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Measure prohibiting cutting of trees, flowers in CDO gets nod
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=803329
- Saturday, September 12, 2015
- (PNA), RMA/CD
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept. 12 (PNA) – The City Council approved an ordinance regulating the cutting of trees, flowers, orchards, and aesthetic plants in this trading capital of Northern Mindanao, the council secretariat said Saturday.
It said that the City Council approved Ordinance No. 12984-2015 or the “Anti-Tree Cutting Ordinance” during the regular session in consonance with the mandate of the Local Government Code, which empowers the local government unit to enact measures to protect the environment.
The Ordinance makes it illegal to destroy or damage trees or plants in public places in Cagayan De Oro City and the regulate the cutting, destruction, damaging, or injuring of all naturally grown or planted trees of any kind.
It is also illegal to cut, damage, or injure ornamental plants and shrubs, or plants of scenic, aesthetic and ecological values, located along public roads, plazas or parks, school premises or on any public ground or place.City Councilors Alden Bacal, Adrian Barba, and Ramon Tabor, all co-authors of the ordinance, said that the existing forest cover of the city has been below the normal level to make for a balanced ecology.
They said that the environmental imbalance is reportedly compounded by the indiscriminate cutting of trees – not in forested areas – but in river banks, along roads or inside the city’s commercial and real estate districts.
Under the “Anti-Tree Cutting Ordinance,” the cutting of trees may only be allowed under some conditions and provided that a permit from the city mayor or his authorized representative shall be secured.
Section 5 of the ordinance also imposes a fine of Php 500 and/or imprisonment of not more than 15 days for the first offense; Php 1,000 and fine and/or imprisonment of 15 to 30 days for the second offense and imprisonment of 31 to 60 days for the third and subsequent offenses.
The Ordinance also provides that if the offender is a corporation, partnership or association, the penalty shall be imposed upon the officer or officers responsible for the offense.