This Act declares protected areas and provides for their management, amending the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 (RA 7586).
Section 7 states that Section 9 of RA 7586 shall be amended to read: "Management Plan. -Within one (1) year from the establishment of the protected area there shall be a management plan formulated for each protected area that small serve as the basic long-term framework plan for the management of the protected area and guide in the preparation of its annual operations plan and budget.
"The management plan shall, at the minimum, promote the adoption and implementation of innovative management techniques including, when necessary, zoning, buffer zone management, habitat conservation and rehabilitation, diversity management, community organizing and development, socioeconomic and scientific researches, site-specific policy development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction and management, waste sewerage and septic management, and gender and development, among others."
