Section 14Sec./Art. 14

Reforestation; Support for Lumads or Tribal Peoples. - The Regional Government shall actively and immediately pursue reforestation measures to ensure that at least fifty percent (50%) of the land surface of the autonomous region shall be covered with trees, giving priority to watershed areas, strips of land along the edges of rivers and streams and shorelines of lakes and the seas within or abutting the autonomous region.

The Regional Government shall adopt measures for the development of lands eighteen percent (18%) in slope or over by providing infrastructure, financial and technical support to upland communities specially the lumads or tribal peoples.

The Regional Government shall also adopt measures to employ the people who may be displaced by the cancellation or revocation of timber concessions, licenses, contracts, or agreements mentioned in paragraph above.