DENR Caraga, LGU-Butuan ink MOA on FLUP implementation

DENR-13 Regional Executive Director (RED) Nonito M. Tamayo enters into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Butuan City Mayor Hon. Ronnie Vicente C. Lagnada for the implementation of the Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) of the city, today, September 6, 2022 at the City Mayor's Office Conference Room 2, City Hall Building in Doongan, Butuan City.

The ceremonial signing serves as the last stage and springboard for the future development and plan implementation in the process of the legitimization and approval of the FLUP of Butuan City. The initiative seeks to enhance the protection of the remaining forest lands in Butuan City. During the event, RED Tamayo lauded the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Butuan for their undertakings to properly manage the city’s forest lands to ensure that their natural resources are utilized sustainably.

"I congratulate the LGU of Butuan headed by Honorable Mayor Lagnada, who took the lead in initiating and proactively updating your plan at your own expense. The formulation of this plan is a manifestation of the concerted effort of Butuan City's stakeholders headed by the LGU," RED Tamayo said.

He added, “It is envisioned that the MOA for the FLUP will not be the end of the mutual partnership between DENR and LGU-Butuan but a propeller towards a stronger alliance for the realization of the plan.”

Witnessing the signing of the MOA were DENR Caraga Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services Maritess M. Ocampo, DILG Caraga Assistant Regional Director Donald A. Seronay, Butuan City Vice Mayor Atty. Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun, Agusan del Norte PENR Officer Achilles Anthony C. Ebron, Nasipit CENR Officer Joseph Leo E. Oconer, Sanguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Chairperson Victor Vicente G. Plaza, SP Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Vice-Chairperson Reynante B. Desiata, Butuan City ENRO Alexander C. Alaan, and Butuan City Planning and Development Officer Vicente C. Lagnada Jr.

Forest Management Bureau (FMB) Technical Bulletin No. 2 defined FLUP as "the participatory process of allocating forests and forest lands (FFL) as natural resource assets by the government under appropriate management, tenure arrangement and eventually putting these assets according to their best uses to harmonize uses of forest lands and to attain a balance of production activities with forest protection and biodiversity conservation."

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