Environmental Laws
Section 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.