Informants on illegal loggers will be rewarded
Report Unscrupulous illegal loggers Call any information about illegal logging in your communities to the nearest PENRO and CENRO and help Zero illegal logging:
Section 68 of the Presidential Decree No. 705 as amended by Executive Order No. 277 series of 1987 stipulates the reward of the informants on illegal logging activities to the authorities.
“Section 68-B. Rewards to Informants. Any person who shall provide any information leading to the apprehension and conviction of any offender for any violation of this Code or other forest laws, rules and regulations, or confiscation of forest products shall be given a reward in the amount of twenty per centum (20%) of the proceeds of the confiscated forest products.”
PENRO Agusan del Norte CENRO Nasipit CENRO Tubay PENRO Agusan del Sur CENRO Bayugan City
Report Unscrupulous illegal loggers NOW!
CENRO Bunawan
Report any corrupt illegal logging in your communities to the nearest Philippine Army, Philippine National Police, Municipal Environment & Natural Resources (MENRO), concerned environmental groups/ organizations nearest your place and help Zero illegal logging!
CENRO Talacogon
Philippine Army Philippine National Police MENRO
CENRO Loreto
PENRO Dinagat PENRO Surigao del Norte CENRO Surigao City PENRO Surigao del Sur CENRO Bislig City CENRO Lianga
Municipal Local Government Unit Provincial Local Government Unit Concerned Environmental Advocates Group Concerned Environmental Advocates Group
DENR Regional Office XIII
Brgy. Ambago, Butuan City, 8600 Website: http://caraga.denr.gov.ph/
E-mail: denrcaraga@yahoo.com or pmd.misss@gmail.com
Regional Public Affairs Office
Tel. No.: 341-32-29 Illegal Logging is Crime, Stop it Now! ♥ June 2015
DENR-CARAGA
Anti Anti-- Illegal Logging Law The basic provision of law on illegal logging is anchored on Section 68 of the Presidential Decree No. 705 “Forestry Reform Code of the Philippines, approved on May 19, 1975 as amended by Executive Order No. 277 “Amending section 68 of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 705, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, for the purpose of penalizing possession of timber or other forest products without the legal documents required by existing forest laws, authorizing the confiscation of illegally cut, gathered, removed and possessed forest products, and granting rewards to informers of violations of forestry laws, rules and regulations” dated July 25, 1987.
Offenses punishable under Section 68 of P.D. 705 as amended by E.O No. 227, series of 1987 1. Cutting, gathering, collecting or removing of timber or other forest products from any forestland without authority. 2. Cutting, gathering, collecting or removing of timber from alienable or disposable public land or from private land. 3. Possession of timber or other forest products without the legal documents as required under existing forest laws and regulations.
Person Liable on Illegal Logging 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The cutter The gatherer The collector The remover Possessor or any and all persons who appear to be responsible for the commission of offense defined in Section 68 of P.D No. 705 as amended by E.O No. 277 series of 1987 6. In case of partnerships, association, or corporations, the officers who ordered the cutting, gathering, collecting or in possession.
Legal documents Required by Forest Laws and Regulations A. Documents required for (transport) of logs/timbers
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Certificate of Timber Origin Auxiliary Invoices Sales or Commercial Invoices Log Supply Contract or LSPA Logs must be scaled and marked with Forest Officer’s marking hatchet and Timber Licensee’s Registered Private Log Mark (Par. 7, DENR Admin. Order No. 34, series of 1998) 6. Certificate of Transport Agreement (Sec. 3 DENR Admin. Order No. 59, series f 1990)
Penalties imposed on Illegal Logging B. Transport of Lumber 1. 2.
The offenders shall be punished with the penalties imposed under Article 309 and 310 of the Revised Penal Code; If the person liable is an officer of a partnership, association or corporation, and is an alien, shall in addition to the penalty above imposed, be deported, without further proceeding, by the Commission on Immigration and Deportation (Sec. 68 of P.D 705 as amended by E.O 277)
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Original copy of Certificate of Lumber Origin (CLO) Lumber Sales Invoices (in case of lumber sale) Tally Sheets Delivery Receipt (BFD Circular No. 8, series of 1983) Certificate of Transport Agreement unless dispensed with under DENR Admin Order No. 59-A, series of 1990. 6. Certificate of Inspection (as required under BFD Circular N. 8, s. 1983 - for export transportation) 7. Log sales Invoices (in case of sale f logs from which the lumber were produced - for export transport)