Question & AnswerQ&A (DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 78-00)
The government policy encourages the maximum and wise utilization of forest resources, allowing the orderly recovery and disposition of retrievable wood materials such as abandoned logs, drifted logs, sunken logs, uprooted and fire/typhoon damaged trees, tree stumps, tops and branches from various lands and water bodies.
Abandoned Logs are logs left within forestlands, alienable and disposable lands, and private lands whose owners or claimants cannot be identified.
The priority applicants are 1) Holder of tenurial instruments, 2) Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC), 3) Local Government Units (LGUs), and 4) Filipino citizen/corporation.
Qualified applicants include the Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC), Local Government Units (LGUs) with jurisdiction, Filipino citizens of legal age, and partnerships, associations, cooperatives, or corporations.
A Wood Recovery Permit is a permit issued by the DENR to gather, retrieve, and dispose of abandoned logs, drifted logs, sunken logs, uprooted and fire/typhoon damaged trees, tree stumps, tops, and branches.
No, no Wood Recovery Permit shall be issued covering the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) areas.
Permit holders may rehabilitate abandoned logging roads but are prohibited from constructing new roads within forestlands and cutting standing trees.
The recovery operations shall be closely supervised by the Community Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Officer or their duly authorized representative.
Violation or non-compliance can lead to suspension and/or cancellation of the permit and is without prejudice to the filing of appropriate criminal and administrative charges.
The net revenue is shared equally, with 50% going to the NRDC and 50% to the DENR.
Applications from LGUs must be accompanied by the bill of materials and building plans of the structures to be built.
The CENR Office conducts or causes a 100% inventory, marking, photographing, and mapping the wood materials, collecting data like log finder and location, and supervises inventory conducted by applicants other than NRDC.
Forest charges pursuant to R.A. 7161 and forestry regulations apply. These charges must be paid by the permittee/licensee to the CENR Officer before transport documents are issued.
Yes, a permit may be extended if necessary and/or terminated once the authorized timber volume is exhausted.
Drifted Logs are logs washed out by floods and water currents while Sunken Logs are logs found at the bottom of rivers, seas, or other water bodies.