Dissenting Opinion G.R. No. 224469 - 32 - where Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park is located. 90 To recall, the dita tree was cut in the Barangay Calangatan, Municipality of San Teodoro. It must also be mentioned that both Pres. Proc. No. 557 and R.A. No. 6148 expressly identified only the Batangan tribe, one of the eight ethno-linguistic groups of the Mangyans, as the IP group which shall be allocated a 1,000hectare area within the protected area for their settlement and development. But petitioners herein are Iraya-Mangyans and are not part of the Batangan tribe. 91 Evidently, the land subject of the present case is not part of the protected area that is Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park and is, therefore, not subject to the provisions of the ENIPAS Act. In the second place, even if We assume that the subject land is covered by the ENIPAS Act, petitioners are nonetheless liable for violating the provisions thereof. Contrary to Justice Perlas-Bemabe's postulation, IPs still do not possess an unbridled right to log trees within a protected area. A cursory perusal of the ENIPAS Act and its 'IRR reveals that these protected areas are, in fact, strictly regulated, perhaps even stricter than unprotected ones. Pursuant to the provisions of the ENIPAS Act and its IRR, any tree cutting activity to be conducted by IPs within protected areas must first satisfy the following requirements: (1) a cutting permit from the Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) which is primarily accountable to the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) and the DENR for the management and operations of the protected area; 92 (2) the tree shall be solely for traditional and subsistence uses; (3) only five cubic meters per applicant per year is allowed; 93 ( 4) no permit shall be required of Protected Area Community 90 According to the Guidebook to Protected Areas in the Philippines, published by the Biodiversity Management Bureau and the DENR (2015), Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park was first established as a tamaraw reservation and bird sanctuary by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 557 in 1969, as a national park under R.A. No. 6148 in 1970, and as a protected area under both the NIP AS Act in 1992 and ENIPAS Act in 2018. It encompasses the municipalities of Sablayan, Calintaan, Rizal, and San Jose in Occidental Mindoro as well as municipalities of Gloria, Bansud, Bongabon, and Mansalay in Oriental Mindoro. 91 The Guidebook to Protected Areas in the Philippine&, id., stated that the Mangyans, an indigenous group of Mindoro, is further classified into at least eight ethno-linguistic groups: Iraya, Batangan, Hanuno'o, Alangan, Ratagnon, Tagaydan or Tadyawan, Buhid and Pula. 92 Section 11-B of the ENIP AS Act provides that "Sec. 11-B. The Protected Area Management Office (PAMO). - There is hereby established a Protected Area Management Office (PAMO) to be headed by a Protected Area Superintendent (PASU) with a permanent plantilla position who shall supervise the day management, protection and administration of the protected area. A sufficient number of support staff with permanent plantilla position shall be appointed by the DENR to assist the PASU in the management of the protected area. "The PASU shall be primarily accountable to the PAMB and the DENR for the management and operations of the protected area. Pursuant thereto, the PASU shall have the following duties and responsibilities: x x xx "(i) Issue permits and clearances for activities that implement the management plan and other permitted activities in accordance with terms, conditions, and criteria established by the PAMS: Provided, That all permits for extraction activities, including collection for research purposes, shall also continue to be issued by relevant authorities, subject to prior clearance from the PAMB, through the PASU, in accordance with the specific acts to be covered; 93 The IRR of the ENIPAS Act provides: Rule 11-B.3 In addition to the functions enumerated in Section 11-B, the PASU shall perform the following duties and responsibilities: x x x d. Recommend actions for cutting permit for planted trees solely for the traditional and subsistence uses by ICCs/lPs and tenured migrants, of up to five (5) cubic meters per applicant per year. Provided, that, PACBRMA holders with affirmed Community-based Resource Management Plan shall no longec be issued cotting pennits. Prnvided, finthec, th~ total volume cut shall not e x e ~ °!"'