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Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

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COMMUNITY-BASED FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM<br />

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In accordance with Section 8 of EO 263, a CBFM Steering Committee chaired<br />

by the DENR Secretary is constituted to formulate and develop policy<br />

guidelines that will create incentives and conditions necessary to effectively<br />

implement CBFMP. The committee is composed of the Heads of the following<br />

Offices as Members:<br />

• Department of Agriculture<br />

• Department of Trade and Industry<br />

• Department of Agrarian Reform<br />

• Department of Finance<br />

• Department of Science and Technology<br />

• Department of Labor and Employment<br />

• Department of Interior and Local Government<br />

• Department of Budget and <strong>Management</strong><br />

• Department of National Defense<br />

• Department of Justice<br />

• National Economic and Development Authority<br />

• Philippine Commission on Countrywide Development<br />

• Committee on Flagship <strong>Program</strong>s and Projects<br />

• Cooperative Development Authority<br />

• National Commission on Indigenous Peoples<br />

• Philippine Chamber of Commerce<br />

• Philippine Wood Products Association<br />

• NGO Coalition Group<br />

• Representatives of POs<br />

• Other public and private organizations.<br />

The Steering Committee shall perform the following roles and functions:<br />

• Provide overall guidance and policy direction to the CBFMP and, for this<br />

purpose, meet periodically to review and integrate, if necessary, all policies<br />

pertinent to the CBFMP, and resolve policy gaps and/or conflicts with other<br />

programs and projects in the Environmental and Natural Resources Sector;<br />

• Review and approve the CBFMP Comprehensive Action Plan;<br />

• Secure inter-agency support and participation in CBFMP; and<br />

• Identify and source funds for CBFMP.<br />

GOVERNING LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS<br />

Recent issuances governing the implementation of CBFMP follow:<br />

EOs<br />

263<br />

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Adopting <strong>Community</strong>-<strong>Based</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Management</strong> (CBFM) as the national<br />

strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the country’s forestland<br />

resources and providing mechanisms for its implementation<br />

Preparation and implementation of Local Government Code of 1991<br />

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