Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 2, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 280, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
| ABSTRACT : This bill seeks to institutionaliz e a new but theory-based management system for the country's forest resources, the Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) strategy. As the major strategy in forest resource management, (CBFM will pave the way for the DIRECT PARTICIPATION of some twenty million (20M) forest resident families and indigenous communities who are currently occupying the country's forestlands, as partners of the State in protecting the forest from poachers and illegal loggers andimplementing reforestation programs. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : CRUZ-DUCUT, ZENAIDA G. |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-02 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 5162, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2001-07-24 |
Abstract
"This bill seeks to institutionaliz e a new but theory-based management system for the country's forest resources, the Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) strategy. As the major strategy in forest resource management, (CBFM will pave the way for the DIRECT PARTICIPATION of some twenty million (20M) forest resident families and indigenous communities who are currently occupying the country's forestlands, as partners of the State in protecting the forest from poachers and illegal loggers andimplementing reforestation programs."
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