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DENR Administrative Order
No. 98 - 10
March 04, 1998
SUBJECT : Guidelines on the Establishment
and Management of Community-
Based Forest Management
(CBFM) Projects Within Mangrove
Areas.
Pursuant to PD 705 as amended, otherwise known as the
Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, EO 263 entitled “Adopting
CBFM as the National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable Development
of the Country’s Forestland Resources and Providing Mechanisms for
its implementation”, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations
embodied in DAO 96-29, the following guidelines are issued for the
establishment and management of CBFM within mangrove areas, for
the guidance of all concerned.
Section 1. Objectives. Community-Based Forest
Management Projects shall be established in mangrove areas in order to
promote equitable access to natural resources, help in the socioeconomic
upliftment of local communities and at the same time
encourage their participation in the conservation, rehabilitation,
afforestation and management of mangrove forests.
Sec. 2 Establishment and management of CBFM
Projects. The establishment and management of CBFM Projects in
mangrove areas shall be in accordance with DAO 96-29 and other
policies issued on CBFM. Provided, that in case the mangrove area is
within a protected area, the management of the same shall be in
accordance with the provisions of RA 7586 and its implementing rules
and regulations. Provided further, that the participants to CBFM
Projects shall be organized and issued Community-Based Forest
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Management Agreement (CBFMA) consistent with relevant provisions
of DAO 96-29.
Sec. 3 Cutting or harvesting and utilization within
CBFM areas. Cutting or harvesting of mangrove species shall be
allowed provided that these are planted by the CBFMA holders
themselves and that the harvesting operations are included in the
affirmed Community Resource Management Framework, Ancestral
Domain Management Plan or Protected Area...