i. Protect and Manage remaining forest pockets
ii. Establish Community-based nurseries iii. Create and operationalize Barangay Environment and Natural Resources Committee
through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) among the Barangay Council, people’s organization and concerned municipal/city government unit and the DENR for proper coordination and implementation of environmental laws, rules and regulation.
iv. Pass a Barangay Forest Protection Ordinance. v. Implement tree planting activities. vi. For the Punong Barangay, enforce laws and regulations relating to pollution control and
protection of the environment pursuant to Section 389 (b) (ix) of RA 7160.
Sec. 2. Governing Laws. The pertinent forestry provisions of this Code shall be governed by, but not limited to, the following national laws:
a. RA 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991);
b. Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended (Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines);
c. Presidential Executive Order No. 263 (Community Based Forest Management Strategy);
d. LOI 1260 (Integrated Social Forestry Program);
e. Republic Act No. 786 (National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992);
f. DENR Administrative Order No. 30, series of 1992 (Guidelines for the Transfer and Implementation of DENR Functions Devolved to the LGUs);
g. EO 247, Series of 1995 (Prescribing Guidelines And Establishing A Regulatory Framework For The Prospecting Of Biological And Genetic Resources, Their By-Products And Derivatives For Commercial And Scientific Purposes, And For Other Purposes);
h. Republic Act No. 9175 (Chainsaw Act of 2000).
Sec. 3. Operative Principles. In consideration of the multiple economic, aesthetic, scientific, and educational services which forest resources provide in sustaining life and development of our people and in recognition of the increasing demand for timber, water, recreation forests, and conservation of biological diversity which is presently not being met from forestry operations in the municipality, it is hereby declared the policy of the municipal government that the mayor shall fully exercise his powers and provide leadership over constituent barangay governments to ensure the perpetual existence of adequate forests and forest resources for the use and enjoyment of our people through local government driven, inter-agency, and multi-sectoral forest resources management. Forest management initiatives of local government unit of Urbiztondo shall be consistent with the following principles:
a. The timber needs of the people of Urbiztondo shall be met within the municipality as far as practicable. Specifically, there shall be a timber resource within Urbiztondo that is capable of supporting a stable wood industry and peripheral business in the municipality;
b. The water needs of the people of Urbiztondo shall not be jeopardized. As such, there is hereby established a watershed management system that is capable of supporting
