Forest Resources Act of 2013. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Forestry Keyword Agro-forestry Registration Forest management/forest conservation Forest service/forest officers Forestry protection measures Governance Monitoring Inspection Authorization/permit Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary rights Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force 15 days after its publication. Abstract The provisions of this Act shall apply to all lands of the public domain classified as needed for forestry purposes, all forestlands, all forest resources found in untitled agricultural lands and in private lands: Provided, that all forests and forest resources found in protected areas established under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) shall be sustainably managed and developed following the provisions of Republic Act No. 7586 or the NIPAS Act of 1992: Provided further, that the rights of indigenous cultural communities or indigenous peoples to their ancestral domains shall be respected. All forestlands and forest resources therein under the administrative jurisdiction of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) shall be managed, developed and conserved in accordance with the Regional Sustainable Forest Management Act of 2003 of the ARMM. Full text English Website www.gov.ph