Laws on Forests and Natural Resources Flashcards
Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines (include the date)
PD 705 - May 19, 1975
Amended PD 705 and created the Forest Development Center (FDC) (included the date)
PD 1559 - June 11, 1978
Amended Sec. 80 of PD 705 by authorizing PC/INP members to make arrests of offenders.
PD 1775 - January 14, 1981
Amended Sec. 48 of PD 705 as follows: (include the date)
- includes “possession of timber or other forest products without legal documents as required by existing forest laws and regulations” as an offense.
- Sec. 68 A - administrative authority of the Dep’t Head or duly authorized representative to order confiscation.
- Sec 68 B - rewards to informers.
Executive Order No. 277 - July 25, 1987
Reorganization Act of DENR (include date)
Executive Order No. 192 - June 10, 1987
Phil. Environmental Policy (include date)
PD 1551 - June 6, 1977
Phil. Environmental Code (include date)
PD 1552 - June 6, 1977
Establishing an Environmental Impact Assessment System (include date)
PD 1586 - June 11, 1978
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (include date)
Republic Act No. 6657 - June 7, 1988
A decree establishing small scale mining as a new dimension in mineral development.
PD 1899
Mineral resources development decree
PD 463
Peoples small scale mining act of 1991
Republic Act No. 7076
Act incorporating certain section of National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) as amended to PD 705 as amended.
Republic Act No. 7161
National Integrated Protected System Act of 1992 (include date)
Republic Act No. 7586 - June 1, 1992
Administrative code of 1987 (include year)
Executive Order No. 292 - July 25, 1987
Community-based forest management (CBFM) shall be the national strategy to achieve sustainable forestry and social justice (include month and year)
Executive Order No. 263 - July 1995
Facilitating the establishment of Industrial Tree Plantations (ITPS) (include date)
Executive Order No. 725 - September 5, 1981
The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 (include date)
Republic Act No. 7942 - March 3, 1995
Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (include date)
Republic Act No. 9147 - July 30, 2001
Promoting Sustainable Forest Management in the Philippines
Executive Order No. 318
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (include date)
Republic Act No. 8749 - June 23, 1999
The indigenous peoples rights act of 1997 (include date)
Republic Act No. 8371 - October 29, 1997
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (include date)
Republic Act No. 9003 - January 26, 2001
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (Include date)
Republic Act No. 8749 - June 23, 1999
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 (include date)
Republic Act No. 9275 - May 6, 2004
Promoting Sustainable Forest Management in the Philippines (include date)
Executive Order No. 318 - June 9, 2004
The “Climate Change Act of 2009”
Republic Act No. 9279
Launch of the National Greening Program (include date)
Executive Order No. 26 - February 24, 2011
Declaring a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests and creating the anti-illegal logging task force
Executive Order No. 23 - February 1, 2011
The “National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008” (include date)
Republic Act No. 9512 - December 12, 2008
Administrative order - regulations governing the utilization, development, and management of mangrove resources.
DAO 15, Series of 1990
Administrative order - Rules and regulations governing extraction, assessment, procession, and transport of narra resources.
DAO 58, Series of 1993
Administrative order - NIPAS implementing rules and regulations.
DAO 25, Series of 1992
Administrative order - Rules and regulations to implement RA 7076
DAO 34, Series of 1992
Administrative order - Rules for the administrative adjudication and illegal forest products
DAO No. 97-32
Administrative order - Rules for the administrative adjudication and illegal forest products
DAO No. 97-32
Administrative order - Revised rules and regulations for the implementation of the CBFM Strategy.
DAO 2004-29
Administrative order - Implementation of CBFM in watershed reservations.
DAO 98-41
Administrative order - Implementation of CBFM in mangrove areas.
DAO 98-10
Administrative order - Prescribing the requirements for cutting, transport, and disposition of naturally grown timber inside private lands.
DAO 2000-21
Administrative order - Revised rules and regulations governing the transport/shipment of logs, lumber, plywood, veneer, non-timber forest products and other forest based products/commodities.
DAO 59
Administrative order - Nationwide Ban on the Cutting of Almaciga Trees
DAO 74 series of 1987
Administrative order - Regulations in the cutting/gathering and/or utilization of anahaw palms.
DAO 64 dated July 31, 2000
Administrative order - Revised regulations governing rattan resources including cutting, gathering, transporting and disposal
DAO No. 4 dated January 10, 1989
Administrative order - Shift in logging from old growth (virgin) forests in second growth forests.
DAO No. 24
Administrative order - Ban in the use of high land yarding systems in the Dipterocarp forests.
DAO No. 3
Section of the PD 705 which states that cutting, gathering and/or collecting timber or other forest products without license, including possession or transport of forest products without legal documents are punishable offenses.
PD 705 section 68
A section in the PD 705 which states that unlawful occupation or destruction of forestlands and grazing lands are punishable offenses.
PD 705 section 69