Senate
In d ict of tljf d r c iP ta r p
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE P H ILIP P IN E S
F irs t R egular Session
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SENATE
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS
AN ACT RECO GNIZING THE IN D IG E N O U S CULTURAL C O M M U N ITIE S
AND IN D IG E N O U S PEOPLES (IC C s /IP s ) C O M M UN ITY CONSERVED
TERRITO RIES AND AREAS (IC C A ), ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE
THE N A TIO N A L ICCA REGISTRY, AND APPR O PR IATIN G FUNDS
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House o f Representatives o f the Philippines
in Congress assembled:
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CHAPTER I
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GENERAL PR O VISIO NS
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SECTION 1. S h o rt Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Indigenous Cultural
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Communities and Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) Community Conserved Territories
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and Areas (ICCA) Act'.
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SEC. 2. D eclaration o f Policy. - In accordance with the Philippine Constitution,
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Republic Act (RA) No. 8371, otherwise known as the "Indigenous Peoples Rights
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A ct o f 1997" (IPRA), and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights o f
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Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), it is the policy of the State to recognize, promote,
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and protect the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples
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(ICCs/IPs), particularly to their ancestral domains.
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The State also recognizes the existing customary and traditional governance
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by ICCs/IPs o f their ancestral domains and lands as an effective measure of
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conserving
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acknowledges the significant contribution of ICCs/IPs to the country's efforts in
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environmental
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community resilience.
key
biodiversity
protection,
areas.
Through
this
biodiversity conservation
recognition,
and
in
the
promoting
State
the