[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO.145, November 08, 1973 ]
TO: | The Chairman and Members President Committee on Wood Industries Development |
Pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and in order to accelerate the rehabilitation of extensive denuded and degraded lands of the Philippines, to help ensure a wholesome ecological and to broaden the resource base of wood industries, you are hereby directed to work out and submit within three (3) months a program of promoting the development of industrial plantations and tree farms by undertaking the following:
- Survey and inventory all available public forest lands to determine such areas as might be suitable for industrial plantations and tree farms;
- Re-evaluate all pasture leases and permits and untitled alienable or disposable lands with the view of determining which should be converted partly or wholly into industrial plantations and tree farms;
- Formulate incentives to attract investors to go into industrial plantations and tree farms ;
- Determine sources of funding to finance industrial plantations and tree farmings; and
- Promote cooperatives and/or joint ventures for industrial plantations and tree farms.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
President
Republic of the Philippines