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[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 267, August 04, 1973 ]

RECONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON WOOD INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT (PCWID) INTO A PLANNING, EVALUATION AND CONSULTATIVE BODY.

WHEREAS, as the Presidential Committee on Wood industries Development (PCWID)was created under Executive Order No. 292, dated February 17, 1971, to study, discuss and arrive at action recommendations to solve problems confronting the wood industry, as well as to study, review and discuss policies embodied in existing laws, rules and regulations affecting the wood industry with a view of evolving new policies and reforms as may be necessary to the growth of the industry;

WHEREAS, PCWID was one of the government bodies abolished under Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24, 1972, but has been recommended for retention by the Presidential Review Commission on Reorganization after recognizing its vital role in the development of the wood industry and providing a forum for continuing dialogue between Government and the private sector relative to proper utilization and conservation of our forest resources;

WHEREAS, the PCWID has proven its usefulness by making the most comprehensive study of the entire forestry situations and coming up with relevant recommendations and policies which have now been embodied in the proposed Forestry Reform Code; and

WHEREAS, the participation of the PCWID at the national level of development planning in policy making has enabled both Government and Private Sectors involved in forest development to work together towards a unified approach calculated to effectively balance the need of its sector and the appropriate sharing responsibilities;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the constitutions as the Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended do hereby order and decree :

1.

The Presidential Committee on Wood Industries and Development is hereby reconstituted in charge to continue its functions as of planning, evaluation, and consultative body under the office of the President, and to undertake the evaluation and assessment of implementary measures at various developmental stages and to recommend whatever other plans and policies are necessary to meet changing situations.

 
2.

The PCWID will be composed of the following:

Secretary of Agricultural and Nature Resources
Chairman
 
Representative of the private sector
Vice-Chairman
 
Secretary, Department of Finance, or his representative
Member
 
Secretary, Department of Public Works, Transportation & Communication or his representative
Member
 
Director-General, National Economic & Development Authority, or his representative
Member
 
Director, Bureau of Forest Development
Member
 
Commissioner, Forest Products Research Institute & Development Commission
Member
 
President, Philippine Chamber of Wood Industries
Member
 
President, Philippine Lumber and Plywood Manufacturer's Association
Member
 
President, Society of Filipino Foresters
Member
 
President, Philippine Association of Permanent Forests
Member
 
 
Dean, U.P. College of Forestry
Member
 
3.

The private sector representatives shall choose from among themselves the Vice-Chairman of the Committee.

 
4.
The Chairman or Vice Chairman may create subcommittees to carry out the purposes of this Decree.
 

5. The Committee may call on any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the National Government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for such assistance as it may need in connection with the performance of its functions, and such assistance shall be extended whenever the same is sought by the Committee or any of its members.

 
6.
All Acts, parts of Acts, executive orders, ordinance, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
 
7.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
 

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

 

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines

   

 

By the President:  
 

(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES  
  Assistant Executive Secretary
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