Chapter VIII. GOVERNMENT POLICIES AFFECTING CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS Flashcards
- primary government agency responsible for the conservation, management, development and proper use of the country’s forests (EO No. 192, Series of 1987)
Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR)
- government agency responsible for providing technical guidance to the central and field offices for the effective protection, development and conservation of forestlands and watersheds
Forest Management Bureau (FMB)
- otherwise known as the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines
- primary law governing Philippine’s forestlands and forest resources
- mandates for the proper classification, management and utilization of the lands of the public domain to maximize their productivity to meet the demands of the country’s increasing population
Presidential Decree No. 705 Series of 1975
- adopting Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) as the national strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the country’s forestland resources and providing mechanisms for its implementation
EO No. 263
- Promoting sustainable forest management in the Philippines
EO No. 318
- establishes a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests and creating the Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force
EO No. 23, Series of 2011
- declares an interdepartmental convergence initiative for a National Greening Program (NGP)
EO No. 26, Series of 2011
EO No. 26 - NGP shall plant some ______ trees covering about ________ hectares for a period of 6 years from 2011 – 2016 in the specific lands of the public domain
1.5 billion; 1.5 million
- Expanding the Coverage of the National Greening Program from 2016 – 2028 which aims to cover the remaining 7.1 million hectares of unproductive, denuded and degraded forestlands nationwide
EO No. 193 Series of 2015
LEGAL RIGHTS TO HARVEST:
a. Revised Forestry Code 3815
b. EO No. 23
- any person (whether natural or judicial) may harvest timber of other forest products from any forest land or timber from alienable and disposable public lands provided the said person has authority in the form of license agreement, lease, license or permit (Section 7)
Revised Forestry Code 3815
- only planted trees will be allowed to be harvested with different requirements and proper documentations depending upon on the tenure instruments
EO No. 23
TENURIAL INSTRUMENTS:
- Community Based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA)
- Industrial Forest Management Agreement (IFMA)
- Specialized Industrial Forest Management Agreement (SIFMA)
- Private Titled, Alienable and Disposable Land
- DAO 2020-18
- CADT and CALT areas, Certificate of Ancestral Domain Territory and Certificate of Land Title
Community Based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA) under DAO 2000_____, DAO 2004______, DAO 2021___
29, 29, 17
Industrial Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) under DAO 1999___ & DAO 2020_____
DAO 1999-53 and DAO 2020-04
Specialized Industrial Forest Management Agreement (SIFMA) under DAO 1996____ & DAO 2004_____
DAO 1996-24 and DAO 2004-30
Private Titled, Alienable and Disposable Land under DAO 1990_____
DAO 1990-20
- In this policy, a third party Tree Plantation Certifier, a registered group or corporation engaged in forestry services and registered or accredited by the DENR to certify that harvested logs and tree derivatives for transport are planted from tree plantations
DAO 2020-18
In case of naturally grown tree that should be harvested, such as in CADT and CALT areas, Certificate of Ancestral Domain Territory and Certificate of Land Title under the Indigenous Peoples Right’s Act under ________ shall apply for tree cutting, harvesting and transport permits
DAO 2021-11
the trade and export of forest products, such as timber and non-timber forest products require various certificates for transport, registration or export and import authority and transshipment under DAO 2021____, DAO 1991_____, DAO 1999 _____
06, 54 and 46
