ChanRobles Virtual law Library
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES & CODES
A collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes not included or cited in the main indices of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
Home > Chan Robles Virtual Law Library > Philippine Laws, Statutes & Codes > :
Search for
www.chanrobles.com
:
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST ➔ PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES & CODES
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 255 -
ADDRESSING RURAL POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH THE CONSERVATION,
PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
WHEREAS,
rural poverty in the Philippines continues to rise despite government
efforts to alleviate poverty;
WHEREAS, the El Niño and other climate-related occurrences
created more adverse impact on the poorest sectors of society than the
Asian financial crisis;
WHEREAS, the farmers and fisherfolk sectors are among the poorest
sectors in Philippine society faced with a bleak future due to the
degradation of their surrounding environment;
WHEREAS, appropriate support services must be delivered to the poor at
the community level to arrest rising rural poverty and increasing
natural resource depletion;
WHEREAS, the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) is mandated by
law, R.A. 8425, to monitor the implementation of the government’s
poverty eradication program, particularly those concerned with
enhancing the capability of the poor to uplift their own conditions
through better management of natural resources;
WHEREAS, the NAPC is specifically mandated to provide financial and
non-financial incentives to local government units with counterpart
resources for the implementation of social reform and poverty
alleviation programs [sec. 7(7), R.A. 8425];
WHEREAS, the NAPC advocates for and promotes tripartite efforts of the
government, civil society and business towards poverty eradication,
especially through local governance;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby declare the establishment of a network of community-based
enterprises to address rural poverty through the conservation,
protection and development of natural resources.
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Sec. 7.
Sec. 8.
This Order takes effect immediately.
Done in Manila, this 15th day
of June, in the Year of Our Lord, Twenty Hundred.
chan
robles virtual law librar
Back to Main
Since 19.07.98.