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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 472
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 472 -
REQUIRING TIMBER LICENSEES AND PASTURE LESSEES TO ENGAGE IN FOOD
PRODUCTION, CREATING THE MECHANICS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND PROVIDING
THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR
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WHEREAS,
self-sufficiency in rice, corn and other basic staples is a primary
concern of the State; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to supplement current food production
programs in order to attain self-efficiency in food; pasture lands that
can profitably be devoted to food production;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the forest-based industries, industries recognize the urgent
need of producing sufficient food to sustain not only their own workers
but the surrounding communities as well, as a demonstration of their
ability to respond to economic problems thru the imaginative use of the
country's vast store of natural wealth; and
WHEREAS, forest-based industries, particularly timber licensees and
pasture lessees, have the resources and facilities to help in the food
production drive of the Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree as part of the law of the land following: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Timber licensees and pasture lessees are
hereby required to develop areas within their concessions and pasture
lands for the production of rice, corn and other basic staples to take
care the consumption requirements of their workers and the people
within their area.
The Secretary of Natural Resources shall, in consultation with the
Director of Forest Development, determine what area within the
concessions or pasture lands may be devoted to this purpose: Provided,
That existing pasture lands shall first be evaluated to determine
which, or what portions thereof, are to be devoted to food production
or grazing purposes: Provided, further, That the classification of the
area during the duration of this program shall be as before it was so
devoted for food production.
Section 2. Hereafter, it shall be a condition to the
issuance, renewal or extension of a timber license or pasture lease
that the licensee or lessee shall undertake the production, in area so
selected within the concession or pasture land, of rice, corn or other
basis staples in amounts sufficient to meet the requirements of their
workers and people living within the concession or pasture land.
Section 3. After a determination of the area to be
devoted to the production of rice, corn or other basic staples within
the concession or pasture land, it shall be incumbent upon the licensee
or lessee to bring such area into production in accordance with a
development plan approved by the Secretary of Natural Resources.
Failure of the licensee or lessee to develop the area so selected for
the production of staples within a period specified by the Secretary of
Natural Resources, shall be sufficient cause for the cancellation of
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Section 4. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall
be the Action Officer of this project. He shall be assisted by the
Director of Forest Development. He shall create a Secretariat and
designate a Project Director to head the same.
To carry out the provisions of this Decree, the Secretary of Natural
Resources shall issue the necessary rules and regulations, and he may
call upon any government office or agency as well as any private entity
for assistance.
Section 5. The sum of One Million (P1,000,000.00)
Pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out
of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
carry out effectively the provisions of this Decree for the fiscal year
1974-75.
Section 6. All Acts, Decrees, rules and regulations
or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are
repealed or amended accordingly.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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