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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

reforestation, parks, game and wildlife laws, rules, and

regulations.

The

Bureau

shall

regulate

the

establishment

and

operation of sawmills, veneer and plywood mills and

other wood processing plants and conduct studies of

domestic and world markets of forest products.

Section 6. Director and Assistant Director and their

qualifications. The Bureau shall be headed by a Director,

who shall be assisted by one or more Assistant Directors.

The Director and Assistant Directors shall be appointed

by the President.

No person shall be appointed Director or Assistant

Director of the Bureau unless he is a natural born citizen

of the Philippines, at least 30 years of age, a holder of at

least a Bachelor's Degree in Forestry or its equivalent,

and a registered forester.

Section 7. Supervision and Control. The Bureau shall be

directly

under

the

control

and

supervision

of

the

Secretary

of

the

Department

of Natural Resources,

hereinafter referred to as the Department Head.

Section 8. Review. All actions and decisions of the

Director are subject to review, motu propio or upon

appeal

of

any

person

aggrieved

thereby,

by

the

Department Head whose decision shall be final and

executory after the lapse of thirty (30) days from receipt

by the aggrieved party of said decision, unless appealed

to the President in accordance with the Executive Order

No. 19, series of 1966. The Decision of the Department

Head may not be reviewed by the courts except through

a special civil action for certiorari or prohibition.

Section 9. Rules and Regulations. The Department Head,

upon the recommendation of the Director of Forest

Development,

shall

promulgate

the

rules

and

regulations

necessary

to

implement

effectively

the

provisions of this Code.

Section 10. Creation of Functional Divisions, and Regional

and District Offices. All positions in the merged agencies

are

considered

vacant.

Present

occupants

may

be

appointed in accordance with a staffing pattern or plan

of organization to be prepared by the Director and

approved by the Department Head. Any appointee who

fails to report for duty in accordance with the approved

plan within thirty (30) days upon receipt of notification

shall be deemed to have declined the appointment, in

which case the position may be filed by any other

qualified applicant.

For the efficient and effective implementation of the

program of the Bureau, the following divisions and

sections are hereby created, to wit:

Divisions

Sections

Planning and Evaluation

Program Planning;

Performance Evaluation;

Forest Economics;

Management Analysis

Data & Information.

Administrative Division

Personnel;

Budget;

Accounting;

Information;

General Services.

Legal Division

Reforestation and

Afforestation Division

Cooperative Planting;

Planting Stock Production;

Plantation Management.

Timber Management Division

Forest Surveys, Data &

Mapping;

Sulviculture;

Timber Inventory &

Photo-Interpretation;

Timber Management Plans;

Land Classification.

Utilization Division

Timber Operations;

Land Uses;

Utilization.

Forest Protection and

Infrastructure

Forest Protection;

Forest Occupancy

Management;

Watershed Management;

Infrastructure.

Parks, Wildlife Division

Parks Management;

Recreation Management;

Wildlife Management;

Range Management.

Security and Intelligence Division

Forest Development Training

Center

Technical Training;

Non-Technical Training.

The Department Head may, upon recommendation of

the Director, reorganize or create such other divisions,

sections of units as may be deemed necessary and to

appoint the personnel there: Provided, That an employee

appointed or designated as officer-in-charge of a newly

created division, section or unit, or to an existing vacant

position with a higher salary, shall receive, from the date

of such appointment or designation until he is replaced

or

reverted

to

his

original

position,

the

salary

corresponding to the position temporarily held by him.

There shall be created at least eleven regional offices. In

each region, there shall be as many forest districts as

may be necessary, in accordance with the extent of

forest

area, established work loads, need for forest

protection,

fire

prevention

and

other

factors,

the

provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding:

Provided, That the boundaries of such districts shall

follow,

whenever

possible,

natural

boundaries

of

watersheds

under

the

river-basin

concept

of

management.

Section 11. Manpower and policy development. — The

Bureau shall establish and operate an in-service training

center for the purpose of upgrading and training its

personnel and new employees.

The Bureau shall also set aside adequate funds to enable

personnel to obtain specialized education and training in

local or foreign colleges or institutions.

There shall be established in the College of Forestry,

University

of

the

Philippines

at

Los

Baños,

in

coordination with the Department of Natural Resources

and the wood industry, a Forestry Development Center

which shall conduct basic policy researches in forestry

and develop or help develop an effective machinery for

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