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Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn

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SOUND IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES<br />

<strong>Management</strong>’s Comments<br />

Provided by FMB<br />

Regarding the coordination with<br />

other government agencies which is<br />

perceived to be inadequate, the<br />

DENR has started working together<br />

with other government agencies like<br />

the Department of Agriculture, and<br />

the Department of Agrarian Reform<br />

to address rural development efforts<br />

of the government. This Convergence<br />

towards Sustainable Rural<br />

Development was formalized thru a<br />

Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01<br />

series of 1999 signed by the three<br />

Secretaries and approved by then<br />

President Joseph Estrada. The<br />

Convergence initiative provides<br />

assistance to the CBFM communities.<br />

In addition, we have our partnership<br />

with the Local Government Units<br />

(LGUs) to implement CBFM thru the<br />

issuance of a Joint memorandum<br />

Circular signed by DENR and DILG<br />

and witnessed by the different<br />

Leagues of LGUs in 2003 and as<br />

early as 1998. Not only do we have<br />

this partnership with the LGUs, but in<br />

some projects, we have their direct<br />

involvement in upland development<br />

thru the co-management concept.<br />

While these initiatives have already<br />

started, there is still a long way to go<br />

in order to realize our common<br />

objective of rural and upland<br />

development. We hope that these<br />

concerns will be considered in the<br />

audit report.<br />

Provided by CENRO -<br />

Bayombong<br />

The awarding ceremony of the CBFM<br />

Agreement to the DMADAI by the<br />

DENR last February 22, 2002 as per<br />

Team’s Rejoinder<br />

The team acknowledged the existence<br />

of various memoranda identifying the<br />

roles and needed coordination<br />

between and among various CBFM<br />

stakeholders. However, as disclosed<br />

in the report, the supposed<br />

coordination was wanting as different<br />

stakeholders have different policies<br />

which at times are contradictory.<br />

It would appear then that the existing<br />

linkages among the different<br />

implementing agencies is not yet<br />

enough to ensure adoption of common<br />

policies. As discussed in the report,<br />

the Provincial Government of Nueva<br />

Vizcaya issued permit to a PO other<br />

than the PO granted by the DENR<br />

with CBFMA.<br />

The mining permit was issued by the<br />

Provincial Government and not by the<br />

Municipal Government, where<br />

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