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framework of vulnerability and irreplaceability widely used in
systematic conservation planning;
(h) “NCIF’ refers to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples;
(i) "National ICCA Registry’ refers to the database maintained jointly by
the NCIP and the DENR containing qualitative, quantitative and
spatial data on ICCAs as determined by ICCs/IPs themselves;
(j) “Protected Areas” refer to identified portions of land and water set
aside by reason of their unique physical and biological significance,
managed to enhance biological diversity and protected against
destructive human exploitation and included as a component of the
National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS);
(k) “Sustainable Traditional Indigenous Forest Resources Management
Systems and Practices (STIPMSP)” refer to those systems and
practices of ICCs/IPs formally recognized, registered, confirmed, and
duly verified jointly by the DENR and the NCIP to be the sustainable
forest management system and practice in the forest/watershed
area within the ancestral domain/land of the concerned ICC/IP;
(l) “Sustainable Traditional Resource Rights” refer to the rights to
ICCs/IPs to sustainably use, manage, protect and conserve a) land,
air, water, and minerals; b) plants, animals and other organisms; c)
collecting, fishing and hunting grounds; d) sacred sites; and e) other
areas of economic ceremonial and aesthetic value in accordance
with their indigenous knowledge, belief systems, and practices;
CHAPTER II
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CONSERVED AREAS
SEC. 5. Recognition of ICCAs. — ICCAs shall be respected as an exercise by
the ICC/IP of their ancestral domain rights as well as of their sustainable
traditional resource rights. ICCAs shall be accorded special protection and
full recognition by all national agencies and local government units (LGUs).
Except for documentation and mapping and biodiversity conservationrelated activities involving the full participation of the concerned ICC/IP, the
requirements for free and prior informed consent (FPIC) shall be strictly
followed for all other allowable activities activities within ICCAs.
SEC. 6. Protection of ICCAs. — ICCAs shall be declared no-go zones for all
forms of mining whether large-scale or small-scale and other destructive
forms of natural resource exploration, development and utilization. These
activities shall likewise be prohibited outside the ICCAs if they will adversely
impact the ICCA.
SEC. 7. Zones. — ICCs/IPs may establish zones within their ICCAs and
provide for the management and use of such zones in accordance with their
customary laws, traditions, customs or practices.
SEC. 8. ICCAs in Key Biodiversity Areas. — ICCAs within or encompassing
KBAs shall be maintained, managed and sustainably developed in a manner
consistent with conservation of the biodiversity found therein. As habitats of
threatened species of Philippine wildlife, KBAs are environmentally critical
areas (ECAs) in the context of the Philippine Environmental Impact
Statement System. KBAs shall be those identified by the Philippine
Biodiversity Conservation Priority Setting program and its iterations as
updated by the DENR in consultation with other concerned government
agencies, the academe, private sector and civil society.