WHEREAS, as the Presidential Committee on Wood industries
Development (PCWID)was created under Executive Order No. 292, dated February 17,
1971, to study, discuss and arrive at action recommendations to solve problems
confronting the wood industry, as well as to study, review and discuss policies
embodied in existing laws, rules and regulations affecting the wood industry
with a view of evolving new policies and reforms as may be necessary to the
growth of the industry;
WHEREAS, PCWID was one of the government bodies abolished
under Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24, 1972, but has been
recommended for retention by the Presidential Review Commission on
Reorganization after recognizing its vital role in the development of the wood
industry and providing a forum for continuing dialogue between Government and
the private sector relative to proper utilization and conservation of our forest
resources;
WHEREAS, the PCWID has proven its usefulness by making the
most comprehensive study of the entire forestry situations and coming up with
relevant recommendations and policies which have now been embodied in the
proposed Forestry Reform Code; and
WHEREAS, the participation of the PCWID at the national
level of development planning in policy making has enabled both Government and
Private Sectors involved in forest development to work together towards a
unified approach calculated to effectively balance the need of its sector and
the appropriate sharing responsibilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the constitutions as the
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated
September 22, 1972, as amended do hereby order and decree :
1.
The Presidential Committee on Wood Industries and Development
is hereby reconstituted in charge to continue its functions as of planning,
evaluation, and consultative body under the office of the President, and to
undertake the evaluation and assessment of implementary measures at various
developmental stages and to recommend whatever other plans and policies are
necessary to meet changing situations.
2.
The PCWID will be composed of the following:
Secretary of Agricultural and Nature Resources
Chairman
Representative of the private sector
Vice-Chairman
Secretary, Department of Finance, or his
representative
Member
Secretary, Department of Public Works, Transportation &
Communication or his representative
Member
Director-General, National Economic & Development Authority,
or his representative
Member
Director, Bureau of Forest Development
Member
Commissioner, Forest Products Research Institute &
Development Commission
Member
President, Philippine Chamber of Wood Industries
Member
President, Philippine Lumber and Plywood Manufacturer's
Association
Member
President, Society of Filipino Foresters
Member
President, Philippine Association of Permanent
Forests
Member
Dean, U.P. College of Forestry
Member
3.
The private sector representatives shall choose from among
themselves the Vice-Chairman of the Committee.
4.
The Chairman or Vice Chairman may create subcommittees to
carry out the purposes of this Decree.
5. The Committee may call on any department, bureau, office,
agency or instrumentality of the National Government, including government-owned
or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in connection
with the performance of its functions, and such assistance shall be extended
whenever the same is sought by the Committee or any of its members.
6.
All Acts, parts of Acts, executive orders, ordinance, rules
and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are
hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
7.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the year of our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Assistant Executive Secretary