Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

SOUND IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
Sub-project
Site
Bacungan
Kamuning
Remarks
• A certain Umali family has allegedly land claim over
portion of the CBFM area. The area covered was not
disclosed and no formal claim was filed.
• A certain Basco family has allegedly land claim over
portion of CBFM area. The area covered was not disclosed
and no formal claim was filed.
Interviews with the concerned DENR personnel on the foregoing issues
disclosed that conflicts over the CBFM areas arose during the
implementation stage since no actual mapping and delineation of
project boundaries were made before the projects were undertaken.
Thus, issues on existing claims were not settled before the project
implementation.
The affected areas were eventually excluded in the final boundaries of
CBFMA area to give way to prior claimants. It may be noted that these
areas were already enriched by the POs and accomplishments paid by
the DENR before the same were excluded.
Meanwhile, GTSI report showed a weighted average survival rate of
only 35.75% as of July 4, 2003 on reforestation component. This
condition further deteriorated as report of the SUSIMO as of November
2, 2005 reflected only 15.22% survival rate.
The team’s ocular inspections of the sites confirmed the failure of
reforestation in areas within Sta. Lourdes and Bacungan. In Tagburos,
only about 51 hectares out of the total reforestation areas of 160.16
hectares established in Cowrie Island thrive with current survival rate
estimated at 50%. The condition of reforestation at the time of
inspection is reflected in the following photos:
Reforestation area – Sta. Lourdes
Reforestation area – Bacungan
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