the State shall recognize and respect
the designation, declaration or establishment of Indigenous Community
Conserved Areas (ICCAs) by ICC/IPs within their ancestral domains.
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As a party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),
the State shall foster the recognition and promotion of other conservation
area governance types aside from protected areas established under
Republic Act No. 7586, otherwise known as the National Integrated
Protected Areas Stem (NIPAS) Act of 1992” and critical habitats designated
as such under Republic Act No. 9174, otherwise known as the “Wildlife
Resources Conservation and Protection Act”, among others.
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SEC. 3. Guiding Principles. - In the promotion of the recognition of ICCAs,
all concerned government agencies shall be guided by the following:
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