Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
Sustainable forest management (SFM) is the ultimate objective of the forestry
sector. It aims for a continuous production of the desired forest products and
services without reducing its inherent values and future productivity and
producing undesirable effects on the physical and social environment.
Sustainable forest management is guided by the following principles:
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ort
Institutional Su
for SFM
Pro per Valuation
and Pricing of Forestry
Resources and
Financing SFM
Delineation, Classification
and Demarcation of
State Forestlands
SUSTAINABLE
FOREST
MANAGEMENT
Incentives for Enhancing
Private Investments,
Economic Contribution and
Global Competitiveness of
Forest-Based Industries
Ho listic , Sustainable
a n d Integrated
D evelopment of
F orestry Resources
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ion
Community-Ba
Forest Conservat
and Development
Under the Community-Based Forest Conservation and Development principle,
the CBFM is adopted as the national strategy pursuant to Executive Order No.
263, series of 1995. The CBFM is a collaborative undertaking of the national
government, LGUs, local inhabitants, community organizations, civil society
organizations (CSOs), and private business entities.
It is applicable to all areas classified as forest lands including allowable zones
within protected areas. It also integrates and unifies all people-oriented forestry
programs of the government including Integrated Social Forestry Program
(ISFP), Upland Development Program (UDP), Forest Land Management
Program (FLMP), Community Forestry Program (CFP), Low Income Upland
Communities Project (LIUCP), Regional Resource Management Project
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