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DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 99-13 Declaring Certain Portions of the Public Forestlands in Region 13 as the CARAGA Forest Plantation Corridor (CFPC) This sets aside some 684,503 hectares of open/denuded lands, brushlands and degraded second growth forests in the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur as part of the CFPC. This Order indicates the technical description of the parcels. The CFPC is reserved permanent forestland for the production, mainly of timber and non-wood forest products that will support forestbased processing facilities and/or supply wood and other forest product requirements to both the domestic and foreign markets. Areas programmed for forest plantation development under various tenurial instruments within the CFPC may apply with the DENR to avail of incentives for investors/developers in the Corridor.
â?™ INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS The Philippines is a signatory to the following international covenants that relate to watershed and forest management: 1. Non-legally Binding Authoritative Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests (13 June 1992, Rio de Janeiro) 2. Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (16 November 1992, Paris) 3. Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (3 March 1973, Washington) 4. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (23 June 1979, Bonn) 5. ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (9 July 1985, Kuala Lumpur) 44
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