Article 21p. 21

NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

r) Dipterocarp forest is a forest dominated by trees of the

dipterocarp species, such as red lauan, tanguile, tiaong,

white

lauan,

almon,

bagtikan

and

mayapis

of

the

Philippine mahogany group, apitong and the yakals.

s) Pine forest is a forest type predominantly of pine trees.

t) Industrial tree plantation refers to any forest land

extensively planted to tree crops primarily to supply raw

material requirements of existing or proposed wood

processing plants and related industries.

u) Tree farm refers to any small forest land or tract of

land purposely planted to tree crops.

v) Agro-forestry is a sustainable management for land

which

increases

overall

production,

combines

agricultural crops, tree crops and forest plants and/or

animals

simultaneously

or

sequentially,

and applies

management practices which are compatible with the

cultural patterns of the local population.

w) Multiple-use is the harmonized utilization of the land,

soil, water, wildlife, recreation value, grass and timber of

forest lands.

x) Selective logging is the systematic removal of the

mature, over-mature and defective trees in such manner

as to leave adequate number and volume of healthy

residual trees of the desired species necessary to assure

a

future

crop

of

timber,

and

forest

cover

for the

protection and conservation of soil, water and wildlife.

y) Seed tree system is a silvicultural system characterized

by partial clearcutting leaving seed-trees to regenerate

the area.

z) Healthy residual refers to a sound or slightly injured

tree of the commercial species left after logging.

aa) Sustained-yield management implies continuous or

periodic production of forest products in a working unit

for the purpose of achieving at the earliest practicable

time

an approximate balance between growth and

harvest

or

use.

This

is

generally

applied

to

the

commercial timber resources and is also applicable to

the water, grass, wildlife, and other renewable resources

of the forest.

bb) Processing plant is any mechanical setup, device,

machine or combination of machines used for the

conversion of logs and other forest raw materials into

lumber, veneer, plywood, fiberboard, blockboard, paper

board, pulp, paper or other finished wood products.

cc) Lease is a privilege granted by the State to a person

to occupy and possess, in consideration of specified

rental, any forest land of the public domain in order to

undertake any authorized activity therein.

dd) License is a privilege granted by the State to a

person to utilize forest resources within any forest land,

without any right of occupation and possession over the

same, to the exclusion of others, or establish and operate

a

wood-processing

plant,

or

conduct

any

activity

involving the utilization of any forest resources.

ee) License agreement is a privilege granted by the State

to a person to utilize forest resources within any forest

land with the right of possession and occupation thereof

to the exclusion of others, except the government, but

with the corresponding obligation to develop, protect

and rehabilitate the same in accordance with the terms

and conditions set forth in said agreement.

ff) Permit is a short-term privilege or authority granted

by the State to a person to utilize any limited forest

resources or undertake a limited activity within any

forest

land

without

any

right

of

occupation

and

possession therein.

gg) Annual allowable cut is the volume of materials,

whether

of

wood

or

other forest products, that is

authorized to be cut yearly from a forest.

hh) Cutting cycle is the number of years between two

major harvests in the same working unit and/or region.

ii) Forest ecosystem refers to the living and non-living

components of a forest and their interaction.

jj)

Silviculture

is

the

establishment,

development,

reproduction and care of forest trees.

kk) Rationalization is the organization of a business or

industry using management principles, systems and

procedures to attain stability, efficiency and profitability

of operation.

ll) Forest officer means any official or employee of the

Bureau who has been appointed or delegated by law or

by

competent

authority

to

execute,

implement

or

enforce the provisions of this Code, other related laws, as

well as their implementing regulations.

mm) Private right means or refers to titled rights of

ownership under existing laws, and in the case of

national minority to rights of possession existing at the

time

a

license

is

granted

under

this

Code, which

possession may include places of abode and worship,

burial grounds, and old clearings, but exclude productive

forest inclusive of logged-over areas, commercial forests

and established plantations of forest trees and trees of

economic values.

nn) Person includes natural as well as juridical person.

(Amending P.D. No. 705 (Revised Forestry Code of the

Philippines), Presidential Decree No. 1559, [June 11, 1978])

CHAPTER I Organization and Jurisdiction of

the Bureau

Section

4.

Creation

of,

and

merger

of

all

forestry

agencies into, the Bureau of Forest Development. For

the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Code,

the Bureau of Forestry, the Reforestation Administration,

the Southern Cebu Reforestation Development Project,

and the Parks and Wildlife Office, including applicable

appropriations, records, equipment, property and such

personnel as may be necessary, are hereby merged into

a single agency to be known as the Bureau of Forest

Development, hereinafter referred to as the Bureau.

Section 5. Jurisdiction of Bureau. The Bureau shall have

jurisdiction and authority over all forest land, grazing

lands, and all forest reservations including watershed

reservations

presently

administered

by

other

government agencies or instrumentalities.

It shall be responsible for the protection, development,

management, regeneration, and reforestation of forest

lands; the regulation and supervision of the operation of

licensees, lessees and permittees for the taking or use of

forest products therefrom or the occupancy or use

thereof;

the

implementation

of

multiple

use

and

sustained

yield

management

in

forest

lands;

the

protection, development and preservation of national

parks, marine parks, game refuges and wildlife; the

implementation of measures and programs to prevent

kaingin and managed occupancy of forest and grazing

lands; in collaboration with other bureaus, the effective,

efficient and economic classification of lands of the

public

domain;

and

the

enforcement

of

forestry,

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