REPUBLIC ACT
9147
WILDLIFE RESOURCES
CONSERVATION AND
PROTECTION
ACT
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
Explain RA 9147 or the Wildlife Resources
Conservation and Protection Act
Cite practical ideas done in our daily lives which can
help protect and conserve Philippine biodiversity
Write an essay stressing the need to conserve and
protect Philippine wildlife and biodiversity
REPUBLIC ACT 9147
WILDLIFE RESOURCES
CONSERVATION AND
PROTECTION ACT
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.
JURISDICTIO
N
JURISDICTIO
N
The DENR shall have jurisdiction
over ALL terrestrial plant and
animal species.
JURISDICTIO
N
The DAR shall have jurisdiction
over all declared aquatic critical
habitats, all aquatic resources.
JURISDICTIO
N
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
CONSERVATIO
N
It means preservation and sustainable utilization
of wildlife, and/or maintenance, restoration and
enhancement of the habitat
CRITICALLY
ENDANGERED
SPECIES
It refers to a species or subspecies 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
THREATENED
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
CLIMATE
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
inflicting injury which
LAW?
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 ARE
collecting, hunting or PROHIBITED
possessing wildlife, their UNDER THE
by-products and LAW?
derivatives
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 AND
For actions like killing 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,
imprisonment of one (1) year
VIOLATORS?
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!
