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 *19 NOV -4 All :45 SENATE S. No. 112 8 RECEIVtD 6>'; 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: 1 CHAPTER I 2 GENERAL PR O VISIO NS 3 SECTION 1. S h o rt Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Indigenous Cultural 4 Communities and Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) Community Conserved Territories 5 and Areas (ICCA) Act'. 6 SEC. 2. D eclaration o f Policy. - In accordance with the Philippine Constitution, 7 Republic Act (RA) No. 8371, otherwise known as the "Indigenous Peoples Rights 8 A ct o f 1997" (IPRA), and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights o f 9 Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), it is the policy of the State to recognize, promote, 10 and protect the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples 11 (ICCs/IPs), particularly to their ancestral domains. 12 The State also recognizes the existing customary and traditional governance 13 by ICCs/IPs o f their ancestral domains and lands as an effective measure of 14 conserving 15 acknowledges the significant contribution of ICCs/IPs to the country's efforts in 16 environmental 17 community resilience. key biodiversity protection, areas. Through this biodiversity conservation recognition, and in the promoting State the