P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 1226
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings stated hereinbelow:
(1) Department.— Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.
(2) Secretary.— Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.
(3) Program.— Puerto Rico Natural Patrimony Program.
(4) Nonprofit organization.— Any private nonprofit institution constituted as such pursuant to the laws of Puerto Rico that is engaged in the conservation of natural resources.
(5) Natural reservation.— Area of natural value that has been declared a Natural Reserve by the Planning Board.
(6) Area of natural value.— Land or bodies of water of ecologic importance.
(7) Conservation easement.— Lien imposed on real property for the purpose of guaranteeing the protection and management of a natural resource of recognized value which makes the area worthy to be included in the Program.
(8) Natural community.— Group of population of flora and fauna that inhabit a place, interact among themselves and with their habitat form a system of composition, structure, environmental relationships, development and functions that are distinctive of and inherent to the system.
(9) Conservation.— Use or management of a natural resource without being detrimental to its nature.
(10) Agency of the Government of Puerto Rico.— The agencies, departments, offices, dependencies, municipalities and public corporations.
History —Aug. 4, 1988, No. 150, p. 636, § 2.