Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

SOUND IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES
Management’s Comments
Provided by RED - Region 10
The big increase in estimated soil
erosion from 303,455.92 MT/Yr. to
470,310.89 MT/yr. was due to the
computation using the average erosion
rate and not based on slope category.
For reforestation alone, the whole area
of 1,894.0 hectares was computed
using 83.90 MT/Ha/yr. (erosion rate
of reforestation area with slope 51%
and above). If we compute based on
slope category, the estimated soil
erosion for reforestation is only
79,494.10 MT/yr. and not 158,906.60
MT/yr. The conversion of 522.54
hectares ANR to other components
had caused only a minimal increase in
soil erosion affecting agroforestry and
agro-silvipastoral components.
Team’s Rejoinder
The team considered the
management’s representations on the
computation of average erosion rate.
Hence, the original computation of
470,310.89 MT/year was reduced to
390,898.39 MT/year. This volume is
nonetheless still significant
considering the present condition of
our forests.
Provided by CENRO-Malaybalay
The audit observation is an issue of
what is ideal and practical base on
actual on site situation. The feasibility
study with all its scientific inputs and
the ideal envision conditions to make
it more attractive, may not necessarily
always be the best option during
project implementation, but in some
cases a mere framework of action
plan.
The proposed ANR areas for example
was interpreted by the actual
occupants and the land claimant as a
way of driving them out from their
ancestral areas, as this will become a
permanent forest. Thus, no more
economic activities is being allowed.
The team agrees that feasibility study
may just be a mere framework of
action plan in some cases. However,
such framework should be seriously
considered as this is a result of rigid
studies. Thus, deviations from such
framework should only be undertaken
if the same is found to be beneficial to
the project. In this case, the very
objective of the project of restoring
2,500 hectares of land as permanent
forest cover and minimize soil erosion
was compromised.
This should have been considered in
the preparation of feasibility study. It
maybe noted that out of the proposed
development plan of 5,863.49 has.,
only 2,556.09 or 43.59% was
proposed as permanent cover.
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