of the traditional and indigenous forest management systems and practices
consistent with the traditions and culture therein including the corresponding
penalties and sanctions to be imposed for each and every violation to be
committed. Said MOA shall also include provisions on the roles and
responsibilities of all parties in the documentation of information and/or in the
gathering of primary data for the recognition and confirmation of the traditional
and indigenous forest management systems and practices.
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The output of the joint documentation as well as the stipulations under
the MOA shall be used in the formulation of appropriate Joint Implementing
Rules and Regulations (JIRR) between and among the DENR, the NCIP, the
concerned LGUs and the head or the duly authorized representative of the
concerned ICC/IP for a particular traditional and indigenous forest
management system and practices a s STIFRMSP.
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Sec. 8.
Documentation of STIFRMSP.
The documentation of
indigenous and traditionalljr managed forests and the different practices in
relation to forest resources management, harvesting and utilization thereof
shall be undertaken jointly by the DENR and the NCIP in coordination with the
indigenous leadership system, Barangay and Municipal LGUs and other
concerned stakeholders. The identification of other concerned stakeholders in
the documentation shall be by consensus between and among the DENR, the
NCIP, indigenous leadership system and the LGU/s of the area. The
documentation process shall focus not on specific barangay levels but on
traditional domain management unit/s as a whole and should capture the
integrative landscape/ nature of the domain.
The documentation parameters shall include, but not limited to, the
following:
8.1 The Ancestral Domain Management Blocks/Units
a. Location, general description of the area (e-g. topography,
accessibility, slope, present of hazardldanger areas; if already
identified: soil type and structure, etc.) including the area
coverage and boundary of the traditional management unitlblock
by groups/ clans or community;
b. Area covered by each ICC/IP using particular traditional and
indigenous forest management systems and practices including
the extent and frequency of how the ICCs/IPs harvest/utilize their
trees and other forest resources;
c. Location Map of the area covered by the traditional domain
management unitlblock showing the boundaries and adjoining
lots;
d. Present land uses and prevailing vegetative cover status
(prevailing vegetsition, including the volume, estimated quantity of
the forest resources);
e. Inventory of biodiversity resources in the area and strategies on
rewarding upland communities for maintaining their watershed
areas, if any;