DepartmentAdministrative Order No. 96-20SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THEPROSPECTING OF BIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC RESOURCES.Pursuant toSection 15 of Executive Order No. 247 dated 18 May 1995 otherwise known as"Prescribing Guidelines and Establishing a Regulatory Framework for theProspecting of Biological and Genetic Resources, Their By-Products andDerivatives, For Scientific and Commercial Purposes, and for OtherPurposes", this Administrative Order setting forth the rules and regulationsgoverning the implementation of the Order is hereby promulgated.The purpose of this Order is to provide in detail the processes bywhich the DENR and other concerned institutions and agencies will administerExecutive Order 247 in order to regulate the research, collection, and use ofbiological and genetic resources.SECTION 1BASIC POLICY1.1. Section 2 Article XII of the PhilippineConstitution provides that wildlife, flora and fauna, among others, are ownedby the State and...