Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn
Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn
Part II Community-Based Forest Management Program - ppmrn
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ADEQUATE MONITORING ACTIVITIES<br />
<strong>Management</strong>’s Comments<br />
The new guidelines issued by the<br />
higher Offices prescribing the conduct<br />
of monitoring require a lot of<br />
paperworks to comply which the<br />
CBFM Officers find difficulties. The<br />
accumulation of tasks under the<br />
CBFMP can be partly attributed on the<br />
planning and programming system<br />
where a subordinate Office (PENRO<br />
and CENRO) had to issue a CBFMA<br />
in compliance of the target given by<br />
the higher office without the benefit of<br />
making assessment if previous<br />
CBFMA issuances had been well<br />
assisted technically and financially.<br />
Should the target had been moderately<br />
considered by making assessment<br />
first, it might not have reached to<br />
point where many activities had to be<br />
done hastily resulting to many<br />
deficiencies.<br />
We concur with the observations and<br />
recommendations of the audit team<br />
with regards to the enhancement and<br />
maintenance of all relevant CBFM<br />
databases. In fact, the Office is<br />
currently doubling its effort in<br />
coming-up with a comprehensive<br />
statistical data not only confined with<br />
the CBFMP but also other forestry<br />
developmental programs. With the<br />
installation of the <strong>Forest</strong>ry<br />
Information System (FIS), it is hoped<br />
that all relevant data will soon be<br />
captured in this one pack database<br />
management program. The CBFMP<br />
matrix which the audit team might<br />
have scanned only features general<br />
information of a particular CBFMA.<br />
While there is a separate CBFM<br />
Profile being maintained by the<br />
management, it is more convenient to<br />
have them in a capsule under one<br />
integrated program to provide an<br />
immediate picture of a project.<br />
Team’s Rejoinder<br />
PENRO should make representation<br />
with the DENR officials on this regard<br />
and devise an applicable monitoring<br />
system. Apparently, continuous<br />
issuance of CBFMA even to POs<br />
deemed not yet prepared and capable<br />
to assume all related obligations is not<br />
serving the purpose and wasting<br />
government resources.<br />
The team appreciates the DENR’s<br />
effort to enhance the existing system.<br />
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