Expanding The Coverage Of The National Greening Program

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of Executive Order No. 193

Expanding the Coverage of the National Greening Program

- Cites Section 16, Article II of the Constitution which provides for the State's duty to protect and advance the right to a balanced and healthful ecology. (Preamble)
- Refers to Executive Order No. 26 (s. 2011) or the "National Greening Program" implemented to reduce poverty, promote food security, environmental stability and biodiversity conservation, and enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation. (Preamble)
- Notes that the Philippines ranked 5th worldwide in forest area gain from 2010 to 2015 according to the Food and Agriculture Organization's Global Forest Resources Assessment for CY 2015. (Preamble)
- Recognizes the role of forests and forestry as carbon sinks to sustain industrial development and economic growth amidst climate change threats. (Preamble)
- Identifies an estimated 7.1 million hectares of unproductive, denuded and degraded forestlands contributing to environmental risks like soil erosion, landslides, and flooding. (Preamble)
- Aims to accelerate the rehabilitation and reforestation of unproductive, denuded and degraded areas by involving the participation and investment of the private sector to enable private companies to achieve carbon neutrality. (Preamble)
- Seeks to harmonize all forest development activities, encourage and enhance development of forest plantations including forest parks, with greater participation from the private sector, local government units and organized upland communities, consistent with the updated Master Plan for Forestry Development (2016 - 2028). (Preamble)

- Expands the coverage of the National Greening Program to cover all the remaining unproductive, denuded and degraded forestlands. (Section 1)
- Extends the period of implementation of the National Greening Program from 2016 to 2028. (Section 1)
- Encourages all sectors, particularly the private sector, to actively participate in the Expanded National Greening Program. (Section 1)

- Directs the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to issue the appropriate rules and regulations within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Order. (Section 2)

- Charges the funding necessary for the implementation against the current appropriation of the DENR, and subsequent funding requirements shall be incorporated in the annual budget proposal of the DENR through the General Appropriations Act. (Section 3)

- Contains a separability clause stating that if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected shall remain valid and subsisting. (Section 4)

- Repeals or modifies all orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Order. (Section 5)

- Declares that this Order shall take effect immediately. (Section 6)