MANDATING GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO EXTEND FULL SUPPORT TO THE ENR-SECAL PROGRAM

WHEREAS, the country’s forest
resources have been subjected to massive destruction brought about by
socio-economic factors, such as increasing population pressure, poverty, and
inappropriate forest policies;

WHEREAS, there is a need to
address the adverse effects of forest destruction;

WHEREAS, the Government, in its
efforts to preserve what remains of the biological diversity of the
Philippines; to reestablish degraded forest resources wherever practicable and
to introduce sustainable land use practices, entered into an agreement with the
World Bank to implement the Environmental Sectoral Adjustment Loan (ENR-SECAL)
Program;

WHEREAS, the ENR-SECAL program
aims to pursue its objectives through concerted community action, institutional
strengthening, preservation of integrated protected areas, regional
community-based resource management projects and improvement of enforcement of
logging rules and regulations;

WHEREAS, it is recognized that
other government and national service agencies, aside from DENR, are involved
in various aspects of the ENR-SECAL Program;

WHEREAS, to ensure the success
of ENR-SECAL, there is a need to encourage more active participation of these
agencies in program implementation and to strengthen collaboration among them
through more functional and viable working arrangements at the central as well
as the field level;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
law, do hereby order the following agencies to fully participate and assist in
the implementation of the ENR-SECAL Program;

Section 1. Participating
Agencies shall be as follows:

Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR)
Department of Finance (DOF)
Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Department of Agriculture (DA)
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)
Department of National Defense (DND)
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

Sec. 2. The various agencies
shall undertake, among others, the following functions and responsibilities:

A. The DENR, as the lead agency
responsible for the proper management and implementation of the program, shall:

1. Coordinate program
implementation activities among concerned agencies;

2. Provide technical,
administrative and secretariat support for the conduct of meetings, workshops,
conferences and other related activities.

B. The DOF shall:

1. Ensure financial support in
the allocation of resources for the realization of the ENR-SECAL targets;

2. Ensure that the availment of
the loan proceeds is properly utilized in accordance with set policies under
the loan agreement.

C. The DBM shall:

1. Ensure the timely processing
and release of the budgetary requirements of the program;

2. Provide advice and assistance
in setting-up the appropriate financial management system in accordance with
program design;

3. Help facilitate the
procurement of transportation and other equipment/facilities required by the
program.

D. The DA, DAR, and DSWD shall:

1. Provide extension services
within their jurisdictional authority to beneficiaries of the program;

2. Allocate resources to
generate sustainable agro-forestry management and other livelihood
opportunities for upland communities.

E. The DPWH shall:

1. Assist in the development,
maintenance and improvement of infrastructure projects in the program sites;

2. Ensure that constructions of
infrastructure projects will not adversely affect the natural resources and
biodiversity in the area;

3. Allocate substantial support
funds for the infrastructure requirements of the program in expansion sites.

F. The DECS and PIA shall:

1. Intensify ongoing efforts to
instill the value of natural resources development and conservation among
school children in the area;

2. Assist in the campaign to
promote awareness of the ENR-SECAL program, its components, and the benefits
that will accrue to the community;

3. Extend the use of its
facilities and other resources in advancing the IEC component of the program.

G. The DND, DILG/PNP and DOJ
shall:

1. Assist in forest law
enforcement operations and effective prosecution of forest law violators;

2. Ensure that the various task
forces on law enforcement are adequately supported to enable them to carry out
effective operation.

H. The DILG shall:

1. Assist in enhancing the
capability of local governments to implement ENR-SECAL program components
particularly those involving devolution of functions and responsibilities to
LGUs;

2. Ensure that LGUs provide the
necessary staff counter-parts and funding support for the maintenance of
infrastructure facilities and sustain program implementation.

I. The NEDA shall:

1. Ensure that program implementation
is consistent with the National Development Plan and adequately supported by
regular appropriations and foreign assistance;

2. Assist in monitoring,
evaluating and addressing problem areas related to implementation of Official
Development Assistance (ODA) policies and programs.

Sec. 3. Other Technical and
Administrative Support Requirements: Whenever it is deemed necessary, the DENR,
through the DENR Secretary, may tap the assistance of other government agencies
private/civic organizations, for the furtherance of the program’s mandate.

Sec. 4. Effectivity. This Order
shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
16th day of August in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety
four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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