TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. FORESTRY SECTOR
Administrative Order
Nos.

97-04 Rules and Regulations Governing the 01

Industrial Forest Management
Program

97-08 Guidelines Governing the Entry and 27

Disposition of Imported Logs,
Lumber, Veneer, Plywood, Poles and
Piles and Pulpwood Including Wood
Chips

97-29 Declaring Certain Portions of the 33

Public Forest as Forestlands for
Permanent Forest Purposes and as
Alienable or Disposable for Cropland
and Other Purposes, Under LC Project
Nos. 3-A, Tagaytay City; 20-B, Silang,
Cavite; 18-A, Naic, Cavite and 39 of
Talisay, Batangas

97-32 1997 Rules for the Administrative 35

Adjudication of Illegal Forest Products
and the Machinery, Equipment, Tools
and Conveyances Used in Connection
Therewith.

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97-34 Guidelines on Tree Planting Near 63
Electric Power Line Systems.

97-35 Amending and Clarifying Certain 71

Sections of DAO No. 97-08 Entitled
Govering the Entry and Disposition
of Imported Logs, Lumber, Veneer,
Plywood, Poles and Piles and
Pulpwood Including Wood Chips

97-37 Declaring Certain Portions of the 75

Public Forest as Forestland for
Permanent Forest Purposes and as
Alienable or Disposable for Cropland
and Other Purposes, Under LC Project
No. 39, Malvar and LC Project No. 40,
Balete, Both of Batangas Province.
DENR Circular
No.
97-01 Regional Mini-Sawmill 77
Rationalization Plan Outline

Memorandum Circulars
Nos.

97-01 Implementing Guidelines on the 78

Conduct of Community Organizing
(CO) Under the Forestry Sector
Project (FSP)

97-03 Guidelines and Procedures in the 96

Processing of Payments for
Community Organizing and
Comprehensive Site Development of
Subproject Under the Forestry Sector
Project.

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97-07 Terms of Reference of Site 104
Coordinators for the Forestry Sector
Project

97-09 Documentation of Tree Plantations in 107

Private Lands

97-11 Operationalization of the CBFM 110

Program at the Regional, PENR and
CENR Offices

97-12 Guidelines for the Formulation of 113

Community Resource Management
Framework and annual Work Plan for
Community Based Forest
Management Areas

97-13 Adopting the DENR Strategic Action 123

Plan for Community-Based Forest
Management (CBFM)

97-22 Monitoring Forms for the Forestry 125

Sector Project

97-23 Stopping the Issuance of Private Land 126

Tree Plantation Cutting Permits
(PLTPCP) and/or Private Land Tree
Cutting Permits (PLTCP)

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 Memorandum Orders
Nos.

97-01 Institutionalization of the Port 128

Integrated Clearance Office (PICO
within the Forest Management
Services of the DENR Regional Office

97-02 Interim Guidelines in the Conduct of 130

Watershed Characterization Survey
and Preparation of Watershed
Management Plan

97-05 Guidelines on the Protection and 132

Management of Expired, Cancelled,
and Expiring Timber License
Agreements (TLAs)

II. LANDS SECTOR

Administrative Orders
Nos.

97-41 Structural Reorganization of the Lands 136

Management Bureau (LMB)
Amending for the Purpose DENR
Administrative Order (DAO) No. 01,
Series of 1988.

Memorandum Circulars
Nos.

97-02 Requirements in the Issuance of 140

Proclamations/Reservations

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 97-04 Adopting Sections 1 to 4, Article IV 142
of the Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of R.A. No. 4374,
Regarding the Junior Geodetic
Engineering Practices in the DENR
Lands Management Services and
Providing Guidelines for its
Implementations

III. MINES SECTOR

Administrative Orders
Nos.
97-06 Prescribing a Uniform Rule for Area 146
Clearance Fees of DENR Sectors
Other Than the Mines and
Geosciences Bureau for Mining Rights
Applications.

97-07 Authorizing the Director of Mines and 147

Geosciences Bureau to Operationalize
the Interim Organizational Units.

97-10 Standard Costs and Fees for Various 148

Services of the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau.

97-11 Providing for a Line Organization of 184

the Mines and Geosciences Bureau
and Other Purpose

97-30 Small Scale Mine Safety Rules and 200

Regulations

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 Memorandum Circulars
Nos.

97-05 Procedural Guidelines in the Creation 253

of Provincial /City Mining Regulatory
Boards.

97-06 Issuances of Free Patents, Mining 258

Concessions, Leases and Certificates
of Stewardship in Areas Covered by
the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority
(CEZA)

Memorandum Orders
Nos.
97-03 Policy of Rationalizing the Diwalwal 259
Gold Rush Mining Operations

97-07 Guidelines in the Implementation of 265

the Mandatory September 15, 1997
Deadline for the Filing of Mineral
Agreement Applications by Holders of
Valid and Existing Mining Claims and
Lease/Quarry Applications and for
Other Purposes.

IV ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

Administrative Orders
Nos.

97-05 Procedures in the Retention of Areas 278

Within Certain Distances Along the
Banks of Rivers, Streams, Shores, of
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 Seas, Lakes and Oceans for
Environmental Protection.

97-15 Strengthening the Environmental 285

Impact Assessment (EIA) Division of
the Environmental Management
Bureau (EMB)

97-18 Supplementing Guidelines for 293

Environmental Impact Assessment of
Forestry Projects.

97-28 Amending Annex A of DAO 28 Series 295

of 1994 Interim Guidelines for the
Importation of Recyclable Materials
Containing Hazardous Substances

97-38 Chemical Control Order for Mercury 296

and Mercury Compounds

97-39 Chemical Control Order for Cyanide 312

and Cyanide Compounds

Memorandum Circular
Nos.

97-10 Classification on Section 60 (b) of 328

DENR Administrative Order No. 14,
Series of 1993 (DAO 14, S93).

97-14 Institutionalizing the Integration of the 216

Population-Resources-Environment
(PRE) Framework into the DENR
Planning Process.

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 97-16 Instructions Relative to the 331
Implementation of DENR Adm. Order
No. 97-37

97-20 Information Education Campaign on 333

the Relationship of Population and
Environment Towards the Promotion
of Sustainable Development

V. PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE SECTOR

Administrative Order
Nos.

97-12 Amendments of DENR 336

Administrative Order No. 56, Series of
1993

97-14 Amending DENR Administrative 337

Orders Nos. 95-22 and 96-16 Re:
Guidelines on the Accreditation and
Registration of Zoos and Wildlife
Facilities of Private Collector/s
Including Wildlife Stocks Thereat.

97-16 Addendum to the Guidelines on the 338

Establishment and Management of the
Integrated Protected Area Fund

97-17 Establishing the Disposition Program 340

for Confiscated and Donated Wildlife
in the Custody of DENR Wildlife
Rescue Centers and Similar DENR
Facilities and Providing Guidelines
Therfor.

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97-27 Amendments of Section 15, 355
Transitory Provisions, of Department
Administrative Order No. 96-20 also
Known as the Implementing Rules and
Regulations on the Prospecting of
Biological and Genetic Resources.

97-33 Guidelines on the Issuances of Permit 357

for the Collection and Transport of
Biological Specimens from Protected
Areas for Use by DENR Biodiversity
Conservation Programs/Projects.

97-36 Institutionalizing the Dalaw-Turo of 363

the Protected Areas and Wildlife
Bureau (PAWB) as an Environmental
Education Strategy for Nature
Conservation and Environmental
Projects and Activities

97-42 Transferring the Tamaraw 372

Conservation Program (TCP) from the
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureaau
(PAWB) to DENR Region IV

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Memorandum Circular
Nos.

97-17 Criteria for the Identification of 373

Wetlands Critical to Biodiversity
Conservation

97-18 Fifty Percent (50%) Discount on All 375

National Park Fees

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VI. ADMINISTRATIVE SECTOR

Administrative Order
Nos.

97-01 Reorganizing the Building and 378

Grounds Maintenance Section,
General Services Division.

97-03 Amendment of Administrative Order 383

No. 96-19 Series of 1996 re:
Delegation of Authority Related to
ADB and OECF Funded Forestry
Sector Project and Providing
Guidelines Thereon.

97-09 Institutionalizing the DENR Identity 385

Design System and Manual of Style.

97-13 Adoption of Safety and Security 387

Measures in all DENR Offices.

97-19 Guidelines for the Regionalization and 390

Institutionalization of Foreign-Assisted
and Special Projects to DENR Regular
Offices.

97-20 Annual General Inspection (AGI) of 400

Regional Key Officers.

97-21 Institutionalizing the Community 409

Environment and Natural resources
(CENR) Management Course or the
CENR Academy in the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources.

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97-22 Prescribing the Operational Structure 415
of the Community Environment and
Natural Offices.

97-23 Updating Department Administrative 418

Order No. 34, Series of 1990
Otherwise Known as the Revised
Water Usage Classification/Water
Quality Criteria Amending Section
Nos. 68 and 69, Chapter III of the
1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations.

97-24 DENR Policy on the Release or 422

Disclosure of Information

97-25 Reconfiguration and Redefinition of 429

Functions of the Planning and Policy
Studies Office

97-26 Revised Guidelines on Gender and 431

Development (GAD) Service Awards

Memorandum Circular
Nos.

97-08 List of classified Water Bodies in 440

1995-1996

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97-15 Prescribing Guidelines and 444
Procedures on the Appraisal,
Selection, and Approval of Project
Proposals submitted to the Central
Office for Funding as Special Projects

97-19 Wearing of Filipina/Filipno 451

Attire/Dress in Line with the
Philippine Centennial Celebration.

97-21 Guidelines on the Grant of Special 452

Privileges Under Civil Service
Commission (CSC) Memorandum
Circular No. 06, Series of 1996.

Memorandum Order
Nos.

97-04 Strengthening the Internal Control 455

Policy of DENR Foreign-Assisted and
Special Projects (FASPs) Officials
and Employees Accountabilities

97-06 Operational Instructions Relative to 457

the Output of the July 17-19, 1997
Management Conference

97-08 Transitory Guidelines for the 459

Implementation of DENR
Administrative Order 97-23, Updating
Department Administrative Order No.
34, Series of 1990, Otherwise Known
as the Revised Water Usage
Classification/Water Quality Criteria
Amending Section No. 68 and 69,
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 Chapter III of the 1978 NPCC Rules
and Regulations.

97-09 Delegation of Authority for the 461

Forestry Sector Project Loan-Central
Office Transactions.

97-10 Delegation of Authority on Financial 463

and Administrative Matters.

97-11 Hiring of Assisting Professionals for 464

the ADB-Forestry Sector Project
Subproject Sites

VII. Other Related Issuances

Executive Order
Nos.

405 Authoring the Philippine Ports 468

Authority (PPA) to Reclaim and
Develop Submerged Areas Vested in
the PPA for Port-Related Purposes.

406 Institutionalizing the Philippine 471

Economic-Environmental and Natural
Resources Accounting (PEENRA)
System and Creating Units Withing
the Organizational Structure of the
Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR), National
Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA), an National Statistical
Coordination Board (NSCB).

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409 Amending Section 2 of Executive 476
Order No. 374 dated 15 October 1996
Which Established the Presidential
Task Force on Water Resource
Development and Management.

422 Creating the National Committee on 478

the General Conference of the
International Federation of
Agricultural Procedures In Manila, 27
may- 4 June 1998

Republic Act
Nos.

8371 An Act to Recognize, Protect, and 482

Promote the Rights of Indigenous
Cultural Communities/Indigenous
Peoples, Creating a National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples,
Establishing Implementing
Mechanisms, Appropriating Funds
Therefor, and for Other Purposes.

8425 An Act Institutionalizing the Social 523

Reform and Poverty Alleviation
Program, Creating for the Purposee the
Natonal Anti-Poverty Commission,
Defining its Powers and Functions and
for Other Purposes.

Malacaang Administrative
Order Nos.

341 Implementing the Philippine Health 546

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 Promotion Program Through Healthy
Places

424 Approving the 1997 Investment 554

Priorities Plan

425 Constituting a Special Cluster Under 559

Cabinet Cluster E (Security and
Political Development Cluster) to
Oversee Implemenation on the GRP-
MNLP Peace Agreement.

Joint DAR-DA-DENR-DILG
Administrative Order No.

97-01 Setting of Moratorium on the 562

Deployment of Artificial Reef
Nationwide

Proclamation
Nos.

936 Reserving Certain Parcels of Land of 565

the Public Domain, Situated in the
City of Olongapo, Island of Luzon, for
the use of the City of Olongapo

955 Amending Proclamation No. 889, 567

Dated September 30, 1996 to include
Certain Parcels of Land of the Private
Domain Situated in Barangay
Cantaoan, Municipality of Naga,
Province of Cebu, in the Area
Designated on the New Cebu
Township-Ecozone.

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962 Creating and Designating Certain 569
Lands of the Private Domain Situated
in Barangay Ilang, City of Davao,
Island of Mindanao, as a Special
Economic Zone Pursuant to Republic
Act No. 7916.

965 Supplementing Proclamation No. 295, 570

Dated 9 November 1993, Entitled
Excluding from the Operation of
Executive Order No. 63, Dated 25
June 1914 and Proclamation No. 391,
Dated 13 March 1939, which
Established the Mineral Land
Reservation in the Province of
Surigao, Island of Mindanao Certain
Alienable and Disposable Parcels of
Land Embraced Therein, and
Declaring the Same Open to
Disposition Under the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program of the
Department of Agrarian Reform and
Other Pertinent Laws Relative to
Titling of Lands Suitable for
Agriculture, by Including Certain
Parcels of Land Further Identified as
Suitable for Agriculture in the
Municipalities of Basilisa, Tubajon,
Loreto, Island of Dinagat and
Municipality of Claver, All within the
Province of Surigao del Norte.

978 Amending Letter of Instruction 917-A 574

Dated September 7, 1997 by Declaring
Certain Parcels of Land of the Public
Domain and Its Coastal Waters
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 Covering Northern Sierra Situated in
the Municipalities of Palanan,
Divilacan, Maconacon and Portions of
San Pablo, Cabagan, Tumauini, Ilagan,
San Mariano and Dinapigue, All in the
Province of Isabela as Protected Area
Under the Category of Natural Park.

1005 Amending Presidential Proclamation 577

No. 721, Dated August 08, 1934, by
Declaring Certain Parcels of Land
Covering Mount Kanla-on Situated in
the Municipalities of Murcia and La
Castellana, and Cities of Bago, La
Carlota, Canlaon and San Carlos, All
Within the Negros Island as a
Protected Area Under the Category of
Natural Park.

1028 Declaring the Entire Sulu and Celebes 580

Seas as an Integrated Conservation and
Development Zone, Creating a
Presidential Commission for the
Integrated Conservation and
Development of the Area and
Providing Funds Therefor.

1030 Declaring the Philippine Tarsier 584

(Tarsius Syrichta) as a Specially
Protected Faunal Species of the
Philippines.

1037 Establishing the One Thousand Seven 586

Hundred Seventy six (1,776) Hills,
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 More or Less, Popularly Known as the
Chocolate Hills and the Areas
Within, Around, and Surrounding
them Located in the Municipalitiesof
Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan, Bilar,
Valencia and Sierra Bullones,
Province of Bohol as a Natural
Monument to Protect and Maintain its
Natural Beauty and to Provide
Restraining Mechanisms for
Inappropriate Exploitation.
1047 Amending Proclamation No. 367, 588
Dated February 11, 1953, which
Established the Animal Breeding
Station Located at Kaychanarianan,
Basco, Batanes by Excluding from its
Operation a Portion of the Area
Embraced Therein and Declaring the
Same as Site of the Batanes Hostel.

1062 Reserving for the Indigenous Peoples 590

of the Municipalitly of Maasim,
Province of Sarangani, Certain Parcel
of Land of the Publlic Domain,
Situated in the Sitio of Tahakayo,
Barangay Amsipit, Stio Asnalaf,
Barangay Lumasal, Sitios Kalon Bong,
Batal Fofo and Datal Lano, Barangay
Nomoh and Sitio Datal Basak,
Barangay Nomoh and Sitio Datal
Basak, Barangay Kablacan, All in the
Municipality of Maasim, Province of
Sarangani.

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1074 Amending Proclamation No. 932, 592
Dated June 29, 1992, Which
Established the Kotkot-Lusaran Rivers
Watershed Forest Reserve, by
Incorporating the Corected Technical
Descriptions of its Boundaries after
Final Survey and Delineation of the
Ground.

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