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Shift in Logging from the Old Growth (Virgin) Forests to the Second Growth (Residual) Forests, Administrative Order No. 24.

Pays/Territoire
Philippines
Type du document
Règlement
Date
1991
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Forêts
Mot clé
Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Défrichement Coupe de bois/exploitation forestière Inventaire
Aire géographique
Asie, Asie et Pacifique, East Asian Seas, Pacifique Nord, Asie du Sud-Est
Résumé

The present Order restrict logging activities to certain forests and prohibit any land clearing and logging in virgin forests (that shall be vested to the national forest estate under the Integrated Protected Area System, IPAS) and in those forests complying with definite requisites (sloping, extension, historical or environmental values, contiguity to river banks or water streams, wilderness areas). Logging shall be restricted since January 1st 1992 to the residual forests only and a detailed inventory of those forests according to their age (ranging from 25 years old to 5 years old).

Texte intégral
Anglais