Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT TO SPUR THE PLANTING OF A BILLION TREES THROUGH COMPLEMENTARY TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, AND CIVIC AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, ESTABLISHING MINI-FOREST RESERVES IN CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND SUBDIVISION PROJECTS, PROMOTING FOREST PLANTATIONS, AND PROTECTING THE REMAINING NATURAL FORESTS, CREATING A FUND THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00280 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO SPUR THE PLANTING OF A BILLION TREES THROUGH COMPLEMENTARY TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES, AND CIVIC AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, ESTABLISHING MINI-FOREST RESERVES IN CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND SUBDIVISION PROJECTS, PROMOTING FOREST PLANTATIONS, AND PROTECTING THE REMAINING NATURAL FORESTS, CREATING A FUND THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Billion Trees Act of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "Billion Trees Act of 2004". Of the country's forestland of 15.9 million hectares in the 1950s, only about 6.6 million hectares are left today. Thus, there is an urgent need to rehabilitate and reforest our mountains, especially our watershed areas. The bill aims to target the planting of a billion trees covering about 1.0 million hectares over a period of five years. It proposes to tap the police, local government units, military, upland communities, the private sector, NGOs and civic organizations in the reforestation program. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DE VENECIA, JOSE JR. C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Solis (005 ) | 2. Vargas (005 ) |
| 3. Lacson (002 ) | 4. Amin (006 ) |
| 5. Codilla (006 ) | 6. Badelles (012 ) |
| 7. Marcos (012 ) | 8. Miranda (014 ) |
| 9. Jaraula (017 ) | 10. Mangudadatu (017 ) |
| 11. Agbayani (034 ) | 12. Nantes (063 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB04081 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ON 2004-09-08 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON REFORESTATION, APPROPRIATIONS | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO REFORESTATION on 2004-07-27; |
Abstract
"Billion Trees Act of 2004". Of the country's forestland of 15.9 million hectares in the 1950s, only about 6.6 million hectares are left today. Thus, there is an urgent need to rehabilitate and reforest our mountains, especially our watershed areas. The bill aims to target the planting of a billion trees covering about 1.0 million hectares over a period of five years. It proposes to tap the police, local government units, military, upland communities, the private sector, NGOs and civic organizations in the reforestation program.'
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