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NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM
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FOREIGN TRADE UPDATE
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UPLAND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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FEATURED REPORTS
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INVITATION TO BID
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INTERNAL CONCERN
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“Governments have a responsibility to ensure that the ecological services provided by trees and forests are available
for the common good of all communities, including future generations.”
Wangari Maatha - Nobel Laureate and United Nations Messenger of Peace
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Executive Order No. 26 -
NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM
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President Benigno S. Aquino signed on February 24, 2011 Executive Order No. 26, declaring the implementation of
the National Greening Program (NGP) as a government priority that shall plant some 1.5 billion trees
covering about 1.5 million hectares for a period of six (6) years from 2011 to 2016,
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- Forestlands
- Mangrove and protected areas
- Ancestral domains
- Civil and military reservations
- Urban areas under the greening plans of LGUs
- Inactive and abandoned mine sites
- Other suitable lands
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Presidential Proclamation No. 125 -
Proclaiming the Year 2011 as the National Year of Forests
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President Benigno S. Aquino issued Proclamation No. 125 declaring the year 2011 as the National Year of Forests (NYF),
and in support to the National Greening Program (NGP) and all efforts towards the sustainable management of the forests.
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The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International
Year of Forests (IYF) to raise awareness to strengthen the sustainable
management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
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The Philippines as a member state of the United Nations (UN) and Party to the UN Forum on Forest (UNFF),
recognizes the IYF as an opprtunity to increase awareness of the importance of the forests and the central
role of the people in the conservation and sustainable development by promoting
colloborative actions at the national, regional and local levels.
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