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SEC. 30. Management Policy for Forestry.-The national government, through the Department of Natural Resources, shall undertake a system of rational exploitation of forest resources and shall encourage citizen participation therein to keep the country's forest resources at amaximum productivity at all time.
SEC. 31. Measures for Rational Exploitation of Forest Resources.-Measures for the rational exploitation of forest resources may include, but shall not be limited to the following: a) regulating the marketing of threatened forest resources; b) reviewing all existing rules and regulations on the exploitation of forest resources with a view of formulating guidelines for the systematic and efficient enforcement thereof c) conserving threatened species of flora as well as increasing their rate of propagations; the banning of destructive modes of exploitation, kaingin making or shifting cultivations, indiscriminate harvesting of minor forest products the recycling methods of waste materials, and d) carrying out a continuing effect on reforestation; timber stand improvement; forest protection; and classifications; forest occupancy management; agri-silviculture; range management; agri-silvicultural/kaingin management; industrial tree plantation; parks and wildlife management; multiple use forest; timber management and forest research.
SEC. 32. Use of Fertilizers and Pesticides.-the use of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture shall be regulated prescribing therefor a tolerance level in their use. Their use shall be monitored by appropriate government agencies to provide empirical data for effective regulation.
SEC. 33. Management Policy on Soil Conservation.-The national government, through the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Agriculture, shall likewise undertake a soil conservation program including therein the identification and protection of critical watershed areas, encouragement of scientific farming techniques, physical and biological means of soil conservation, and short-term and long-term researches and technology for effective soil conservation.
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