| House/ Senate Bills | SBN-1917: National Coastal Greenbelt Bill Act |
| SBN-1920: The Integrated Coastal Management Act |
| SBN-639: National Mangrove Forest Protection and Preservation Act of 2019 |
| SBN-2237: Mangrove Reforestation Act of 2014 |
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| Republic Acts | R.A. 11038: Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (eNIPAS) Act of 2018 |
| R.A. 8550: The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 as amended by R.A. 10654 of 2014 |
| R.A. 8371 Chap. VIII Sec. 58: The Indigenous People Rights Act – Environmental Considerations |
| R.A. 7881: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program to Promote Social Justice and Industrialization |
| R.A. 7611: Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan Act |
| R.A.7586: National Integrated Protected Area System Act of 1992 |
| R.A. 7161 Sec 4: An Act Incorporating Certain Sections of the National Internal Revenue Code Of 1977, as amended, To Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended, Otherwise Known as “The Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines,” And Providing Amendments Thereto By Increasing the Forest Charges on Timber and Other Forest Products |
| R.A. 6557 Chap. II Sec. 11: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988-Exemptions and Exclusions as amended by R.A. 7881 |
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| Presidential Decrees | P.D. 704, s. 1975: Fisheries Decree of 1975 |
| P.D. 705, s. 1975: Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines |
| P.D. 953, s. 1976: Requiring The Planting of Trees in Certain Places and Penalizing Unauthorized Cutting, Destruction, Damaging and injuring of Certain Trees, Plants and Vegetation |
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| Executive Orders | E.O. 263, s. 1993: Adopting Community-Based Forest Management as the National Strategy to Ensure the Sustainable Development of the Country’s Forestlands Resources And Providing Mechanisms for its Implementation |
| E.O. 192, s. 1987: Reorganization Act of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
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| Proclamations | P.P 2152, s. 1981: Declaration of Palawan Province and Parts of Public Domain as Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserves |
| P.P 2151, s. 1981: Declaration of Certain Islands/Parts of the Philippines as Wilderness Areas |
| P.P. 2146, s. 1981: Proclaiming Certain Areas and Types of Projects as Environmentally Critical and within the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement System Established Under Presidential Decree No. 1586 |
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| Administrative Orders | DENR Administrative Order No. 2021-17: Guidelines for the Affirmation of Community Resource Management Framework (CRMF) and Approval of Five-Year Work Plan (FYWP) of the Holders of Community-Based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA) |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 2000-57: Guidelines Governing The Implementation and Management of Mangrove Subprojects Under the Forestry Sector Project |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 98-10: Guidelines on the Establishment and Management of Community-Based Forest Management (CBFM) Projects Within Mangrove Areas. |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 30 of 1994: Implementing Guidelines for Non-Government Organization Assisted Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management (NGO-Assisted CBMFM) for the DENR |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 23 of 1993 – Forest Land Management Program |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 56 of 1992: Designation of Pagbilao Mangrove Swamp Experimental Forest as Genetic Resource Area and National Training Site for Mangrove |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 06 of 1992: Revision to the Category of Forest Lands of Certain Portion of Mangrove Swamps in Maribojoc, Bohol Declared Alienable and Disposable for Fishpond Development |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 03 of 1991 – Policy and Guidelines for the Award and Administration of the Mangrove Stewardship Agreement |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 15 of 1990: Regulations Governing the Utilization, Development and Management of Mangroves Resources |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 07 of 1989: Suspension of the Acceptance of Application and Issuance of Prospecting Permits in Government Reservation (i.e. Forest Reserves, Watershed Forest Reserves, National Parks, Wilderness Areas, Mangrove Reserves, Research Experimental Stations, Reforestation Sites) |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 76 of 1987: Buffer Zones in Coastal and Estuarine Mangrove Regulations |
| DENR Administrative Order No. 8 of 1987: Implementation of the Provisions of Proclamation No. 2152 Declaring the Entire Province of Palawan and Certain Parcels of the Public Domain and/or Parts of the Country as Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserves |
| Administrative Order No. 363 of 1997: Prescribing Guidelines for the Protection of Areas Non-negotiable for Conversion and Monitoring Compliance with Sec. 20 of the Local Government Code |
| Administrative Order No. 270 of 1991: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Local Government Code of 1991 |
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| Letter of Instruction | Letter of Instruction 917, s. 1979: Declaration of Mangrove Forests as Wilderness Areas |
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| Others | Nationally Determined Contribution – 15 April 2021 |
| Roadmap to Institutionalize Natural Capital Accounting in the Philippines – 29 June 2022 |
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