Rationale:
a. It is emplaced in the joint Executive-Legislative Agenda and Comprehensive Development Plan of the municipality that protection of the environment is ranked among the top priorities of the present administration;
b. The operation of chainsaw in the Local Government Unit remains unregulated that its impact on the environment is not monitored properly by the authorities
c. There have been complaints from landowners that their property are being denuded without their consent and prior knowledge
LGU Policy:
It is the policy of this administration to ensure full protection of its natural resources to make for a balance and sustainable ecology for the present and future generation. Toward this end, the Local Government shall pursue a thorough program to eliminate illegal logging and other forms of forest destruction through the use of chainsaws, thus, the passage of this ordinance.
The Sanggunian enacted this ordinance after a series of meetings and public consultation with various stakeholders on February 17, 2011. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan subsequently approved it after having found it to be within the legislative power of the Sangguniang Bayan.
Read the full text of the ordinance at http://www.scribd.com/doc/57167476/Ord-No-006
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