Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Definition of Terms. The following terms are hereby defined for the purpose of this Act:

(a) Ancestral Domain refers to all lands and natural resources occupied or possessed by indigenous cultural communities, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually, in accordance with their customs and traditions since time immemorial, continuously to the present except when interrupted by war, force majeure, or displacement by force, deceit or stealth. It includes all adjacent areas generally belonging to them and which are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare.

(b) Indigenous Cultural Communities shall refer to tribes, including but not limited to Subanens, who have continuously lived as communities an communally bounded and defined land since time immemorial and have succeeded in preserving, maintaining and sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural traits.

(c) Nonrenewable Resources shall refer to those resources found within the protected area, the natural replenishment rate of which is either not known or takes more than twenty-five (25) years.

(d) Protected Species any individual species of plants and animals that are or shall be declared as protected under the Philippine laws, rules and regulations issued by the DENR, species listed as protected against trade, hunting and harvest under International Conventions to which the Philippines is or will become signatory including but not limited to the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). In addition to these, they include species, which may be restricted for use under regulations issued by the PAMB or DENR, and those particularly mentioned in the management plan.

(e) Non-government Organization (NGO) shall refer to any civic, developmental or philanthropic organization which is multi-sectoral in character.

(f) Peoples Organization (PO) shall refer to any grouping of people formed to advance the interests of the sector represented, provided such sector is marginalized, poor or disempowered.

(g) Public Consultation a meeting or dialogue with the concerned or affected individuals within and outside the protected area designed to identify and resolve issues and problems affecting them.

CHAPTER II

Protected Area Management