RA 7942 - Definition of Terms Flashcards
refers to all lands exclusively and actually possessed, occupied, or utilized by indigenous cultural communities by themselves or through their ancestors in accordance with their customs and traditions since time immemorial, and as may be defined and
delineated by law.
Ancestral lands
an area bounded by one-half (1/2) minute of latitude and one-half (1/2) minute of longitude, containing approximately eighty-one hectares (81 has.).
Block or meridional block
refers to the capacity of natural and human environments to accommodate and absorb change without experiencing conditions of instability and attendant degradation.
Carrying capacity
refers to water, sea bottom and substratum measured twenty-four
nautical miles (24 n.m.) seaward from the base line of the Philippine archipelago.
Contiguous zone
land or body of water delineated for purposes of exploration, development, or utilization of the minerals found therein.
Contract area
a qualified person acting alone or in consortium who is a party to a
mineral agreement or to a financial or technical assistance agreement.
Contractor
an agreement entered into between the Government and one or more contractors in accordance with Section 26(b) hereof.
Co-production agreement (CA)
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Department
the work undertaken to explore and prepare an ore body or a mineral deposit for mining, including the construction of necessary infrastructure and related facilities.
Development
the Director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
Director
refers to geographic-based instruments for planners and
decision-makers which presents an evaluation of the environmental quality and carrying capacity of an area.
Ecological profile or eco-profile
refers to the document issued by the government agency concerned certifying that the project under consideration will not bring
about an unacceptable environmental impact and that the proponent has complied with the
requirements of the environmental impact statement system.
Environmental compliance certificate (ECC)
the document which aims to identify, predict, interpret, and communicate information regarding changes in environmental quality associated with a proposed project and which examines the range of alternatives for the objectives of the proposal and their impact on the environment.
Environmental impact statement (EIS)
the water, sea bottom and subsurface measured from
the baseline of the Philippine archipelago up to two hundred nautical miles (200 n.m.)
offshore.
Exclusive economic zone
a valid and subsisting mining claim or permit or quarry permit or any mining lease contract or agreement covering a mineralized area granted/issued under pertinent mining laws.
Existing mining/quarrying right
the searching or prospecting for mineral resources by geological,
geochemical or geophysical surveys, remote sensing, test pitting, trenching, drilling, shaft
sinking, tunneling or any other means for the purpose of determining the existence, extent,
quantity and quality thereof and the feasibility of mining them for profit.
Exploration
a contract involving financial or
technical assistance for large-scale exploration, development, and utilization of mineral resources.
Financial or technical assistance agreement
acts or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of contractor
including, but not limited to, war, rebellion, insurrection, riots, civil disturbance, blockade, sabotage, embargo, strike, lockout, any dispute with surface owners and other labor disputes, epidemic, earthquake, storm, flood or other adverse weather conditions, explosion, fire, adverse action by government or by any instrumentality or subdivision thereof, act of God or any public enemy and any cause that herein describe over which the affected party has no reasonable control.
Force majeure
any corporation, partnership, association, or cooperative duly registered in accordance with law in which less than fifty per centum (50%) of the capital is owned by Filipino citizens.
Foreign-owned corporation