Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

SOUND IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
implementation and after the awarding of the CBFMA damaging at
least 423.43 hectares of the established plantation with damage cost
estimated at P2,248,888.21. This manifests the PO’s incapability to
protect the project from forest fires due, among others, from slash and
burn agriculture or kaingin system and ant egg collection.
Despite the PO’s apparent incapability to protect the project from forest
fires, maintenance and protection contract costing P750,000 was still
awarded to DMADAI on February 18, 2004. The maintenance contract
should not have been awarded in the first place as the area is covered
by a CBFMA. As discussed earlier, under the CBFMA, the PO is
responsible in maintaining and protecting the area at its own expense
after two years upon completion of CSD contract.
As reflected in the Work and Financial Plan, the contracted activities
were supposed to be undertaken from February to June 2004.
Evaluation of the POs accomplishments from June to August 2004,
however, revealed that several contracted activities were not undertaken
as illustrated below:
Activities Target Cost
Accomplishments
Physical /
Amount
Nursery Operation– 303,120
seedling production seedlings
Plantation Protection
& maintenance
Banana sucker 1,200 24,000.00 1,200/
P24,000
P227,340.00 0 Due to long drought
Fireline maintenance 407 172,975.00 0
Patrol works 1,263 285,564.30 2,037.02 /
P249,939.50
Remarks
Delayed implementation. Implemented
from July to August 2004 only.
Fire occurred on the following dates
caused by adjacent kaingin damaging
Gmelina Plantation at site:
Proj. Mngt Cost 1,710 40,000.00 0
Total
P749,879.30 P301,517.44
Date Site Value
3/13/04 Dumayop P 303,239.72
3/17/04 Tabban 339,532.25
6/20/04 Dumayop & 930,867.07
Baretet
Total
P1,573,639.04
Despite the PO’s delay and failure to accomplish some activities under
this contract, the contract was still extended until December 30, 2004
with additional funding of P448,325 to cover additional activities. The
implementation of additional activities which were supposed to be
completed by December 2004 was also delayed as tabulated in the next
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