a. Promote ethical standards in the conduct and implementation of research
concerning ICCs/IPs, their ancestral domains/lands, culture and other
resources;
b. Establish a framework for the conduct, monitoring and evaluation of
researches concerning ICCs/IPs, their ancestral domains/lands, cultural
resources/treasures
and
traditional
cultural
expressions,
including
mechanisms for the protection and promotion thereof;
c.
Set the requirements and procedures for ensuring the free and prior
informed decision of the ICCs/IPs on any research activity affecting them,
their ancestral domains/lands, cultural resources/treasures and traditional
cultural expressions;
d. Establish a community registry and/or IP databank to safeguard products
or outcomes including derivatives, of research/documentation activities;
e.
Institutionalize the sustainability of indigenous knowledge systems and
practices and customary laws through cultural resiliency, intergenerational
responsibility and re-indigenization;
f.
Identify, recognize and appropriately register the ownership of IKSPs by the
ICCs/IPs or the IKSP holders and determine the applicability of customary
laws.
Section 6. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Guidelines, the following
terms shall be defined:
a.
Bioprospecting. It is the research, collection and utilization of biological
and genetic resources for purposes of applying the knowledge derived
therefrom solely for commercial purposes.
b. Certificate of Validation. It is the certification issued by the authorized IP
representatives evidencing that the community is satisfied with the content,
extent and manner of presentation of the information or knowledge that
may be published or communicated.
c.
Community. It refers to the Indigenous Cultural Community.
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