WHEREAS, the policy announced in Presidential Decree No. 1153, "to call upon every citizen of the Philippines to help, as a duty and obligation, to conserve and develop the resources of the country" can be achieved without the compulsion and the penalties for non-compliance therewith as set forth in the Decree;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 1153, entitled "Requiring the Planting Of One Tree Every Month For Five Consecutive Years By Every Citizen of the Philippines" and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto are hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary