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Executive Order declaring an Interdepartmental Convergence Initiative for a National Greening Programme (No. 26 of 2011).

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Agricultural development Policy/planning Afforestation/reforestation Agro-forestry Wetlands Forest management/forest conservation Indigenous peoples Plant production Planting material/seeds
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately upon its publication.
Abstract

This Executive Order, consisting of 10 sections, establishes an Interdepartmental Convergence Initiative for the National Greening Programme This Programme shall plant some 1.5 Billion trees covering about 1.5 Million hectares for a period of six (6) years from 2011 to 2016, in the following lands of the public domain: 2.1 Forestlands 2.2 Mangrove and protected areas 2.3 Ancestral domains 2.4 Civil and military reservations 2.5 Urban areas under the greening plan of the LGUs 2.6 Inactive and abandoned mine sites; and 2.7 Other suitable lands All other greening efforts of the private sector and civil society shall be harmonized under the NGP. In order to ensure the successful implementation of the NGP, a series of strategies specified in the text shall be adopted.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.ph

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Memorandum Circular No. 6 of 2013 on the Guidelines and Procedure for Plantation Development for the National Greening Programme.

Legislation | Philippines | 2013

Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Agricultural development, Policy/planning, Afforestation/reforestation, Agro-forestry, Wetlands, Procedural matters, Forest management/forest conservation, Indigenous peoples, Plant production, Planting material/seeds

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 2012-01 establishing the Implementation of the National Greening Programme.

Legislation | Philippines | 2012

Keyword: Plant protection, Planting material/seeds, Forest management/forest conservation, Forestry protection measures, Public forest

Source: FAO, FAOLEX