Question & AnswerQ&A (DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 96-26)
Integrated Social Forestry Program (ISFP) participants whose stewardship areas contain mature and harvestable planted trees and other non-timber products are qualified to apply for a permit.
The applicant must apply to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) by accomplishing the prescribed application form.
The SFDO receives and processes the application and indorses or recommends the same to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENR Officer) for approval.
The SFDO shall conduct a free 100% intensity inventory of the area applied for within ten (10) days, considering trees to be left for production, soil erosion control, and stream bank protection. For devolved social forestry areas, the inventory is done jointly with the Local Government Units' Community Development Officer/Assistant.
All shipments must be accompanied by a Certificate of Origin issued by the concerned CENR Officer and the presentation of the appropriate Auxiliary Invoice.
Yes, trees harvested under the permit may be exported by the permittee subject to proper application, documentation, and issuance of export authority as per exportation procedures and regulations.
The permittee must submit a monthly report and a terminal report after the lapse of the permit.
Permits may be suspended or cancelled for violations of the terms and conditions of the permit as well as applicable forest laws, rules, and regulations.
Such acts are illegal and the violator shall be punished under Section 68 of PD 705, as amended (Section 7 of Republic Act No. 7161) and other appropriate laws.