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. 4

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