Joint DENR-DA-PCSD-NCIP Administrative Order No. 1 of 2005 prescribing Guidelines for Bioprospecting Activities in the Philippines. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Regulation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Genetic resources Management/conservation Research Wild fauna Wild flora Institution Royalties/fees Access and benefit-sharing Indigenous peoples Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Biodiversity PIC-prior informed consent Endangered species Protection of species Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract These bioprospecting guidelines set rules governing the implementation of the Wildlife Act, and other relevant laws that will protect indigenous and local communities with regard to collection, use of biological and genetic resources including wildlife, microorganisms, domesticated or propagated species and exotic species, and equitable sharing from these resources. The guidelines require that a Bioprospecting Undertaking or "BU" referred to "undertaking" or "permit" be executed before a resource user is allowed to access biological and genetic resources for bioprospecting/commercial purposes. Full text English Website www.denr.gov.ph