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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...