Creation of, and merger of all forestry agencies into, the Bureau of Forest Development.
SEC. 4. Creation of, and merger of all forestry
agencies into, the Bureau of Forest Development.—For the purpose of
implementing the provisions of this Code, the Bureau of Forestry, the
Reforestation Administration, the Southern Cebu Reforestation
Development Project, and the Parks and Wildlife Office, including
applicable appropriations, records, equipment, property and such
personnel as may be necessary, are hereby merged into a single agency to
be known as the Bureau of Forest Development, hereinafter referred to
as the Bureau.
Jurisdiction of Bureau.
SEC. 5. Jurisdiction of Bureau.—The Bureau shall
have jurisdiction and authority over all forest land, grazing lands, and
all forest reservations including watershed reservations presently
administered by other government agencies or instrumentalities.
It shall be responsible for the protection, development,
management, regeneration, and reforestation of forest lands; the
regulation and supervision of the operation of licensees, leassees and
permittees for the taking or use of forest products therefrom or the
occupancy or use thereof; the implementation of multiple use and
sustained yield management in forest lands; the protection, development
and preservation of national parks, marine parks, game refuges and
wildlife; the implementation of measures and programs to prevent kaingin
and managed occupancy of forest and grazing lands; in collaboration
with other bureaus, the effective, efficient and economic classification
of lands of the public domain; and the enforcement of forestry,
reforestation, parks, game and wildlife laws, rules and regulations.
The Bureau shall regulate the establishment and operation of sawmills,
veneer and plywood mills and other wood processing plants and conduct
studies of domestic and world markets of forest products.
SEC.
6. Director and Assistant Director and their qualifications.—The
Bureau shall be headed by a Director, who shall be assisted by one or
more Assistant Directors. The Director and Assistant Directors shall be
appointed by the President.
No person shall be appointed Director
or Assistant Director of the Bureau unless he is a natural born citizen
of the Philippines, at least 30 years of age, a holder of at least a
Bachelor's Degree in Forestry or its equivalent, and a registered
forester.
SEC. 7. Supervision and Control—The Bureau shall
be directly under the control and supervision of the Secretary of the
Department of Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to as the
Department Head.
Review.
SEC. 8. Review.—All actions and decisions of the
Director are subject to review, motu propio or upon appeal of any
person aggrieved thereby, by the Department Head whose decision shall
be final and executory after the lapse of thirty (30) days from receipt
by the aggrieved party of said decision, unless appealed to the
President in accordance with Executive Order No. 19, series of
1966. The Decision of the Department Head may not be reviewed by the
courts except through a special civil action for certiorari or
prohibition.
Rules and Regulations.
SEC. 9. Rules and Regulations.—The Department
Head, upon the recommendation of the Director of Forest Development,
shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to implement
effectively the provisions of this Code.
Creation of Functional Divisions, and Regional and District Offices.
SEC. 10. Creation of Functional Divisions, and
Regional and District Offices.—All positions in the merged agencies
are considered vacant. Present occupants may be appointed in accordance
with a staffing pattern or plan of organization to be prepared by the
Director and approved by the Department Head. Any appointee who fails to
report for duty in accordance with the approved plan within thirty (30)
days upon receipt of notification shall be deemed to have declined the
appointment, in which case the position may be filed by any other
qualified applicant.
For the efficient and effective implementation of the program
of the Bureau, the following divisions and sections are hereby created,
to wit:
Divisions
Sections
Planning and
Evaluation Division
Program Planning;
Performance Evaluation;
Forest Economics;
Management Analysis, Data and Information.
Administrative Division
Personnel;
Budget;
Accounting;
Information;
General Services.
Legal Division
Cooperative Planting;
Reforestation and
Afforestation Division
Planting Stock Production;
Plantation Management.
Timber Management
Division
Forest Surveys, Data and Mapping;
Silviculture;
Timber Inventory and Photo-Interpretation;
Timber Management Plans;
Land Classification.
Utilization Division
Timber Operations;
Land Uses;
Utilization.
Forest Protection and
Infrastructure
Forest Protection;
Forest Occupancy Management;
Watershed Management;
Infrastructure.
Parks, Range and
Wildlife Division
Parks Management;
Recreation Management;
Wildlife Management;
Range Management.
Security and Intelligence Division
Forest Development
Training Center
Technical Training;
Non-Technical Training.
The Department Head may, upon recommendation of the Director,
reorganize or create such other divisions, sections or units as may be
deemed necessary and to appoint the personnel thereto: Provided,
That an employee appointed or designated as officer-in-charge of a newly
created division, section or unit, or to an existing vacant position
with a higher salary, shall receive, from the date of such appointment
or designation until he is replaced or reverted to his original
position, the salary corresponding to the position temporarily held by
him.
There shall be created at least eleven regional offices. In each
region, there shall be as many forest districts as may be necessary, in
accordance with the extent of forest area, established work loads, need
for forest protection, fire prevention and other factors, the provisions
of any law to the contrary not withstanding: Provided, That the
boundaries of such districts shall follow, whenever possible, natural
boundaries of watersheds under the river-basin concept of management.
Manpower Development.
SEC. 11. Manpower Development.—The Bureau shall
establish and operate an in-service training center for the purpose of
upgrading and training its personnel and new employees.
The Bureau shall also set aside adequate funds to enable
personnel to obtain special education and training in local or foreign
colleges or institutions.
Performance Evaluation.
SEC. 12. Performance Evaluation.—The Bureau shall
devise a system, to be approved by the Department Head, to evaluate the
performance of its employees. The system shall measure accomplishment
in quantity and quality of performance as related to the funded program
of work assigned to each organizational unit. There shall be included a
system of periodic inspection of district offices by the regional
offices and the regional and district offices by the Central Office in
both functional fields and in the overall assessment of how each
administrative unit has implemented the laws, regulations, policies,
programs, and practices relevant to such unit. The evaluation system
shall provide the information necessary for annual progress reports and
determination of employee training, civil service awards and transfer or
disciplinary action.
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