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Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order No. 2008-26 on revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of the NIPAS Act of 1992.

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protected area Protection of habitats Institution Management/conservation Special fund Offences/penalties Traditional rights/customary rights Community management Cultural heritage Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

This Administrative Order provides for the establishment of a National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS), which shall encompass biologically important public lands and ancestral domains that are habitats of rare and endangered species of plants and animals, bio-geographic zones and related ecosystems all of which designated as protected areas.

Full text
English
Website
server2.denr.gov.ph

References - Legislation

Implements

National Integrated Protected Areas System Act 1992 (Republic Act No. 7586 of 1992).

Legislation | Philippines | 1992

Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Sustainable development, Traditional rights/customary rights, Community management, Indigenous peoples, Basic legislation, Biodiversity, Protected area, EIA, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

DENR Administrative Order No. 10 of 2015 establishing the Guidelines on the delineation and demarcation of boundaries of protected areas under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS).

Legislation | Philippines | 2015

Keyword: Protected area, Protection of habitats, Institution, Management/conservation, Data collection/reporting, National parks, Procedural matters, Wild fauna, Wild flora

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

DENR Administrative Order No. 2019-05 implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7586, or the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992, as Amended by Republic Act No. 11038, or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act of 2018.

Legislation | Philippines | 2019

Keyword: Ecosystem preservation, Sustainable development, Wetlands, Traditional rights/customary rights, Community management, Indigenous peoples, Enforcement/compliance, Biodiversity, Protected area, EIA, PIC-prior informed consent

Source: FAO, FAOLEX