Coverage of the National Greening Program (NGP)
- Target planting of approximately 1.5 billion trees.
- Coverage area: about 1.5 million hectares over six years (2011-2016).
- Lands included: forestlands, mangrove and protected areas, ancestral domains, civil and military reservations, urban areas under LGU greening plans, inactive and abandoned mine sites, and other suitable lands.
- All other greening efforts by private sector and civil society will be consolidated under the NGP.
Strategies for Implementation
- Social Mobilization:
- Mandatory planting of at least 10 seedlings per year by all students and government employees.
- Encouragement of private sector and civil society participation.
- Primary maintenance and protection of plantations delegated to People’s Organizations with government and private sector support.
- Harmonization of Initiatives:
- Consolidate existing tree planting programs under NGP.
- Government institutions to produce quality seedlings annually.
- DA, DENR, and DAR to provide technical assistance per Convergence Initiative.
- Provision of Incentives:
- Proceeds from agroforestry to benefit NGP communities.
- Priority access to Conditional Cash Transfer programs for beneficiary communities.
- Incentives to encourage rainforestation in protected areas.
- Monitoring and Database Management:
- Centralized database development and regular progress reports by DA, DAR, DENR.
- Involvement of private sector, civil society, and academe in monitoring and evaluation.
Oversight Committee and Lead Agency
- The existing Steering Committee of the DA-DAR-DENR Convergence Initiative serves as the NGP Oversight Committee.
- DENR designated as the lead agency for NGP implementation.
Roles and Responsibilities of Partner Agencies
- DA-DAR-DENR: Nursery and seedling production, site preparation, social mobilization, planting, monitoring, technical support, access road provision, post-harvest facilities, marketing assistance.
- DepEd/CHED: Student mobilization, nursery and planting activities, IEC, extension services, monitoring.
- DSWD: Conditional Cash Transfer provision, social mobilization.
- DBM: Funding allocations.
- DILG: Transportation, security, fire protection, IEC.
- LGUs: Nursery establishment, urban greening plans, communal tree farms, access roads, medical support, technical assistance.
- DOH: Medical and transportation support.
- DPWH: Transportation of seedlings and construction support.
- DOTC: Transport for participants and communication facilities.
- DND: Nursery, site preparation, transport, security.
- DOST: Technology development and transfer, IEC.
- DOJ: Nursery support, transportation.
- NCIP: Indigenous peoples’ participation, site identification within ancestral domains, forest protection supervision.
- TESDA: Technical assistance in product development.
- PAGCOR: Funding assistance.
- All other government agencies, GOCCs, SUCs: Full support and assistance.
Implementing Guidelines
- Participating agencies shall issue their implementing guidelines within 15 days from the issuance of this order.
- Copies to be furnished to the NGP Oversight Committee.
Funding Mechanisms
- Immediate funding to be provided by DBM for the current year.
- Future funding to be included in regular agency appropriations.
Separability Clause
- Unconstitutional provisions shall not nullify the rest of the Executive Order if the remaining provisions can still stand and be implemented.
Repealing Clause
- All inconsistent regulations and issuances are repealed or modified to conform with this Executive Order.
Effectivity
- The Executive Order takes effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.