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Executive Order restoring to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources jurisdiction, control, management, and development of the Angat watershield reservation (No. 162 of 1994).

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
1994
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry, Water
Keyword
Basin/catchment/watershed Ecosystem preservation Environmental planning Forest management/forest conservation Protection forest Timber Policy/planning Water conservation zone
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 192 of 1987, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is the sole agency responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the country's natural resources within forest lands, including watershield reservations. For this reason, and for "the urgent need to provide a holistic approach for the sustainable management and development of the whole Angat Watershed Reservation" jurisdiction, control, management, and development of the watershed reservation shall be transferred from the National Power Corporation to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The commercial utilisation of timber within the Reservation shall not be allowed, except for research and other silvicultural practices, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.

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