NATIONAL INTEGRATED

PROTECTED AREAS ACT.

RA 7586
• provides the legal framework for the
establishment/management of protected areas in the
Philippines.

• 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
 PROTECTED AREAS

• 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 exploration.
 NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED
AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS)

• designate, whether terrestrial, wetland or

marine, protected areas, areas that "shall
encompass outstanding remarkable areas and
biologically important public lands that are
habitats of rare and endangered species of
plants and animals, biogeographic zones and
related ecosystems."
ENLISTING CATEGORIES OF PROTECTED
AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) Strict nature reserve;

(2) Natural park;
(3) Natural monument;
(4) Wildlife sanctuary;
(5) Protected landscapes and seascapes;
(6) Resource reserve;
(7) Natural biotic areas;
(8) Other categories established by law,
conventions or international agreements which
the Philippine Government is a signatory.
 BUFFER ZONES

• identified areas 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;
• Examples : Mayon Volcano, Caramoan
National Park, Tañon Strait
ESTABLISHMENT AND EXTENT OF THE
SYSTEM

• Upon the recommendation of the DENR, a

certain protected area may be established,
disestablished, or its boundaries may be
modified pursuant to an act of Congress.
 PROHIBITED ACTS

• Hunting, destroying, disturbing, or mere possession of any

plants or animals or products derived therefrom without a
permit from the Management Board;
• Dumping of any waste products detrimental to the protected
area, or to the plants and animals or inhabitants therein;
• Use of any motorized equipment without a permit from the
Management Board;
• Mutilating, defacing or destroying objects of natural beauty or
objects of interest to cultural communities (of scenic value);
• Damaging and leaving roads and trails in a damaged
condition;
• Squatting, mineral locating, or otherwise occupying any land;
• Constructing or maintaining any kind of structure, fences or
enclosures, conducting any business enterprise without a
permit;
• Leaving in exposed or unsanitary conditions refuse or debris,
or depositing in ground or in bodies of water; and
• Altering, removing destroying or defacing boundary marks or
signs.
INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES

• Ancestral domain and other customary rights

and interests of indigenous communities shall
be accorded due recognition in protected areas.
Moreover, the preservation of ancestral
domain and customary rights within protected
areas shall be a management objective.
 TENURED MIGRANTS

• Any person who has actually and continuously

occupied an area for five (5) years prior to its
designation as part of a protected area. As a tenured
migrant he shall be eligible to become a steward of a
portion of land within the multiple use management
or buffer zone of the protected area, and from which
he may derive subsistence.
 Lamao Forest

Apo Reef
 Chocolate Hills

Rasa Island
 Aliwagwag Falls

Panglao Island