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DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS NO. 92-25 National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Implementing Rules and Regulations This Order describes the various steps to be taken by DENR in the (a) establishment of the initial component of the NIPAS, (b) establishment of additional protected areas, and (c) establishment of some protected areas. It also sets the guidelines for the preparation, approval, and adoption of protected area management plans, as well as a description of the various management zones and a detailed outline of the plan. It includes a salient provision on the creation and composition of the PAMB, which has representatives from the provincial, municipal and barangay LGUs.
DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-21 Superseding DAO No. 97-05 and Prescribing the Revised Guidelines in the Implementation of the Pertinent Provisions of R.A. 1273, P.D. 705 and P.D. 1067 This Order provides that the following be demarcated and preserved as permanent timberland: (a) strip of 40 meters wide starting from the bank on each side of any river or stream; (b) 20-meter strips of land along the edge of the normal high waterline of rivers and streams with channels of at least five meters wide; and (c) strips of mangrove or swamplands at least 20 meters wide, along shorelines facing oceans, lakes, and other bodies of water, and strips of land at least 20 meters facing lakes. The necessary surveys will be undertaken to reflect these areas in maps and titles.
DENR MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 93-16 Guidelines on the Establishment and Management of Buffer Zones for Protected Areas The purpose of this Circular is to prevent destruction of the protected area by establishing buffer zones outside its boundaries. The Circular establishes the ecological, social, and economic criteria
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