CAVES AND CAVE RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION Flashcards

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Republic act?? Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act”

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RA 9072

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Naturally occurring void, cavity, recess or system interconnected passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge.

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Caves

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Caves can be formed by many geological processes including :

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chemical actions,
erosion from water,
tectonic and volcanic forces,
microorganisms, and
pressure.

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often called limestone caves is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone. It is the most frequently occurring type of cave. It can also form in other rocks, including chalk, dolomite, marble, salt beds, and gypsum.

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Solution Cave or Karst Cave

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any cave formed in volcanic rock, though it typically means caves formed by volcanic processes, which are more properly termed volcanic cave.

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Primary Cave or Lava Cave

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are openings formed between boulders piled up on mountain slopes. Most of them are very small both in length and in cross section. Some boulder piles, however, do have explorable interconnected “passages” of considerable length

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Talus caves

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chambers scoured by wind action. They are common in desert areas where they are formed in massive sandstone cliffs. Wind sweeping around such a cavity erodes the walls, floor, and ceiling, resulting in a bottle-shaped chamber usually of greater diameter than the entrance. These caves are rarely longer than a few tens of metres.

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Eolian cave

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type of cave primarily formed by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion. Sea caves are found throughout the world, actively forming along present coastlines and as relict sea caves on former coastlines.

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Sea cave or Littoral Cave

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are formed as melting ice creates a flow of water within the glacier.

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Glacier Cave

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a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. In contrast to solutions caves (karst), which are often many miles long, these are almost always modest in size and extend

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rock shelter (also Rockhouse, crepuscular cave, bluff shelter, or abri)

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Caves are home or habitat for several Cave inhabiting animals such as:

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bats,
salamander,
frogs,
snakes,
insects,
spiders and
even fish.

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type of animal that only live within cave ecosystems, they often have some unique characteristic such as a loss of pigment coloring and no eyesight or eyeswhich developed due to the extreme darkness.

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Troglobites

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Recreational or scientific exploration of a cave system is called

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caving, potholing or spelunking.

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refers to a cave which contains materials or possesses features that have archaeological, cultural, ecological, historical or scientific value as determined by the DENR in coordination with the scientific community and the academe

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Significant Cave

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Law that Conserve, protect and manage caves and cave resources

Strengthen cooperation and exchange of information between and among governmental authorities and people who utilize caves and cave resources .

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RA 9072 otherwise known as “National Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act”

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Scope and Coverage of RA 9072

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ALL CAVES AND CAVES RESOURCES LOCATED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS

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coordinating agencies of RA 9072

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LGUs

National Museum of the Philippines

National Historical Commission of the Philippines

Department of Tourism

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Caves & cave resources within private land are owned by ________

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the State

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Landowners with caves in their private lands shall secure _____from the DENR for the utilization of cave resources.

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permit

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The responsibility in the management and protection of caves & cave resources found within the ancestral domain/land rests with the _____________________

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the concerned indigenous people per Indigenous Peoples Right Act (RA 8371)

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The conduct of research & other activities within ancestral domain/lands shall be subject to __________________ of the concerned IP.

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free and prior informed consent

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The establishment of these caves as protected areas and their management shall follow the provisions of the NIPAS Act (RA 7586 or the E-NIPAS

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Caves Under the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS)

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Caves which are not within ancestral domain and protected areas shall be managed (how)

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in coordination with the concerned agencies (Regional Cave Committee)

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For potentially significant cave shall not be made available to the public within ____ year(s) after its discovery.

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one (1)

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Cave classification: Caves with delicate and fragile geological formations, threatened species, archaeological and paleontological values and extremely hazardous conditions.

Allowable use may include mapping, photography, educational and scientific purpose.

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Class l.

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Cave classification: Caves with areas or portions which have sections that have hazardous conditions.

Allowable use may include mapping, photography, educational and scientific purposes.

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Class II

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Cave Classification: Caves generally safe to inexperienced visitor with no known threatened species, archeological, geological, natural history, cultural and historical values.

This caves may also be utilized for economic purposes such as guano extraction and edible birds nest collection.

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Class III

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PERMITS FOR USE OF CAVES

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  1. EXTRACTION OF CAVE RESOURCES
  2. VISITORS PERMIT
  3. COLLECTION OF BIOLOGICAL CAVE RESOURCES
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shall be issued in caves open for permit application with clearance from BMB prior to issuance of any mining permit pursuant to RA No. 7942 (Phil. Mining Act of 1995)

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EXTRACTION OF CAVE RESOURCES

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shall be issued by the DENR Regional Director for caves classified for eco-tourism. Corresponding visitors fees shall be sets by concerned RD in coordination with the RCC.

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VISITORS PERMIT

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shall be governed by the provisions of the Wildlife Resources Conservations and Protection Act (RA 9147).

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COLLECTION OF BIOLOGICAL CAVE RESOURCES

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sec7(a) A person knowingly destroys, disturbs, defaces, mars, alters, removes or harms the speleogem or speleothem of any cave. (Penalty?)

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Imprisonment from two (2) years to six (6) years or a fine ranging from Twenty Thousand Pesos (Php 20,000.00) to Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 500,000.00) of both at the discretion of the court.

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sec 7 (b)
1. Person gathers, collects, possesses, consumes, sells, barters or exchange or offer for sale any cave resources.
2. Such Act/s is without authority
(Penalty?)

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The person furnishing the capital to accomplish the acts punishable herein shall be punished by imprisonment from six (6) years and one (1) day to eight (8) years or by a fine ranging from Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 500,000.00) to one (1) million pesos (Php 1,000,000.00) or both at the discretion of the court.

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sec7(c) A person counsels, procures, solicits or employs any other person to violate any provision of the Act.

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??

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scientific study of caves and their surrounding environments (anastomoses, scallops, meander niches, petromorphs, and rock pendants)

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Speleology

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formation and development of cavesite, stalagmite, helictite, cave flower, flowstone, concretion, drapery, rimstone or formation of clay or mud)

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Speleogenesis

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means relief features on the walls, ceilings and floor of any cave or lava tube which are part of the surrounding bedrock, including but not limited to anastomoses, scallops, meander niches, petromorphs and rock pendants in solution caves and similar features unique to volcanic caves

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Speleogem

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any natural mineral formation or deposit occurring in a cave or lava tube, including but not limited to any stalactite, stalagmite, helictite, cave flower, flowstone, concretion, drapery, rimstone or formation of clay or mud.

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Speleothem

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evaluates and recommends initial classification and management prescription.

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CENRO/PASU

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evaluates, concurs and transmits recommended classification and management prescription to the RED

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Regional Cave Mgt. Committee PAMB

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approves classification and management prescriptions and transmits to PAWB

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RED

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prepares consolidated list and DENR to publish an annual national list of classified caves

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PAWB

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all areas generally belonging to ICCs/IPs comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force, deceit, stealth or as a consequence of government projects or any other voluntary dealings entered into by government and private individuals/corporations, and which are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare

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Ancestral Domains

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refers to land occupied, possessed and utilized by individuals, families and clans who are members of the ICCs/IPs since time immemorial, by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest,

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Ancestral Lands

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refers to a title formally recognizing the rights of possession and ownership of ICCs/IPs over their ancestral domains identified and delineated in accordance with this law;

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Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title

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refers to a title formally recognizing the rights of ICCs/IPs over their ancestral lands;

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Certificate of Ancestral Lands Title

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refer to claims on land, resources and rights thereon, belonging to the whole community within a defined territory;

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Communal claims

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refer to a body of written and/or unwritten rules, usages, customs and practices traditionally and continually recognized, accepted and observed by respective ICCs/IPs;

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Customary laws

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as used in this Act shall mean the consensus of all members of the ICCs/IPs to be determined in accordance with their respective customary laws and practices, free from any external manipulation, interference and coercion, and obtained after fully disclosing the intent and scope of the activity, in a language and process understandable to the community;

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Free and Prior Informed Consent

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refer to organizational and cultural leadership systems, institutions, relationships, patterns and processes for decision-making and participation, identified by ICCs/IPs such as, but not limited to, Council of Elders, Council of Timuays, Bodong Holders, or any other tribunal or body of similar nature;

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Indigenous political structures

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refer to claims on land and rights thereon which have been devolved to individuals, families and clans including, but not limited to, residential lots, rice terraces or paddies and tree lots;

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Individual claims

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refers to pre-conquest rights to lands and domains which, as far back as memory reaches, have been held under a claim of private ownership by ICCs/IPs, have never been public lands and are thus indisputably presumed to have been held that way since before the Spanish Conquest;

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Native Title