Guidelines for the Establishment and Implementation of the Cave Management, Protection and Conservation Program, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 2021-34 (Philippines)

The Cave Management, Protection and Conservation Program (CMPCP) is a Philippine national program which aims to comprehensively manage, address, and effectively reduce the degradation and threats thereof, of caves, cave resources and their surrounding karst landscape, to preserve their value, as well as promote their sustainability. The Administrative Order enumerates the program components of the CMPCP: 

• Cave and cave resource inventory assessment
• Management plan development
• Maintenance and protection
• Biodiversity-friendly enterprise development
• Capacity-building
• Research and development
• Knowledge management system
• Communication
• Education and public awareness
• Monitoring and evaluation