_—_—_—_ Repub of te Blitynes Congress of the Wkjlippines Mts ail Seni Congese Secon Regular Season ‘Begun and he in Meto Mais, 09 Mocdy, the twenty-fourth ‘ayo ly tard sever [Repusic Act No. 11038] AN ACT DECLARING PROTECTED AREAS AND PROVIDING POR THEIR MANAGEMENT. ANENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7686, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS) ACT OF 1992" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be itenactd hy the Senate and House of Representsives ofthe ‘Philippines in Congrene assembled SECTION 1. Title. ~ This Act atall be knowa. and ‘ferred to asthe “Expanded Natinal Integrated Protected Anwar Spates et of 2018" ‘Soo. 2 Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7586 is herby amended to read a0 fllows ‘SEC. 2. Delartion of Policy. ~ Cognicant of the profound smpact of hunan seivites on all ‘components of the astral environment partiallythe effect of increasing population, resource Mpisieaton ond industrial advancement, and ‘ekigang the exit portance of protecting end ‘emtuining the perusal: bulogcal, and. physical ‘Bounties af the environment otal on ates with ‘Sogaly aque fates to cutain human ie end development, az yell ax plant and snimal i, is ove declawed the plc of the State to ecu fr The Faipine people af present and for future Tberations the perpetaaleaistence of all native fant and animals theoogh the etablishment of «| ‘ltprobense etch of tlegrated protected reas ‘Tn the clasafaxbon of tabonal park as provided Torin the Contain. tie hereby recognized that there areas aithoush distinct sm featores, possess common Sigel values thot say be incorporated into & Teitutie plan to conserve and protec our natural ettage thot eecive mansion of these arene Epomble only through cooperation among the “Satna government lol governments, concerbed Tngocenment ganizations, private ongeniations nila communities; Uhat the use and enjoyment Pibeae potted aya st be eanseteat withthe prinaipee of Dislogisl diversity and sustainable fevelopment ‘to this end there ig beveby established ational Integrated Protected Areas Sytem (IPAS), tric shall ebeomase ecnlogically rich and ume {reus end biologically important public lands that Sw atitae of rare and threatened spe of plants fina animals, biogeographic zones and related SRiyatems, whether tamer, wetland or marine Silt which shall be devignated se protected area ‘The System call recognise conservation arens and {he managecent sepnes being implemented by Socal fovermment nis (LGUs), lel communities and Indigenous peoples OPe) “The State ebll ene the (implementation of har he, the mobilization of resources for the Inatitatonal neces herein estab, and the fill scientific and technical support needed for the cneeraton of bediversty and the Integy ofthe ‘corystems, cultre and indigenous practices” SEC. 9. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 7586 Se herehy mended 19 ree 98 fellows: SEC 4, Definition of Tera. ~ For purposes of this Act, the fellowing terms shall be defined a= {el (@) Biological diversity or biodiversity refers ‘the vanailty among living organisms from all ‘coures including. tater aia, terest. manne nd ther aque ecosystems andthe ecingeal compen ff which they ave part thi inelues vera Within fpecies,Hetwoen apeses and of eieyteme "@) Bioprospeting zefere to the vesoerch, Collection. and utzation of bilogcal and genetic ‘esoucee for purpores of applying the knowledge Aowved thereftom oly fo commercial purposes se ale nner eed rece ‘the boundarice of and immediately adjacent 10 deviguated protected areas that need special Sevelopment conta in cede to avoid cr minimize hrm tothe proteeted ats 18) Byproducts or Deivotves refer to parts then or eubstances extracted fom wild, in raw oF in proeaed for “) Collecting efor wo the act of gathering or harvesting wife and it y-proda or derivatives “U Conteyance refers to every kind of vessel, Including motorized or nonmotorized vehicles rondplacement cats and seaplanee thats used (rimay be ued as a means of anaporttion ola Gf water: e shall include everything found erin, ‘cpt personal lect“4@) Detincotion refers to the actu ground curvy of the boundaries of protected aese and ther Daller sones and management and management zones sing the gabal pooning system (GPS) ot cher appheable cuvey inetruments and techie, ‘vith the intention of producing a rap of the area “(e) Demarcation refers to the etablichment of the boundaries of protected areae and their buon Zones unng visible markers, monuments, buoys fn ‘ase of maine areas, and known naturel eats fd Iandmarks, among other, terull of the Sete pound delineation: 1) Feoeystom goode and services refer to the suite of enter nd nonmaterl provisioned Benefits from healthy eooeysteme necessary for human sustenance, well-being, ané survival including support processes, provisioning and fnvisonment regulating services, and cultural seooce precervetin cevies °9)_Bademic species eter to the specie oF subspecies of flora and fauna shich are hatiraly ‘securing and found sithin specie areas in the “(k) Erotic species refer to the species of sstepeies of fra and fauna which donot aataraly feeur within the protected avea at present o in Instore mes A) Exploration refer to the act of searching or proepeting for mineral rerorcen, oa defined by Town, by geological, geochemical or geophysical surveys, Tomote sensing, test pitting senchin Arline, shalt winking. tunneling or any other ‘aeans for the purpose of dlerminng the existence ‘stent, quant and quality of reeoues in an are snd the feaabiity of wtlaingthece resources for prt (e) Gear refers to any instrument or device and ste secesorice ullined in taking. catching fathering, fling, hunting, destosng, @etubing. Femoving, or possessing resources within the protected es "() Genetically modified organiem (GMO) efor to any Ding organi thet possesses a novel fombination of genetic mstenal through the uee of ‘modern bstehnobor “(o) Hunting refere to the killing oF catching ‘of wid fauna for fr and recreational pages with the wee of weapons such se gune, bow and sow, ‘pent, tape and snares and the Ike (@) Indigenous Cultural Camonity 1CC)/ Indigenous People IP) velers ts group of people hering common honds of language, cuetoms, traditions, and other dstnesive earl eit nd ‘tho ve, ante stinemril oxspid, possessed ed wtlized a tetany (@) Integrated Protected Area Fund (PAP) efere to the specal account established for the Durpose of financing projects of the NIPAS and Indiduel protected sess: “) Invasive alien species refer to specie Introduced debberately oF unintentionally eutide thee natural habitats where they have the eiity tw establish themselves, invade, oucompete native species, and take over the new environment (@) Keingin refers to the slash-and-burn cultivation of vegetted and in a protected area ‘whether cospied or nt, shifting and permanent ‘th Lite oF no provision to prevent eal eveion “W) Mulipleace sone rfers tthe avon where cetement, trditonel snd sustainable land ae