Expanding National Greening Program Coverage

The Order anchors the policy goal in Section 16, Article II of the Constitution, requiring the State to protect and advance the people’s right to a balanced and healthful ecology.
The Order directs expanded participation to accelerate rehabilitation and reforestation of unproductive, denuded and degraded forestlands (WHEREAS clauses; Section 1).
The Order links forestry work to poverty reduction, food security, environmental stability, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation and adaptation through the National Greening Program referenced as a government priority (WHEREAS clause).
The Order emphasizes that forests and forestry function as a carbon sink that can sustain industrial development and economic growth (WHEREAS clause).
The Order targets environmental risks such as soil erosion, landslides, and flooding arising from degraded forestlands (WHEREAS clause).

The coverage of the National Greening Program is expanded to cover all the remaining unproductive, denuded and degraded forestlands (Section 1).
The implementation period is extended from 2016 to 2028 (Section 1).
All sectors, particularly the private sector, are encouraged to actively participate in the Expanded National Greening Program (Section 1).

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) must issue the appropriate rules and regulations to implement the Order (Section 2).
DENR must issue these rules and regulations within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of the Order (Section 2).

The funding necessary to implement the Order is charged against the current appropriation of the DENR (Section 3).
Subsequent funding requirements must be incorporated in the annual budget proposal of the DENR through the General Appropriations Act (Section 3).

If any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions remain valid and subsisting (Section 4).
All existing orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, or parts inconsistent with the Order are repealed or modified accordingly (Section 5).

The Order references Executive Order No. 26 (2011) as the basis for the National Greening Program, including its purpose and status as a government priority program (WHEREAS clause).
The Order directs coordination and harmonization of forest development activities with the updated Master Plan for Forestry Development (2016–2028) and emphasizes enhanced participation from the private sector, local government units, and organized upland communities (WHEREAS clauses).