Republic Act

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No. 9147
Wildlife Resources Conservation and
Protection Act
 Objectives

• Explain R.A 9147 or the Wildlife

Resources Conservation and Protection
Act
• Cite practical ideas done in our daily
lives which can help protect and conserve
Philippine diversity.
Republic Act
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No. 9147
Wildlife Resources Conservation and
Protection Act
Declaration Policy

It should be the policy of the State to

conserve the country’s wildlife
resources and their habitats for
sustainability.
 DECLARATION OF
POLICY
 To conserve and protect wildlife species and their
habitats to promote ecological balance and enhance
biological diversity
 To regulate the collection and trade of wildlife
 To pursue, with due regard to the national interest,
the Philippine commitment to international
conventions, protection of wildlife and their habitats
 To initiate or support scientific studies on the
conservation of biological diversity.
 What Species are covered
by RA 9147?

• According to the law, ALL WILD SPECIES

are covered by the provisions of this law,
regardless if they are endemic or exotic
 JURISDICTIONS

Department of Environment and Department of Agriculture Palawan Council for

Natural Resources Sustainable Development
JURISDICTIONS

• The DENR shall have

jurisdiction over ALL
terrestrial plant and animal
species.
TURTLES AND TORTOISES
TURTLES AND TORTOISES
WETLAND SPECIES
CROCODILE
BIRDS
DUGONG
AMPHIBIANS
JURISDICTIONS

• Shall have jurisdiction over

ALL declared aquatic
critical habitats, all aquatic
resources.
FISHES
FISHES
VERTEBRATES
VERTEBRATES
JURISDICTIONS

• The Palawan Council for

Sustainable Development or
PCSD shall have the
jurisdiction over wildlife
resources of the Province of
Palawan
PANGOLIN PANTOT PILANDOK
PANGOLIN PANTOT PILANDOK
TANDIKAN BINTURONG
TANDIKAN BINTURONG
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KEY TERMS of:

Republic Act 9147
 Republic Act 9147

Conservation
• It means preservation and sustainable
utilization of wildlife, and/or
maintenance, restoration and
enhancement of the habitat.
 Republic Act 9147

Critically Endangered Species

It refers to a species or subspecies that is

facing extremely high risk of extinction in
the wild in the immediate future
 Republic Act 9147
Economically Important Species

• It means species which have actual or

potential value in trade or utilization
for commercial purposes.
 Republic Act 9147

Endangered Species
• Refers to a species or subspecies that is
not critically endangered but whose
survival in the wild is unlikely if the
causal factors of the endangering
continue
 Republic Act 9147

Endemic Species
• It mean species or subspecies which is
naturally occurring and found only
within specific area in the country.
 Republic Act 9147

Exotic Species
• It means the species or subspecies which
do not naturally occur in the country
and come from other countries.
Republic Act 9147

Habitat
• It means a place or environment where
a species or subspecies naturally occur
or has naturally established its
population.
 Republic Act 9147

Indigenous Wildlife
• It means the species or subspecies of
wildlife natural occurring or has
naturally established population in the
country of region
 Republic Act 9147

Threatened Species
• General term to denote species or
subspecies considered as critically
endangered, endangered, vulnerable, or
other accepted categories of wildlife
whose population is at risk of extinction.
Republic Act 9147

Trade
• It means an act of engaging in the
exchange, importation or exportation,
purchase or sale of wildlife, their
derivatives or by-products, locally or
internationally.
Republic Act 9147

Wildlife
• It means the wild forms and varieties of
flora and fauna, in all developmental
stages, including those which are in
captivity or are being bred or
propagated.
 Republic Act 9147

Indigenous Wildlife
• It means the species or subspecies of
wildlife natural occurring or has
naturally established population in the
country of region
 Republic Act 9147

Indigenous Wildlife
• It means the species or subspecies of
wildlife natural occurring or has
naturally established population in the
country of region
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MAJOR DRIVERS OF
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
 Republic Act 9147

POLLUTION CLIMATE CHANGE CHANGE IN LAND AND SEA USE

INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES OVEREXPLOITATION

HABITAT LOSS
 What acts are prohibited
under the law?

• Killing and destroying wildlife species

• Inflicting injury which cripples and/or impairs the
reproductive system of wildlife species
• Actions affecting the critical habitats
• Introduction, reintroduction or restocking of wildlife
resources
 What acts are prohibited
under the law?

• Trading of wildlife
• Collecting, hunting or possessing wildlife, their by-products
or derivatives
• Gathering or destroying active nests, nest trees, host plants
and the like
• Maltreating and/or inflicting other injuries not covered by
the preceding paragraph
• Transporting of wildlife
 What fines and penalties
await violators?

• For action like killing and destroying against

species listed as critical, imprisonment of a
minimum of six (6) years and one (1) day to
twelve (12) years and/or a fine of One
Hundred thousand pesos (100,000.00) to one
million pesos (1,000,000.00)
 What acts are prohibited
under the law?

• For trading wildlife species listed as

endangered, imprisonment of one (1) year
and one (1) day to two (2) years and/or
fine of two thousand pesos
(2,000.00)pesos to Two hundred thousand
pesos (200,000.00)
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Bonda, Rosal
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