Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn
Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn
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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