Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policy. - Cognizant of the profound impact of man's activities on all components of the natural environment particularly the effect of increasing population, resource exploitation and industrial advancement, and recognizing the critical importance of protecting and maintaining the natural biologically unique features to sustain human life and development, as well as plant and animal life, it is hereby declared the policy of the State to provide that the management, protection, sustainable development, and rehabilitation of protected areas shall be undertaken primarily to ensure the conservation of biological diversity and that the use and enjoyment of protected areas must be consistent with that principle.