Central cebu protected landscape act

Section 5. Definition of Terms. —

For purposes of this Act:

1. "Biodiversity" shall refer to the variety and variability among all living organisms and the ecological complexities in which they occur.
2. "Biological resources" shall include genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, population or any other biotic component of ecosystems with actual or potential use or value for humanity.
3. "Buffer zone" shall refer to the identified area outside the boundaries of and immediately adjacent to designated protected areas that need special development control in order to avoid or minimize harm to the protected area.
4. "By-products or derivatives" shall mean any part taken or substance extracted from wildlife, in raw or in processed form. This includes stuffed animals and herbarium specimens.
5. "Collection or collecting" shall refer to the act of gathering or harvesting wildlife, its by-products or derivatives.
6. "Component area" shall refer to any or all of the areas previously ordered or proclaimed as the Buhisan Watershed Forest Reserve, the Sudlon National Park, the Central Cebu National Park, the Mananga Watershed Forest Reserve and the Kotkot-Lusaran Watershed Forest Reserve, and now comprising and collectively referred to as the CCPL.
7. "Conservation" shall mean preservation and sustainable utilization of wildlife and/or maintenance, restoration and enhancement of the habitat.
8. "Consultation" shall refer to the meeting or dialogue with concerned or affected individuals and groups within and outside the CCPL designed to identify and resolve issues and problems affecting them in relation to the protection, conservation and sustainable development of the CCPL.
9. "Endemic species" shall refer to species or subspecies which is naturally occurring and found only within specific areas in the country.
10. "Exotic species" shall refer to species or subspecies of flora and fauna which do not naturally occur within the CCPL at present or in historical time.
11. "Exploration" shall refer to searching or prospecting for mineral resources, as defined by law, by geological, geochemical or geophysical surveys, remote sensing, test pitting, trenching, drilling, shaft sinking, tunneling or any other means for the purpose of determining the existence, extent, quantity and quality thereof and the feasibility of mining them for profit.
12. "Exploitation" shall refer to any mode of use, extraction, development, utilization or disposition of resources, for whatever purpose, whether commercial or otherwise.
13. "Habitat" shall refer to a place or type of environment where a species or subspecies naturally occurs or has naturally established its population.
14. "Introduction" shall mean bringing species into the wild that is outside its natural habitat.
15. "Kaingin" shall refer to the slash-and-burn of vegetation to clear land for agricultural purposes.
16. "National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)" shall refer to the classification and administration of all designated protected areas to maintain essential ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, to ensure sustainable use of resources found therein and to maintain their natural conditions to the greatest extent possible.
17. "NIPAS Act" refers to the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 or Republic Act No. 7586, and its implementing rules and regulations.
18. "National park" shall refer to the land of the public domain classified as such in the 1987 Constitution which includes all areas under the NIPAS pursuant to Republic Act No. 7586 primarily designated for the conservation of native plants and animals, their associated habitats and cultural diversity.
19. "Nongovernment organization (NGO)" shall refer to an agency, institution, a foundation or a group of persons whose purpose is to assist people's organizations/associations in various ways including, but not limited to, organizing, education, training, research and/or resource accessing.
20. "Nonrenewable resources" shall refer to those resources within the CCPL, the natural replenishment rate of which is not known.
21. "People's Organization (PO)" shall refer to a group of organized migrant communities and/or interested indigenous peoples which may be an association, cooperative, federation or other legal entity, established to undertake collective action to address community concerns and needs, and mutually share the benefits of the endeavor.
22. "Protected area (PA)" shall refer to the identified portions of land and/or water set aside by reason of their unique physical and biological significance, managed to enhance biological diversity and protected against destructive human exploitation.
23. "Protected Area Management Board (PAMB)" shall refer to a multi-sectoral policy-making body for protected areas created in accordance with Republic Act No. 7586 or the NIPAS Act of 1992.
24. "Protected landscape/seascape" refers to an area of national significance which are characterized by the harmonious interaction of man and land while providing opportunities for public enjoyment through recreation and tourism within the normal lifestyle and economic activity of these areas.
25. "Quarrying" shall refer to the process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources, as defined by law, found on or underneath the surface of private and public land.
26. "Special-use zones" shall refer to areas containing existing installations of national and local significance, such as telecommunication facilities, irrigation canals, water supply infrastructure or electric power lines.

aa. "Sustainable" shall refer to the use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of the present and future generations.

bb. "Strict protection zones" shall refer to natural areas with high biodiversity value which shall be closed to all human activity except for scientific studies and ceremonial or religious use by the indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples; may include habitats of threatened species, or degraded areas that have been designated for restoration and subsequent protection, even if these areas are still in various stages of regeneration.

cc. "Tenured migrants" shall refer to occupants who have actually and continuously occupied a portion of the protected area and is solely dependent therein for subsistence. A protected area occupant is understood to be "solely dependent for subsistence" when everything indispensable for survival for the household, including food, clothing, shelter and health, comes only from the utilization of resources from the protected area.

dd. "Watershed forest reserve" shall refer to areas such as the Buhisan Watershed Forest Reserve, the Mananga Watershed Forest Reserve and the Kotkot-Lusaran Watershed Forest Reserve proclaimed as such by the issuance of an executive order or a presidential proclamation for purposes of protecting, maintaining or improving the water yield and providing restraining mechanisms for inappropriate forest exploitation and disruptive land use.

ee. "Wildlife" shall refer to wild forms and varieties of flora and fauna, in all developmental stages, including those which are in captivity or are being bred or propagated.

ff. "Zones" shall refer to the divisions within the CCPL consisting of levels of protection and permitted use of natural resources such as strict protection zone, sustainable-use zone, restoration zone, multiple-use zone and special-use zone, as provided under existing rules and regulations of the NIPAS.