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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 404
TO
: Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Natural Resources
Secretary of Public Highways
Secretary of Education and Culture
Secretary of Local Government and Community
Development
Secretary of National Defense
All others concerned
In pursuance of the beautification, environmental development and anti-pollution program, the government has launched a tree planting campaign all over the country.
1.
The Secretaries of Natural Resources and
Agriculture are hereby directed to provide the necessary materials and
guidelines on how to plant ornamental, fruit and other kinds of
trees.
2. The
Secretary of Public Highways shall see to it
that fruit and ornamental plants and trees are planted along highways
provided that they do not pose hazard to the motoring public.
3. The
Secretary of Education and Culture shall
require the planting of trees by pupils and faculty members in all
campuses in public and private schools, or in such places as the school
principal may indicate after consultation with the municipal or city
mayor. All agricultural schools shall be required to establish
nurseries which shall be provide seeds or seedlings for this
undertaking.
4. The
Secretary of Local Government and Community
Development shall see to it that all provincial, city and municipal
governments shall maintain nurseries so that they shall be able to
provide the necessary seeds or seedlings for distribution to the
barangays within their jurisdiction. Each barangay member shall be
required to plant at least ten trees every year and to give these trees
proper and adequate care to ensure their growth.
5. The
Secretary of National Defense shall require
the planting of trees in all military camps and reservations.
The tree planting campaign shall be a part of the nation's beautification, environmental development and anti-pollution program.
Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
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