REPUBLIC ACT 9147

Joint DENR-DA-PCSD

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 01

DENR Administrative
Order No. 55
TITLE OF RA 9147:

“WILDLIFE RESOURCES
CONSERVATION AND
PROTECTION ACT”

APPROVAL : JULY 30, 2001

PUBLICATION : AUGUST 3, 2001
EFFECTIVITY : AUGUST 18, 2001
 Joint DENR-DA-PCSD
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 01
APPROVAL : May 22, 2004
PUBLICATION : First : May 22, 2004
Second: December 21, 2004
EFFECTIVITY : January 5, 2005

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 55

APPROVAL : October 12, 2004

❑ refers to wild forms and
WILDLIFE
varieties/strains of flora and
fauna, in all developmental
stages, such as but not limited to
eggs, pupae, seedlings including
those which are in captivity or
are being bred or propagated;
flora and fauna or those not
covered by any legally-accepted
document stating that same is a
product of registered captive-
breeding/propagation shall be
presumed to be in the wild form
 SALIENT FEATURES
Scope of Application
▪ Wildlife species found in the country,
and unknown genera or unknown species
or strains of known species that will later
on be discovered or identified as
occurring in the country

▪ Exotic or foreign species as

defined in the Order, which are
subject to trade, are maintained,
cultured and/or bred in captivity
or propagated in the country,
those that have been illegally
introduced
Joint jurisdiction among DENR, DA &
PCSD
Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
▪ Terrestrial plants
▪ All terrestrial mammalian species
▪ Dugong
▪ All bird species including waterbirds
▪ Terrestrial snakes
▪ Freshwater turtles and tortoises
▪ Sea Turtles
▪ Crocodiles
▪ All lizards, including sailfin lizard
▪ All terrestrial invertebrates,
including land snails
▪ Wildlife conservation projects of
national concern in Palawan (
PWRCC & PCCP)
Department of Agriculture

❑ All marine mammals

❑ Freshwater mammals
❑ Sea snakes
❑ Freshwater snakes
❑ All aquatic invertebrates (marine
and freshwater)
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development
❖ Wildlife in the Province of Palawan (R.A.
7611)
 Collection of Wildlife
❖
❖ quantity based on national quota
not detrimental to the survival of the species
and
❖ itsuse
habitat
of appropriate and acceptable wildlife
collection techniques (with least or no
detrimental effects)
❖ collection by Indigenous Peoples
- for traditional uses
- not primarily for trade
- not cover threatened species
Possession of Wildlife
Requirements
❖ proof of financial & technical
capability
❖ facility to maintain the wildlife
❖ obtained from legal sources

Collection and/or Possession of By-Products

And Derivatives
❖ obtained from legal sources
Collection of Threatened Wildlife, By-Products
and Derivatives

❖
❖ only for scientific breeding, or propagation purposes
only accredited individuals, business, research,
educational or scientific entities
Economically important species
❖ establishment of list,
including schedule &
volume of allowable
harvest
❖ conduct of population
assessment
❖ collection for direct trade
purposes thru WSUP
❖ when the species become
threatened, allowable only
for scientific, educational
or breeding/propagation
 Bioprospecting
Sec. 5 (a). “Bioprospecting” refers to research,
collection, and utilization of biological and
genetic resources for purposes of applying the
knowledge derived there from SOLELY FOR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
Bioprospecting
Requirements
❖ permit from the DENR or DA or PCSD
❖ execution of an undertaking with DENR or DA or PCSD
- letter of intent, research proposal, accomplished
forms,
letter of acceptance from Filipino research
counterpart,
institution/organization profile, etc
❖ prior informed consent of concerned sectors
❖ in case of foreign applicants, active involvement of a
local institution in the research
Scientific Researches on Wildlife
❖ execution of an undertaking/agreement
with the DENR or DA or PCSD
❖ issuance of a Gratuitous Permit
❖ prior clearance from concerned sectors
❖ in case of foreign applicants, active
involvement of local institution in the
research
 Scientific Researches on Wildlife
A. For foreign entity/institution/individual or a Filipino citizen affiliated
with foreign institutions

Requirements (Section 4 of DAO 55)

1. Execution of a MOA with the PAWB
Director or concerned RED
Requirements:
a) Research/project Proposal
b) Institution’s profile, if applicable
c) Endorsement form the head of the
Institution; or in the case of an individual
researcher, from a recognized expert or
a research institution or a conservation
organization
 Scientific Researches on Wildlife
A. For foreign entity/institution/individual or a Filipino citizen affiliated with
foreign institutions (continuation)
Requirements (Section 4 of DAO 55)
2) Issuance of Gratuitous Permit (GP) in case study involved collection of
wildlife
Requirements
d) Prior clearance from the affected
neighborhood communities, i.e., concerned
LGUs, recognized head of the indigenous
people in accordance with RA 8371, or
Protected Area Management Board
e) Payment an amount of P100.00 for
application and processing fees (Section 9
of DAO 55)
Scientific Researches on Wildlife
B. For Conservation Breeding or
Propagation Activities, and other
Wildlife Conservation/Research
Projects initiated by the local
Government/Academic Institutions

Requirements (Section 4 of DAO 55)

1. Submission of an Affidavit of Undertaking to
the concerned RED
2. Issuance of GP, if necessary
3. For conservation breeding projects – Habitat
rehabilitation, protection and management
plan for reintroduction and restocking of
captive-bred/propagated individuals
 Scientific Researches on Wildlife
C. For thesis of students affiliated with local academic institutions and other government
initiated or implemented research or scientific projects

Requirement (Section 4 of DAO 55)

1) Issuance of Gratuitous Permit (GP) by the RED concerned shall be sufficient

Requirements
a) Research/project Proposal
b) Endorsement letter from the concerned Dean (for students applicants only) or in case of an individual researcher,
from a recognized expert or a research institutions or conservation organization
c) Prior clearance from the affected neighborhood communities, i.e., concerned LGUs, recognized head of the
indigenous people in accordance with RA 8371, or Protected Area Management Board
d) Payment an amount of P100.00 for application and processing fees (Section 9 of DAO 55)
❑ Kinds of wildlife permits issued by DENR

❖ Wildlife Farm Permit 5 yrs.

❖ Wildlife Collector’s Permit 1-3 yrs.
❖ Gratuitous Permit 1 yr.
❖ Local Transport Permit 1-3 mos.
❖ Export/Re-export/Import 1-6 mos.
 ❑ Authorizes the establishment /designation
of Wildlife Rescue Centers

❑ Establishes a Wildlife Management Fund

for habitat rehabilitation or restoration and
wildlife scientific research, enforcement and
monitoring activities & enhancement of
capabilities of relevant agencies
❑ Designates Management & Scientific
Authorities for the implementation of
international agreement on the trade of
endangered species
❑ Creates the Wildlife Traffic Monitoring
Units
Management Authorities
❖
❖ PAWB - terrestrial species
BFAR - aquatic resources
❖ PCSD - Province of Palawan
Scientific Authorities
Terrestrial Species
❖ ERDB-DENR
❖
❖ UP Institute of Biological Sciences
National Museum of the Philippines
❖ Other agencies as may be designated
Marine & Aquatic Species
❖
❖ UP Marine Science Institute
UP Visayas
❖
❖ Siliman University
National Museum of the Philippines
❖ BFAR
❖ Other agencies as may be designated
❑ Authorizes the deputation of Wildlife
Enforcement Officers
Who:❖ DENR officials and field personnel assigned
in the forestry and protected area and wildlife
sectors. Their function in wildlife law
enforcement is limited to terrestrial plant and
animal species, all turtles and tortoises and
wetland species, including but not limited to
crocodiles, waterbirds and all amphibians
and dugong
DA officials and field personnel in the law enforcement units of the said agency. Their wildlife law enforcement function covers all
declared aquatic critical habitats, all aquatic resources, including but not limited to all fishes, aquatic plants, invertebrates and all
marine mammals, except dugong.
PCSD officials and field personnel. Their wildlife law enforcement is limited to wildlife species found in Palawan. Jurisdiction over
existing DENR wildlife conservation projects of national concern/significance located in Palawan, such as but not limited to the
Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (PWRCC) and Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program (PCCP) remains with
DENR.
Deputized wildlife enforcement officers from non-government organizations, citizens groups, community organization and other
volunteers who have undergone the necessary training for this purpose;

Designated wildlife enforcement officers from the Phil. National Police, Armed Forces of the Phil., National Bureau of Investigation
and other law enforcement agencies
Qualifications:
Must be a resident of, or assigned to, the area specified in the deputation/designation order;
Must be able to read and write;
Must be at least 18 years old and not more than 60 years old;
Must be physically fit and mentally sound;
Of good moral character; and
Willing to perform and undertake the functions and duties of a wildlife enforcement officers
❑ Authorizes the deputation of Wildlife
Enforcement Officers
Functions
❑ Seize illegally traded wildlife and arrest violators of RA 9147
subject to existing laws, rules and regulations on arrest and
detention;
❑ Seize illegally collected, possessed and/or traded wildlife or
parts, by-product and/or derivatives thereof
❑ Arrest even without warrant any person who has committed,
is committing, or is about to commit in his presence any of
the offenses provided under the Act and other relevant laws,
rules and regulations
❑ Assist in the conduct of surveillance and monitoring of
wildlife-related activities
❑ Authorizes the deputation of Wildlife
Enforcement Officers

Functions
❑ Deliver the arrested offender within reasonable time to the
nearest police station and assist in filing the proper
complaint with the appropriate official designated by law
to conduct preliminary investigation
❑ Deliver within reasonable time to the nearest CENRO,
PENRO or DENR RO of BFAR Regional/Provincial
Offices or PCSDS District Management Office for custody
of all confiscated wildlife, their parts, by-products and/or
derivatives, as well as tools, equipment and conveyances
used in the commission of the crime, including
corresponding reports
❑ Act as witness in the court for the speedy
prosecution of criminal complaints against
wildlife violators
❑ Prosecute cases before Municipal Trial
Courts in areas where there are no
prosecutors
❑ Coordinate with other law enforcement
agencies for security, if necessary
❑ Prescribes the establishment of critical
habitats outside protected areas where
threatened species are found
▪ areas outside PAs where threatened species are found
▪ based on best scientific data available (species endemicity
richness, presence of man-made pressures/threats)
▪ to be protected in coordination with LGUs and concerned
groups
▪ area may be acquired by the government for the purpose

Mt. Sinaka, Arakan Cotabato

❑ Provides for the registration of threatened
and exotic wildlife in the possession of
private persons
Requirements
❑ Duly accomplished application form (to be
secured at the DENR Field Offices)
❑ Documentary Stamp (to be affixed on the
Certificate of Wildlife Registration
❑ Inventory list of wildlife
❑ Registration fee
 ❑ Provides for the
adoption of flagship
species by LGUs to
serve as emblem of
conservation
❑ Enumerates the illegal
acts which include
activities destructive to
the wildlife resources
& their habitats
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

1. Killing and destroying wildlife species,

except in the following instance:

when it is done as part of the religious rituals of

established tribal groups or indigenous cultural
communities
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

1. Killing and destroying wildlife species,

except in the following instances:

Ebola
when case
the wildlife is
when it is deemed necessary
afflicted by incurable
to put an end to the misery
communicable
suffered by the wildlife
disease
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

1. Killing and destroying wildlife

species, except in the
following instances:
when the
wildlife is
killed or
destroyed
after it has when it is done to prevent
been used in an imminent danger to
authorized the life or limb of a human
research being
experiment
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

Killing and destroying wildlife species

• Imprisonment
ranging from 6
months & 1 day to 12
years
• Fine ranging from
P10,000 to P1.0M
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

2. Inflicting injury which cripples and/or

impairs the reproductive system of
wildlife species

Penalties:
• Imprisonment of 1 mo to 6
yrs
• Fine of P5,000.00 to P500,
000
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

3. Effecting any of the following acts in

critical habitats

dumping of waste
detrimental to
wildlife

squatting or
otherwise
mineral occupying a certain
exploration portion of critical
and/or extraction habitat
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

3. Effecting any of the following acts in

critical habitats quarrying

logging

burning
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

Effecting destructive
activities within
critical habitats
• Imprisonment
ranging from 1
month to 8 years
• Fine ranging from P5,
000.00 to P5.0M
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

4. Introduction, reintroduction or restocking

of wildlife resources
Penalties:
• Imprisonment of 1
month to 8 years
• Fine of P5,000.00 to P5,
000,000.00
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

5. Illegal Trading of Wildlife

Penalties:
• Imprisonment of 10 days to four years
• Fine of P200.00 to P300,000.00
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

6. Collecting, hunting, possessing wildlife,

their by-products and derivatives
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

Collecting, hunting,
possessing wildlife,
their by-products
and derivatives

Penalties:
• Imprisonment of 10
days to 4 years
• Fine of P1,000.00 to
P300,000.00
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

7. Gathering or
destroying of
active nests, nest
trees, host plants
and the like

Penalties:
• Imprisonment of 10 days to 4 years
• Fine of P1,000.00 to P300,000.00
 Illegal Acts & Penalties

8. Maltreating and/or inflicting

other injuries on wildlife
9. Transporting wildlife
Penalties on the above illegal
acts:
• Imprisonment of 10 days to
1 years
• Fine of P1,000.00 to P100,
000.00 ***
Thank You!