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Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

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APPROPRIATE SAFEKEEPING PROCEDURES<br />

<strong>Management</strong>’s Comments<br />

Development Corporation (NRDC),<br />

which is the business arm of DENR.<br />

Provided by CENRO-Bayombong<br />

Please be informed that the Chief, <strong>Forest</strong><br />

Protection and Law Enforcement Unit at<br />

the time of evaluation was designated<br />

only on May 2004. Records of<br />

seizure/confiscation and apprehension of<br />

forest product and conveyances prior to<br />

be his designation are nowhere to be<br />

found. The fact is, the now CENRO was<br />

only reactivated as such in January 2002<br />

after being relegated by the PENRO as a<br />

mere PENRO extension office. Hence,<br />

all records of confiscation were with the<br />

Legal Officer at the PENRO. The<br />

predicament was aggravated when the<br />

PENRO Legal Officer retired from the<br />

Government Service at the middle part<br />

last year (2005) and the untimely death<br />

of the Legal Aide (Secretary) without<br />

them turning over to the Office the<br />

records/case folders of all those brought<br />

to the Office compound (both vehicles<br />

and lumber) for impoundment.<br />

Provided by PENRO Bukidnon<br />

Team’s Rejoinder<br />

custody of the confiscating officer.<br />

Worst, these were left unprotected and<br />

already in its deteriorating stage, if not<br />

yet deteriorated.<br />

With or without record of seizures, all<br />

confiscated logs/lumber and<br />

conveyances stored at the PENRO/<br />

CENRO compound should be properly<br />

protected. As discussed in the report,<br />

these were left exposed to element<br />

accelerating their deterioration.<br />

Moreover, effort should be exerted to<br />

retrieve confiscation records to facilitate<br />

their disposal.<br />

On storage for confiscated logs/lumber<br />

It is true that indeed some of this<br />

confiscated forest products are in the<br />

process of deterioration. Under the forest<br />

protection activity, no activity or<br />

allotment is given for the construction of<br />

shed houses….Even if we do, very little<br />

amount is set aside for forest protection<br />

activities and this will further be drained<br />

if used in the construction of shed<br />

houses.<br />

The team calls the attention of DENR<br />

higher offices on this concern taking into<br />

account the best interest of the<br />

government.<br />

With regards to the disposition through<br />

donation or public auction of those no<br />

identified claimant confiscated forest<br />

products, there had been in fact some<br />

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