House Bill 8179, or the Sustainable Forest Management Bill, identifies several illegal acts to ensure the protection of forests, as well as special uses of forest lands.The bill also provides for an undersecretary for forestry. Only registered professional foresters should also be appointed for positions in the Forest Management Bureau .
HB 8179 also allows special uses of forest lands, such as converting it to a forest park, a herbal or medicinal plantation, public landing site or airstrip, farm-to-market roads, a water reservoir and for renewable energy projects, among others. “The proposed Sustainable Forest Management Act , which got approved on 3rd and final reading today at the House, identifies at least ten specific illegal acts to make sure the forests are sustainably managed,” said Rep. Lawrence Fortun, author of the measure, said in a statement.
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