Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). - Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of this Act, a Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) shall be created to oversee the management of the MAPL. The PAMB shall be composed of the following:

(a) DENR Regional Executive Director or his/her duly authorized representative;

(b) Governor of the Province of Pampanga or his/her duly authorized representative;

(c) Senators of the Republic of the Philippines who are duly registered residents of Pampanga, or their duly designated representatives, unless the Senators decline membership in the PAMB;

(d) District Representatives of the Congressional Districts where the MAPL is located, or their duly designated representatives, unless the District Representatives decline the membership in the PAMB;

(e) Mayors of the Municipalities of Arayat and Magalang, Province of Pampanga or their duly authorized representatives;

(f) Chairpersons of all the barangays with territorial jurisdiction over the MAPL;

(g) Regional Directors of the following governing agencies, namely: the Department of Agriculture (DA), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the Department of Science and technology (DOST), the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of National Defense (DND), and the Department of Tourism (DOT);

(h) Three (3) representatives from either nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or people's organizations (POs), based in the Province of Pampanga, duly accredited both by the DENR and the provincial government. The NGOs or POs represented should have been existence for at least five (5) years and with track record in or in related to protected area management;

(i) At least one (1) but not more than three (3) representatives from all the indigenous cultural community (ICC)/indigenous people (IP) present in the area and recognized by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP);

(j) One (1) representative from an academic institution, preferably from a university or college in the Province of Pampanga, with proven track record in or related to protected area management relative to any project or activity within the MAPL; and

(k) One (1) representative from the private sector, preferably a resident of the Province of Pampanga, who is distinguished in a profession or field of interest relevant to the protected area management relative to any project or activity within the MAPL.

The terms of office of members of the PAMB, as well as the grounds for their removal shall be in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 7586, or the "National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992", as amended by Republic Act No. 11038, or the "Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2018".