Administrative Order containing implementing rules and regulations on the prospecting of biological and genetic resources (No. 96-20). Country/Territory Philippines Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Photocopy, 29 pp. Subject Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Planting material/seeds Access and benefit-sharing Plant production PIC-prior informed consent Indigenous peoples Biodiversity Genetic resources Research Institution Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This Order sets forth provisions implementing the Executive Order prescribing guidelines and establishing a regulatory framework for the prospecting of biological and genetic resources, their by-products and derivatives for scientific and commercial purposes and other purposes. The Order further implements principles and provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992. These provisions outline the basic policy principles of management of biological and genetic resources in the Philippines (sect. 1), define various terms (sect. 2) and the application sphere of this Order (sect. 3), regulate prospecting in protected areas (sect. 4) and ancestral and other land (sect. 5), regulate in detail research agreements between collectors of biological and genetic resources and the appropriate government agency including matters such as approval of the Inter-Agency Committee on Biological and Genetic Resources (IACBGR), prior informed consent of local parties (sect. 7), minimum terms and conditions of the agreement, etc. Section 10 concerns the composition of the IACBGR, and defines its functions, rights and duties, and working procedures, whereas section 11 deals with matters relating to the Technical Secretariat of the Committee, which shall carry out most functions of the Committee in relation with research agreements, including monitoring of research agreements, provided for in section 12. (16 sections). 5 annexes are attached to the text. Full text English References - Legislation Implements Executive Order prescribing guidelines and establishing a regulatory framework for the prospecting of biological and genetic resources, their by-products and derivatives for scientific and commercial purposes and other purposes (No. 247). Legislation | Philippines | 1996 Keyword: Planting material/seeds, Plant production, PIC-prior informed consent, Biodiversity, Genetic resources, Research, Institution, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX