1 Towards this end, the State shall adopt measures to recognize and respect 2 the designation, and declaration of ICCs/IPs of their conserved areas within their 3 ancestral domains and promote their rights to manage, maintain, and develop the 4 natural resources and apply their indigenous knowledge systems and practices 5 within these areas under their indigenous political structures and traditional 6 governance systems. 7 For this purpose, a national registry for all ICCs/IPs conserved territories 8 and areas shall be established to be the repository o f information on these 9 conserved territories and areas. 10 SEC. 3. D e fin itio n o f Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall 11 mean; 12 (a) Ancestral Domains - all areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs 13 comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources 14 therein, held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by 15 ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or 16 individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present except when 17 interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force, deceit, stealth 18 or as a consequence o f government projects or any other voluntary dealings 19 entered into by government and private individuals/corporations, and which 20 are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare. It shall 21 include ancestral lands, forests, pasture, residential, agricultural, and other 22 lands individually owned whether alienable and disposable or otherwise, 23 hunting grounds, burial grounds, worship areas, bodies of water, mineral 24 and other natural resources, and lands which may no longer be exclusively 25 occupied by ICCs/IPs but from which they traditionally had access to for 26 their subsistence and traditional activities, particularly the home ranges of 27 ICCs/IPs who are still nomadic and/or shifting cultivators; 28 (b) Ancestral Domains Sustainable Development and Protection 29 Plan (ADSDPP) - the consolidated plans of ICCs/IPs for the sustainable 30 management and development o f their land and natural resources within 31 their ancestral domain as well as the development of human and cultural 32 resources based on their indigenous knowledge, systems and practices. 33 Such plan shall be the basis of the Five Year Master Plan for ICCs/IPs;