Republic Act 9147

REPUBLIC ACT
9147 WILDLIFE
RESOURCES
CONSERVATION
AND
PROTECTION
DECLARATION
OF POLICY
It shall be the policy of the State to
conserve the country’s wildlife resources
and their habitats for sustainability.
DECLARATION
OF POLICY
to conserve and protect wildlife species and their habitats to
promote ecological balance and enhance biological diversity
to regulate the collection and trade of wildlife
to pursue, with due regard to the national interest, the Philippine
commitment to international conventions, protection of wildlife
and their habitats
to initiate or support scientific studies on the
conservation of biological diversity
WHAT SPECIES
ARE COVERED
BY RA 9147?
According to the law,

ALL WILDLIFE SPECIES
are
covered by the provisions of
this law, regardless if they are
endemic or exotic species.
JURISDICTION
JURISDICTION
The DENR shall have jurisdiction

over ALL terrestrial plant and
animal species.
JURISDICTION
The DAR shall have jurisdiction

over all declared aquatic critical
habitats, all aquatic resources.
JURISDICTION
The Palawan Council for Sustainable
Development or PCSD shall have the
jurisdiction over wildlife resources of
the Province of Palawan.
KEY
TERMS OF
RA 9147
CONSERVATI
ON
It means preservation and sustainable utilization
of wildlife, and/or maintenance, restoration and
enhancement of the habitat
CRITICALLY
ENDANGERED
SPECIES
It refeorstaspeceisosubspecies
r that is facing extremely
high risk of extinction in the wild in the
immediate future
ECONOMICALLY
IMPORTANT
SPECIES
It means species which have actual or potential
value in trade or utilization for commercial
purpose
ENDANGERED
SPECIES
It refers to species or subspecies that is not
critically endangered but whose survival in the
wild is unlikely if the causal factors of the
endangering continue
ENDEMIC SPECIES
It means species or subspecies which is
naturally occurring and found only within
specific areas in the country
EXOTIC SPECIES
It means species or subspecies which do not
naturally occur in the country and come from
other countries
HABITAT
It means a place or environment where a
species or subspecies naturally occur or has
naturally established its population
INDIGENOUS
WILDLIFE
It means species or subspecies of wildlife
naturally occurring or has naturally established
population in the country or region
THREATENE
D SPECIES
It is a general term to denote species or
subspecies considered as critically endangered,
endangered, vulnerable or other accepted
categories of wildlife whose population is at
risk of extinction
TRADE
It means the act of engaging in the exchange,
exportation or importation, purchase or sale of
wildlife, their derivatives or by-products,
locally or internationally
WILDLIFE
It means the wild forms and varieties of flora
and fauna, in all developmental stages,
including those which are in captivity or are
being bred or propagated
MAJOR DRIVERS OF
BIODIVERSITY
LOSS
POLLUTION
CLIMAT
E
CHANGE
CHANGES IN
LAND AND SEA
USE
OVEREXPLOITAIO
N
INVASIVE
ALIEN SPECIES
RA 9147
ILLEGAL
ACTS,
PENALTIES
AND FINES
WHAT ACTS ARE
killing and destroying PROHIBITED
wildlife species UNDER THE
LAW?
inflicting injury which
cripples and/or impairs the
reproductive system of
wildlife species
actions affecting the critical habitat(s)
introduction, reintroduction or restocking

of wildlife resources
trading of wildlife WHAT ACTS
collecting, hunting or ARE
possessing wildlife, their PROHIBITED
by-products and UNDER THE
derivatives LAW?
gathering or destroying of active nests,
nest trees, host plants and the like
maltreating and/or inflicting other injuries not

covered by the preceding paragraph
transporting of wildlife
WHAT FINES
For actions like killing and AND PENALTIES
destroying against species AWAIT
listed as critical, VIOLATORS?
imprisonment of a minimum
of six (6) years and one (1)
day to twelve (12) years
and/or a fine of One hundred
thousand pesos (100,000.00)
to One million pesos
(1,000,000.00)
WHAT FINES
AND PENALTIES
For trading wildlife species AWAIT
listed as endangered, VIOLATORS?
imprisonment of one (1) year
and one (1) day to two (2)
years and/or a fine of Two
thousand pesos (P2,000.00) to
Two hundred thousand pesos
(P200,000.00)
THANK
YOU!

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REPUBLIC ACT

According to the law,

The DENR shall have jurisdiction

The DAR shall have jurisdiction

introduction, reintroduction or restocking

maltreating and/or inflicting other injuries not

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