Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

APPROPRIATE SAFEKEEPING PROCEDURES
Place of
storage Particulars Status Cost
City Hall
Compound
(Bantay
Gubat)
PCSD
Photo not available
Lumber
Left in open
space
Stored in an
unlocked space
Not
available
ELAC
Chainsaws
Photo not available
Chainsaws
The team also noted that forfeited and disposed products were not recorded at
the PENRO’s books. This was due to the failure of the Regional Offices (ROs)
to furnish PENROs copies of final forfeiture order issued by the RED and
PENROs/CENROs failure to furnish the Accounting Department copies of
disposed/donated products. At PENRO Palawan, the accounting office failed to
reconcile Forfeiture Order with pertinent documents and therefore, could not
take up in the books, the value of the forfeited products.
The absence of proper accounting and recording made it difficult for the ROs to
monitor the completeness of confiscated items reported by PENROs/CENROs.
The team was informed that the RED issued Memorandum to PENRO-Palawan
on September 1, 2004 with instruction to conduct inventory of confiscated
forest products in all CENROs as reports from mayors of Palawan disclosed
that some of the confiscated products were already missing. However, as of
audit date, the required inventory was apparently not yet undertaken as no copy
of the report could be forwarded to the team despite repeated requests.
Management’s Comments
Provided by FMB
Please refer to DAO 97-32 on
confiscation procedures and that
confiscated products should be turned
over to the Natural Resources
Team’s Rejoinder
As discussed in the report, despite
existing regulations requiring the turn–
over of confiscated products to the
NRDC, a great volume remained in the
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