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The foregoing provisions notwithstanding, titles secured
under the Torrens System, and rights already vested under the
provisions of existing laws shall be respected.
SEC. 3. As used in this Organic Act, the phrase "indigenous
cultural community" refers to Filipino citizens residing in the
autonomous region who are:
(a) Tribal peoples. These are citizens whose social, cultural,
and economic conditions distinguish them from other sectors of
the national community; and
(b) Bangsa Moro people. These are citizens who are
believers in Islam and who have retained some or all of their own
social, economic, cultural, and political institutions.
SEC. 4. Cultural Communities. – The customary laws,
traditions, and practices of indigenous cultural communities on
land claims and ownership and settlement of land dispute shall
be implemented and enforced among the members of such
communities.
SEC. 5. Ecological Balance. – The proclamations issued by
the central government or national government declaring old
growth or natural forests and all watersheds within the
autonomous region as forest reserves are hereby reiterated. The
forest reserves shall not be subjected to logging operations of any
nature or kind.
Forest concessions, timber licenses, contracts, or
agreements of any kind or nature whatsoever granted by the
central government or national government or by the Regional
Government as of the date of the approval of this Organic Act,
are hereby cancelled, nullified and voided, and shall not be renewed
until thirty (30) years after the approval of this Organic Act.
If the said forest reserves are logged over or are mined by
authority or neglect of the Regional Government, the funds
provided by the central government or national government
including the internal revenue shares of the Regional Government
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