Creating a Committee to Study and Submit Recommendations on Mangrove (Bakawan) Utilization and Exportation

October 29, 1970 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 246 CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS ON MANGROVE (BAKAWAN) UTILIZATION AND EXPORTATION WHEREAS, mangrove (bakawan) is an export product that earned for the country over $1 million last year; ISCaDH WHEREAS, bakawan is also used domestically as charcoal in local industries, bakeries and homes; WHEREAS, there are conflicting claims between bakawan exporters and charcoal manufacturers on the available supply of bakawan, which has led to the banning of bakawan exportation and consequent loss of dollar earnings for the country; and WHEREAS, there is need to resolve the conflicting claims; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a committee to study and submit recommendations on mangrove (bakawan) utilization and exportation composed of: Chairman, National Export Coordinating Center Chairman Director, Bureau of Forestry Member Administrator, National Cottage Industries Development Authority Member Director, Bureau of Commerce Member Representative, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Member The Committee shall start work immediately and shall render a report to the President as soon as possible. SEIDAC DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy.