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Implementing Rules and Regulations for the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 2019-05 (Philippines)

The Order enumerated the specific policies, as well as the strategies to be adopted for the establishment and management of the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS). It outlined the specific process for: 

  • The establishment of the NIPAS
  • The designation of additional areas for inclusion in the NIPAS
  • Disestablishment of areas as protected areas
  • Designation of buffer zones
  • The creation of the Protected Area Management Plan