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a. Recognition and promotion of ICC/IP rights to their ancestral
domains includes the full recognition of ICCAs as well as the right of
the ICCs/IPs to maintain, protect, and regulate access and prohibit
unauthorized intrusion thereto;
b. As part of their responsibilities to their ancestral domain, ICCs/IPs
shall have priority in the management of their conservation areas
and the preservation, restoration, and maintenance of ecological
balance and biodiversity therein, with the full and effective
assistance of government agencies;
c. ICCAs shall be considered in the formulation of, and integrated in,
national and subnational policies, plans and programs in
recognition and respect of the right of the ICCs/IPs to preserve and
develop their cultures, traditions, and institutions within the
framework of national unity and development;
d. The positive contribution to biodiversity conservation of ICCAs and
related sustainable traditional indigenous forest resources
management systems and practices shall be fully acknowledged and
included in the accounting and reporting of the national
implementation of CBD obligations; and
e. ICCs/IPs shall have a fair and equitable share in the commercial
profits of users of well-defined and confirmed ecosystem services
provided by ICCAs, in recognition and respect of the right of the
ICCs/IPs to benefit and share in the profits from the allocation and
utilization of natural resources found in their ancestral domains.
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. — For purposes of this Act, the following terms
shall have the corresponding meanings:
(a) “Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan
(ADSDPP)” refers to the document consolidating the plans of the
ICC/IP for the sustainable management and development of the land
and natural resources as well as human resources within their
ancestral domains based on their indigenous knowledge systems
and practices and the principle of self-determination;
(b) “Biological Diversity” or “Biodiversity” refers to the variety and
variability among all living organisms and the ecological complex in
which they occur;
(c) “DENR” refers to the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources;
(d) “Ecosystem services” refer to environmental goods, and regulating,
supporting, and cultural services provided by ecosystems that are
directly enjoyed, consumed or used to further human well-being; or
benefits that people derive from an ecosystem;
(e) “Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs)”
refer to a group of people or homogenous societies as defined under
Republic Act No. 8731, otherwise known as “The Indigenous Peoples
Rights Act of 1997”;
(f) “Indigenous Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs)” are natural
and/or modified ecosystems containing significant biodiversity
values, ecological services and cultural values, voluntarily conserved
by indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples through
customary laws or other effective means;
(g) “Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)” refer to sites of global significance
for biodiversity conservation identified using globally standard
criteria and thresholds, based on the needs of biodiversity requiring
safeguards at the site scale. These criteria are based on the