This Administrative Order prescribes guidelines to implement the Upland Agroforestry Program which aims at distributing 4 million hectares of unproductive forestlands under the public domain in order to provide occupants with land tenure security and a source of livelihood, to enhance forest cover of forestlands, develop agroforestry farms and plantations, etc.The Administrative Order provides for: the identification by the Forest Management Bureau of potential areas for agroforestry production; the validation and assessment of potential areas; procedures and requirements to apply to the programme; etc.The Administrative Order further stipulates that the establishment and development of agroforestry farms and plantations shall be covered with a Joint Venture Agreement or Memorandum of Agreement between the applicant and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources.
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