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DENR Administrative Order No. 2021-20 Guidelines in Managing Untenured Forestlands with Plantations Established Through Government Funds.

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Land & soil
Keyword
Special fund Monitoring Forest management/forest conservation Business/industry/corporations Land tenure
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Order shall take effect fifteen days from publication in a newspaper of general circulation and registration with the Office of the National Administrative Register at the University of the Philippines Law Center.
Abstract

This Order provides for placing parcels of forestland that were developed as plantations using government funds under any appropriate tenure instrument or management arrangement. The Order objectives are (1) to identify areas of forestland with plantations developed using government funds and (2) to offer untenured areas to qualified investors and provide appropriate tenure instruments or management arrangement. This Order shall apply to all lands classified as forestland, that are untenured, but were developed as plantations using government funds. The Forest Management Bureau shall identify all untenured areas from the central database of the National Greening Program Coordinating Office. The text further provides for identification and publication of areas, qualified applicants, recoup of investment and monitoring by the Forest Management Bureau. The text consists of 11 Articles.

Full text
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References - Legislation

Implements

Forestry Reform Code of the Philippines (Presidential Decree No. 705).

Legislation | Philippines | 1975

Keyword: Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Institution, Timber extraction/logging, Protection forest, Public forest, Concession, Classification/declassification, Afforestation/reforestation, Timber, Agro-forestry, Grazing, Offences/penalties, Authorization/permit, Pastoralism, Lease

Source: FAO, FAOLEX