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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1002 |
The Minister, Ministry of Public Works
The Administrator, National Irrigation Administration
The Director, Bureau of Forest Development
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended, jurisdiction over watershed areas, inter alia, is vested in the Bureau of Forest Development of the Ministry of Natural Resources;
WHEREAS, under Letter of Instructions No. 917, as amended, critical watersheds and proclaimed watershed reservations supporting existing government dam projects or domestic water supply facilities, among other areas, have been declared as wilderness areas, and as such shall not be subject of exploitation of whatever nature;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to reassess the multiple uses of watersheds and watershed reservations in order to optimize the benefits that can be derived therefrom;
WHEREAS, it is now essential to protect, conserve, and rehabilitate the watershed areas of both the Pantabangan and Magat Multi-purpose Dam projects and other operational hydropower dam and water-oriented projects; and
WHEREAS, to attain said purpose, the National Irrigation Administration has enlisted the assistance of international development institutions in order to achieve sound and more expeditious erosion control and watershed development in said dams.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the following:
1.
The National Irrigation Administration shall have the authority to
manage, protect, develop, and rehabilitate the watershed areas of the
Pantabangan and Magat Multi-Purpose Dam projects, more particularly
described in the maps designated as Schedules "A" and "B", annexed
hereto and specifically made parts hereof.
2. In the
development of erosion control and watershed development projects in
said areas and in order to attain their objectives, the National
Irrigation Administration shall be allowed, as a highly exceptional
case, to harvest forest products and other agro-forestry products
therefrom except logs and timber from presently growing existing trees;
Provided, however, that an industrial tree-farming as well as a
dendro-thermal project of about 5,000 hectares in each big watershed
can be included in the project in hill tops.
3. The
provisions of instructions, orders, rules and regulations as are
inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, amended, or modified
accordingly.
4. This Letter
of Instructions takes effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.
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