Section 3August 11, 2001, Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. - The following terms are hereby defined for purposes of this Act:

(a) "Bioprospecting" shall refer to the research, collection, and utilization of biological and genetic resources for purposes of applying the knowledge derived therefrom for scientific and/or commercial purposes.

(b) "Commercial" shall mean involving market sale in volume or value in excess of that required to maintain basic subsistence for workers and their dependents.

(c) "DENR" shall refer to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

(d) "Exotic Species" shall refer to species or subspecies that do not naturally occur within the biogeographic region of the MKNP at present or in historical time.

(e) "Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs)" shall refer to the indigenous peoples as defined in the IPRA, specifically, the Atis and Bukidnons of the MKNP.

(f) "Natural Park" is a relatively large area not materially altered by human activity, where extractive resource uses are not allowed, and maintained to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or international significance for scientific, educational, and recreational use.

(g) "Nongovernment Organization (NGO)" shall refer to any civic, developmental, environmental or philantrophic non-stock, non-profit organization, duly registered, having by-laws, democratically-elected representation, and multi-sectoral in character.

(h) "Non-Renewable Resources" shall refer to those resources found within the MKNP, the natural replenishment rate of which is not known.

(i) "PAMB" shall refer to the Protected Area Management Board, as provided herein.

(j) "PASu" shall refer to the Protected Area Superintendent, as provided herein.

(k) "People's Organization (PO)" shall refer to any group of people formed to advance the interests of the sector they represent.

(l) "Protected Species" shall refer to any plant or animal declared protected under Philippine laws. These shall include all species listed under the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) and all its Annexes, the Bonn Convention on Migratory Animals, those specified under the redlist categories of the International Conservation of Nature (UCN), or any plant or animal which the PAMB may deem necessary for conservation and preservation in the MKNP.

(m) "Tenured Migrant" shall refer to any person who has actually and continuously occupied an area of five (5) years prior to its designation as part of a protected area and is usually dependent on that area for subsistence.