Adoption of Measures to Prevent Shortage of Acacia Trees for Use in Woodcraft Industries
Letter of Instructions No. 110, issued on August 4, 1973, directs several government agencies in the Philippines, including the National Cottage Industries Development Authority and the Bureau of Forest Development, to devise strategies for replenishing acacia tree stocks over the next decade. This initiative aims to support the woodcraft industries, which are vital for the country's cottage industry exports and the livelihoods of many workers. The agencies are tasked with conducting comprehensive studies to ensure the sustainability and continued operation of these industries while preventing shortages of acacia trees.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 110
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 4, 1973
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 110
| TO | : | The National Cottage Industries Development Authority |
| The Bureau of Forest Development | ||
| The Bureau of Plant Industry | ||
| The Office of the Forest Products Research and Industry Development Commission |
In order to minimize the hardships in the procurement of the supply of acacia trees utilized as raw materials for the continued operation of woodcraft industries, ways and means to replenish gradually the thinning stock of this valuable wood for the next ten (10) years, should be devised and undertaken. These woodcraft industries are lucrative and their products have constituted for decades the premier export of Philippine cottage industries upon which the livelihood of many entrepreneurs and laborers depends.
The National Cottage Industries Development Authority (NACIDA), the Bureau of Forest Development, the Bureau of Plant Industry and the Forest Products Research and Industry Development Commission are hereby directed to conduct comprehensive studies on how to insure the steady and continued operation of the woodcraft industries and to adopt measures to prevent expected shortages of acacia trees.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Three.
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Adoption of Measures to Prevent Shortage of Acacia Trees for Use in Woodcraft Industries, Letter of Instructions No. 110, Aug 4, 1973 (Philippines)
Adoption of Measures to Prevent Shortage of Acacia Trees for Use in Woodcraft Industries, Letter of Instructions No. 110 (Phil. 1973)
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