Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers
Letter of Instructions No. 172, issued on February 28, 1974, mandates the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to phase out log exports by 1976 and establish wood processing centers to enhance the economy while maintaining ecological balance. The directive emphasizes the need for strict enforcement of forest laws and penalization of concessionaires who violate regulations or fail to set up processing plants. Following a review of timber concession licenses, 33 licenses were canceled due to non-compliance. The Secretary is instructed to implement these measures immediately to protect the country's forest resources.
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- What is Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers about?
- Letter of Instructions No. 172, issued on February 28, 1974, mandates the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources to phase out log exports by 1976 and establish wood processing centers to enhance the economy while maintaining ecological balance. The directive emphasizes the need for strict enforcement of forest laws and penalization of concessionaires who violate regulations or fail to set up processing plants. Following a review of timber concession licenses, 33 licenses were canceled due to non-compliance. The Secretary is instructed to implement these measures immediately to protect the country's forest resources.
- What type of law is Letter of Instructions No. 172?
- Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers (Letter of Instructions No. 172) is a Philippine Presidential Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers enacted?
- Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers (Letter of Instructions No. 172) was enacted on Feb 28, 1974.
- What is the citation for Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers?
- Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers, Letter of Instructions No. 172, Feb 28, 1974 (Philippines)
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- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 172
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 28, 1974
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 172
| TO | : | The Secretary of Agriculture |
| and Natural Resources | ||
| Diliman, Quezon City |
It is my desire that our forest resources be utilized and developed to improve our economy without sacrificing our country's ecological balance. To this end, I have given you instructions to phase out all log exports by 1976 and provide for the establishment of wood processing centers in strategic locations to increase our foreign exchange earnings and to create more employment for our people.
At the same time, I want you to take vigorous measures to strictly enforce all our forest laws and to punish all concessionaires who despoil our forests. cd i
Toward these objectives which are in the national interest, I have exercised my authority under Article XVII, Section 12 of the New Constitution to review the licenses of all timber concessions which you cancelled or terminated after a field evaluation of each licensees' performance. acd
Based on the records, I find that the cancellation of the licenses were due to violation by concessionaires of our forest laws, rules and regulations or their failure to establish processing plants as required. cdt
In view thereof, and in the exercise of the aforesaid constitutional authority, I hereby affirm the cancellation or termination of the thirty three (33) licenses issued to the licensees listed hereunder:
1. Catanduanes Mahogany, Inc.
2. Jack Arroyo
3. Trinity Lumber Corp.
4. Central Zambales Working Unit No. 2
5. Eastern Paper Mills Co.
6. Mindanao Plywood Corp.
7. Dipala Timber Co., Inc.
8. Agusmin Promotional Ent., Inc.
9. Sultana Philippines, Inc.
10. San Mariano Timber Resources Corp.
11. Makabayan Development Corp.
12. Puzon & Sons Ent., Inc.
13. Baler Forest Products, Inc.
14. Central Mindanao Wood Products
15. J.M. Javier Corp.
16. San Isidro Logging & Sawmill
17. Isabela Roque
18. Gay Incorporated
19. Alto Lumber Corp.
20. Northern Palawan Logging Corp.
21. Timber Export Inc.
22. Malalag Wood Products Corp.
23. Maco Forest Products Corp.
24. Henry Becker
25. Northeastern Timber Dev. Corp.
26. Alta Vista Logging Corp.
27. Timber & Agricultural Development Corp. cd
28. Upi Log Producers Corp.
29. Rosalina Castro
30. Ramon Y. Chu
31. Pablo Faraon Logging Ent.
32. Palanan Lumber & Plywood Co.
33. Phil-Asia Timber Ent.
You are hereby directed to implement this Letter of Instructions immediately. cd i
DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Four.
Cite This Law
Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers, Letter of Instructions No. 172, Feb 28, 1974 (Philippines)
Phase Out of All Log Exports and Establishment of Wood Processing Centers, Letter of Instructions No. 172 (Phil. 1974)
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