Expanding The Coverage Of The National Greening Program

Executive Orders

Executive Order No. 193

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 193

EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM

WHEREAS, Section 16, Article II of the Constitution provides that the State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature;

WHEREAS, Executive Order (EO) No. 26 (s. 2011) or the "National Greening Program" was implemented as a government priority program to reduce poverty, promote food security, environmental stability and biodiversity conservation, and enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation;

WHEREAS, in its Global Forest Resources Assessment for CY 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization ranked the Philippines as 5 th worldwide in the greatest forest area gain from 2010 to 2015;

WHEREAS, with the threat of climate change, forests and forestry remain as the carbon sink that could sustain the industrial development and economic growth of the country;

WHEREAS, there is still an estimated 7.1 million hectares of unproductive, denuded and degraded forestlands which contribute to environment-related risks...