Important accomplishments during FY 1955-56

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Fulltext: Important Accomplishments During FY 1955-56 FELIPE R. AMOS Director of Forestry GENERAL STATEMENT Every possible effort has been exerted to implement the policies and program of the Bureau, especially those on land classification, forest protection, & reforestation, not withstand:ing inadequate appropriation and personnel. To facilitate land classification work, 40 field teams have been sent out to various parts of the country. In protection work, the Bureau has been preoccupied with a vigorous campaign against fire, kaingin and other destructive agents. A campaign to eliminate destructive logging has been started with the adoption of more scientific cutting practices by "selective logging." Reforestation work is being done in critical watersheds, denuded areas, open grass lands, sand dunes, and logged-over areas, in order to regulate surface run-off, minimize floods, prevent soil erosions, replenish timber supplies and eliminate breeding places of locusts. The concept of tree farm lease has been adopted with a view to hastening the reforestation of denud:ed and barren areas and to accommodate people clamoring for lands to till and to increase production of essential crops. Research and studies have been intensively began on silviculture, forest influences, forest management, forest protection and forest grazing. Studies have also started to find ways and means of improving the quality of woods and to discover useful uses to which forest by-products may be put into. SAWMILLS $ LICENSES FY 1955-56 FY 1956-57 Activities (Accomplishments) (Goal) Expectation Timber licenses issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,408 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,870 . . . . . . . . . . More Area covered in Hectares ...... 3,606,000 ......... 4,571,000 .......... More Annual allowable cut . . . . . . . . . 6,245,000 . . . . . . . . 6,678,000 . . . . . . . . . . More Minor Forest Products licenses ........ 1,543 ............ 1,750 .......... More Area in Hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085,082 . . . . . . . . 1,200,000 . . . . . . . . . . More Forest charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P313,566.00 . . . . . . P330,000.00 . . . . . . . . More Gratuitous licenses ................... 8,942 .......... 10,000 .......... More Permits to transport Protected Wild Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 . . . . . . . . . . More Sawmill Permits issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 .............. 440 . . . . . . . . . . More Fees collected ............... P104,150.00 ...... P105,000.00 ........ More Lumber Production ........ 378,935,000 ...... 400,000,000 .......... More Scaling: Amount of timber manifested .. 4,301,353 cu.m ..... 4,600,000 cu.m. . . . . . . More Amount of Forest Charges .... P4,524,660.00 ..... P4,700,000.00 ........ More Amount of Reforestation Fund Pl,690,423.00 ..... Pl,780,000.00 ........ More Lumber Inspected (board feet) ... 714,220,391 . . . . . . 765,000,000 .......... More Fees collected ................ P818,705.00 Pl,500,000.00 ........ More REMARKS There has been an increase in the number of licenses and permits issued. The year GRADUATION ISSUE, 1957 1955-56 may be called "logging boom" because of the apparent influx of applicants for Page 35 timber concessions. The big demand for 'logs and. lumber has sparked interest in the development of our forest resources. More scalers and lumbe inspectors will be trained to cope with the increasing volume of work. In the exploitation of forest resources, the Bureau has and will always see to it that protection anct conservation measures are strictly observed. REFOREST AT ION Activities FY 1955-56 (Accomplishments) FY 1956-57 Expectation Area of reforestation surveys (Has.) ... . Area needing reforestation (Has.) ...... . Seedlings raised: in forest nurseries ..... . Seedlings set out .................... . Seedlings distributed ................. . Area reforested (Has.) ............... . Total area of forest plantaions (Has.) ... . Cinchona bark collected (kilogram) Cinchona bark in stock (kilogram) ..... . Areat planted to Cinchona (Has.) ..... . Area planted to Cinshona Trees (Has.) 11,280 8,112 7,354,000$ 3,160,000 751,000 4,289 12,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 5,000 18,384 Progressive More Less More More More 5,000 . . . . . . 1,500 (Kilos) . . . . . Less 104,721 2.9 381.12 ...... 4 .................. Less REMARKS The number of seedlings raised has decreased due to the expansion of direct seeding system. In order to encourage planting through private initiative, more and more seedlings have been distributed. There are now 39 reforestation projects in the country including the cinchona plantation, 15 provincial nurseries anct one city forest nursery. SELECTIVE LOGGING & TIMBER INVENTORY FY 1955-56 FY 1956-57 Activities (Accomplishments) FY 1956-57 Program & Objectives Continued Administering Management of two mnagement plans . . . . . . 59,000 Has. 1. Intensify selective logging in 36 license areas - 469,000 Has. 2. Prescription of initial regulatiOh - 959,000 Hrs. Inspection of license operations . . . Improvement in selective logging .. Selective ~gging Seminar ..... . Inventoried ................... . 514,000 218,300 20 Dist. 164,480 ,, " For. 3. Organization & traning of forestry crews of licenses under selective logging - 469,000 has. 4. Goal (Inventory) 200,000 Has. REMARKS Selective logging is a new practice in our our country. Seminars were held to acquaint field perso;.nel with the practice. This is essentially a field job on the ground. Lack o; experienced men necessitates training. $-lnclucting the 5,632,453 seedlings on -hand at the beginning of the fiscal year -The total would be 12, 986,453 seedlings. Concessionaires can cooperate thru training of forestry crews, Timber inventory is neccessary in preparation of management plans and to update our forest statistics. Ground Page 36 survey timber inventory is slow and tedious but with the use of aerial photogrametry, accomplishments can easily be increased with less time consumption. FORESTRY LEAVES LAND CLASSIFICATION Activities FY 1955-56 (Accomplishments) FY 1956-57 (Goal) Expectation Classified alienable & disposable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,292 Has. 539,738 Has. 693,304 " More More Classified timberland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428, 772 " Total 801,064 " 1,233,042 " More Area Certified alienable & disposable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434, 178 Has. 509, 104 Has. . . . . . . More 458,060 More Area Certified timberland . . . . . . . . . . 385,467 " Total 819,645 " 967,164 " More REMARKS Priority is given to regions within the road: development projects and to those which are requested for immediate settlement. The forty field parties of three men each are distributed as follows: 25 in Mindanao, 9 in Luzon, 4 in Visayas, and one in Mindoro & Palawan. Decrease in field work has been registered due to reduction in authorized expenditures especially for wages and traveling expenses and late release of funds every quarter. The purpose of land classification is to release all areas profitable for agricultural purposes and to delimit and set aside permanent forest lands. FOREST LAND USES Activities FY 1955-56 (Accomplishments) Program & Objectives Special uses applications . . . . . . . . 7,807 Hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586,045 Special uses permits . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,359 Hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,907 Collection ............. P145,704.71 Land registration cases . . . . . . . . . . 1,34 7 " Hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,544 Private Woodland registration . . . . 135 Hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,500 Forest Claims (challenged') . . . . . . 21 Illegal kaingin detected . . . . . . . . 2,381 Hectares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,54 7 Forest fires . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . 690 Has. Area Projected . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070,000 " Forest blocks established . . 49 . . 44,544 " Look-out stations established . . . . . . . . 72 1 . Disposal of pending applications for multiple uses of forest lands pending final action. 2. Issuance, renewal and/or cancellations of special use permits and lease. 4 . Disposal of land registration cases. 5. Campaign to minimize illegal kaingin. REMARKS The concept of three farm lease has been adopted to encourage the reforestation of d'.enuded & barren areas, thru private initiative, and to _accommodate landless people and to increase production of important crops. Still GRADUATION ISSUE, 1957 in the upward trend is the receipt of applications for tree farm permits. As of December 1956, there were over 4,000 applications received and rresumably this might doubfo up in the next six months. Page 37 Activities FOREST RESEARCH FY 1955-56 {Accomplishments) No. of studies started' ........... .-~ . . . . 29 No. of sample plot to No. of studies started in previous years & still in progress at be established . . . . . . . . . 75 No. of old sample plots the beginning of the period . . . . . . . . 14 No. of studies conducted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 No. of studies completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 No. of studies in progress at the to be remeasured . . . . . . . 100 No. of new research projects or studies to be undertaken . . . . . . . 20 No. of studies expected end of the period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Sample plots established ............ ~ . . 110 to be completed . . . . . . . . 8 Sample plots established in pre- Continue observation in vious years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "88 Sample plots in existence at the 37 old projects in progress end: of the period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 No. of sample plots remeasured . . . . . . . . . 48 REMARKS Priority is given to the establishment of sample plots for gathering data on growth of trees and yields of stands, which are basically essential in the preparation of management plans aimed at building up forest values and attaining a high degree of conLOOKING THROUGH ... (Continued from page 29) however, before the library may be considered adequately furnished. -The Photography SectionMr. Regino Gonzales, the scientific photographer, showed the group lenses, films, cameras of different sizes, and other photog1 aphing apparatus that are used to take pictures of wood samples before t.hey are cut into different specimens; copies of bulletins and graphs; and to make photographs through the microscope of wood fibers and wood sections, thus making available to the unaided eye what the microscope shows to the investigator. -The Forest Pathology SectionThe last section the group sees in the main building is the Forest Pathology section where Prof. Emiliano Roldan, the section chief, bids them welcome. He points out the apparatus which he said constitutes Page 38 tinuous forest productivity or sustained yield. Many of the studies must of necessity be conducted: in the forest. The solutions to many of the problems in f orest management call for long-range experimentations. There are five Forest Expermeint Stations. the m1mmum basic requirement of a wood pathology laboratory. According to Prof. Roldan, the primary objectives of this section are to tackle and solve various problems caused by wood destroying and wood staining fungi in timbers, lumber, finished wood products. Wood users suffer heavy losses from such deterioration each year. The purpose of these studies is to gain knowledge and information on how to preserve the brightneSg or prolong the life span of these materials so that they may be of longer service to their users. (To be continued in the next issue.) I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding of a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary whilst the great oceans of truth lay all undiscovered before me. -Isaac Newton FORESTRY LEAVES The Story of the By DR. CARMEN L. PARRAS (Former Forestry Muse) There was a telephone call from Malacaiiang for Forester Felipe R. Amos, at the time Division Forest Inspector of the Bureau of Forestry. This happened in the morning of January 16, 1954, during the early administration of President Magsaysay. The call was for Forester Amos to take his oath of Office before the President as newly appointed director of the Bureau of Forestry. The ceremony was simple with the presence of prominent people, friends and Bureau employees except Mrs. Amos who failed to attend the rite in the exaltation of the husband. The "Felipe R. Amos Tree" is a gift from heaven. It has grown out of a santol seed thrown in the premises of the Forestry Building by a lady employee at noon at recess time after dinner in November, 1953. It was nursed then by nature for a month or two until accidentally noticed for recognition. After Forester Amos left his Office in response to the Malacanang call, Forester Vicente Parras hurriedly went around to catch a jeep for the occasion of oath-taking. As Forester Parras passed the premises, he stumbled and stepped on the SANTOL seedling eight inches high, with three tiny leaves. After fixing the young plant straight with two st-ones at the base, Forester Parras left with request to watchmen to take good care of the potentially signifi.cant young tree, the cmly plant life in the premises of the Bureau of Forestry Building, Manila, and the only living me·r1iento to an achievement. This is the story of the "Director F. R. Amos Tree", baptized with permission, which tree developed from a tiny seed_ and has grown up to a height of 57 inches on January 16, 1957, the third Anniversary of Director Amos as Head of the Bureau of f'orestry, a complet-e three years' time, reflecting struggle and 81LTVival for life itself. View of the Entrance of the Reforestation Nursery of the NALCO. Note that this Aroup of men that posed with Forester Macabeo and RanAer Antonio are reAularly assi8fted to plant seedlinAs on cleared areas around abandoned spar trees. Typical stand of virgin timber on the NALCO concession areas where selective loggiria is applied.