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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 409
TO
: The Secretary of Natural Resources
The Director of the Bureau of Forest Development
In order to prevent the recurrence of destructive floods in Luzon as well as in other parts of the country, and in accordance with the policy of the government to conserve and develop the country's forest resources and to prevent the wasting of the country's forest stands, you are hereby directed to implement the following measures immediately:
1)
The Secretary of Natural Resources and the
Director of the Bureau of Forest Development, Department of Natural
Resources shall conduct a study to determine, among others, the total
number of forest concessionaires in the country at present and the
location of their respective forest concessions. Based on the findings
of the study to be conducted as directed herein, the Secretary of
Natural Resources shall cause the cancellation of the permits,
licenses, or contracts of those forest concessionaires whose
concessions are operated to produce profits or benefits only to the
individual concessionaires and there is no manifestation that the
continuance of these forest concessions is necessary for the national
economy, and of those forest concessionaires who may be found to have
violated the terms and conditions of their permits, licenses, or
contracts with the government, including the rules and regulations of
the Department of Natural Resources and the laws which are applicable
to such forest concessionaires. The policy herein defined shall
immediately apply to the areas situated in central and northern Luzon,
including those on the west side of the Sierra Madre Mountains, the
southern side of the Caraballo mountains, on the south and west side of
the Cordillera, and on both sides of Zambales mountains, and shall
thereafter be enforced throughout the country after a reasonable period
of time. Moreover, the Secretary of Natural Resources and Director of
the Bureau of Forest Development shall, in the implementation of the
policy stated, determine which of the forest concessionaires,
particularly in Luzon, have reforestation projects which are actually
being carried out. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall without
delay submit to the President a full report on the implementation of
the foregoing instructions.
2) The
Secretary of Natural Resources and the
Director of the Bureau of Forest Development shall cause the immediate
cancellation of the permits or licenses of all sawmill operators or
proprietors in the Greater Manila area and in the entire Luzon whose
sawmills are found to be not directly supplied by contract by
legitimate logging concessionaires.
3) It is
hereby declared to be the policy of the
government to prohibit the cutting of trees in the Greater Manila area
and within the radius of fifty (50) kilometers from the boundary of
geographical unit. The Secretary of Natural Resources and the Director
of the Bureau of Forest Development are directed to take appropriate
measures for the proper enforcement and observance of the aforesaid
policy. In addition, the executive officials mentioned shall undertake,
within the limit of the resources and capabilities of their department
and offices, such programs, projects, and activities as may be
necessary in order to preserve and maintain at least 40 per cent of the
country's forest stands.
4) The
Secretary of Natural Resources and the
Director of the Bureau of the Forest Development are hereby authorized
to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary
in the implementation and enforcement of all the foregoing instructions.
Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
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