1. PROTECTED AREAS

2. DEFINITION

3. PROTECTED AREAS ARE:
identified portions of land and water set aside for their unique physical and biological significance, managed to enhance biological diversity and protected against destructive human exploitation.

4. CATEGORIES

5. THE PROTECTED AREA CATEGORIES INCLUDE:
Strict Nature Reserve
Natural Park
Natural Monuments/Natural Landmarks
Wildlife Sanctuary
Protected Landscapes and Seascapes
Resource Reserve
Natural Biotic Areas

6. STRICT NATURE RESERVE Natural Feature
- pristine natural environment of unusual species and diversity
Main Management Objective
- for science or wilderness protection

7. STRICT NATURE RESERVE Allowable Human Activities
- limited scientific research activity, involving only measurements, counts and observation

8. NATURAL PARK Natural Feature
- an ecological community with minimum disturbance
- illustrates the process of succession and restoration
Main Management Objective
- for ecosystem conservation and recreation

9. NATURAL PARK Allowable Human Activities
- regulated recreation (ex. sight-seeing, bird watching and trekking)
- limited scientific research activity

10. NATURAL MONUMENT/LANDMARK
Natural Feature
- unique geological features of aesthetic or scientific values (ex. volcanoes, caves)
Main Management Objective
- for conservation of specific natural feature

11. NATURAL MONUMENT/LANDMARK
Allowable Human Activities
- regulated recreation (ex. controlled seasonal hunting and fishing)

12. WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Natural Feature
- important wildlife species (unique, rare, threatened and endangered)
Main Management Objective
- for conservation of wildlife

13. WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Allowable Human Activities
- scientific research involving small-scale manipulation experiments (ex. creation of artificial waterhole, habitat and population management
- controlled recreation

14. PROTECTED LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE
Natural Feature
- multiple use character (harmonious interaction of man, land and sea)
Main Management Objective
- for landscape or seascape conservation and recreation

15. PROTECTED LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE
Allowable Human Activities
- socio-economic activities with emphasis on the development of compatible sustainable practices (ex. controlled collection of dead wood, wild fruits, traditional fishing/hunting
- regulated recreation

16. RESOURCE RESERVE Natural Feature
- extensive, isolated, uninhabited and inaccessible
Main Management Objective
- for protection of natural resources of the area for future use

17. RESOURCE RESERVE Allowable Human Activities
- scientific research involving only measurements, counts, and observations

18. NATURAL BIOTIC AREA/ ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESERVE
Natural Feature
- ancestral domain (cultural sites)
Main Management Objective
- for preservation of Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) and their culture and tradition

19. NATURAL BIOTIC AREA/ ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESERVE
Allowable Human Activities
- resources extraction in a traditional manner (ex. gathering food crops, medicines, dyes)

20. NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM ACT (NIPAS Act)

21. NIPAS Act of 1992 also known as Republic Act 7586
is 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

22. serves to "protect outstandingly remarkable areas and biologically important public lands that are habitats of rare and endangered species of plants and animals representative of biogeographic zones and related ecosystems."

23. PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT BOARD (PAMB)

24. PAMB
is organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), as prescribed by the NIPAS Act
undergoes three stages:
1. Interim PAMB
- selection of members by the Regional Executive Director
- processing of required documents
- signing by the DENR of the official Certificate of Appointment

25. 2. Proclamation PAMB
- exercise functions and powers given to it by the NIPAS Act
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- establish a site as a protected area
- may be called site-specific names (ex. Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park Management Board)

26. Functions:
1. Regulatory/Rule-making function
2. Managerial function
3. Policy-making/Monitoring function

27. The End.