Law 9: Laws on Natural Resources

Yes, pero yung mga no longer needed for forest reserves lang, it has the power to reclassify as alienable and disposable yung mga dating forest lands lang.

PD 705 Section 13.

Pwede ba magreclassify ang DENR?

Support for Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT)

CCLOA pa lang kasi siya. Ito yung mga iniissue sa mga groups like cooperatives, assoc or other groups of ARBs. Pero collective pa ito. Collective ang ownership. So mahalaga ito, para magkaroon ng individual title yung mga members.

DAR project - SPLIT

PD 463

MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DECREE

natural resources

material objects of economic value and utility to many produced by nature

(PD 463)

Bureau of Mines and Geosciences

Current director: Atty. Wilfredo G. Moncano

-in charge of the administration and disposition of the mineral lands and mineral resources of the country.

(PD 463)

AuCuNi

What are the PH's top mineral exports?

(PD 463)

Minerals

• all naturally occurring inorganic substances in solid, liquid, or any intermediate state including coal.

(PD 463)

Mineral Lands

• lands in which minerals exist in sufficient quantity and grade to justify the necessary expenditures in extracting and utilizing such minerals.

(PD 463)

Mineral Deposits

• natural deposit or accumulation of minerals

(PD 463)

Quarry Resources

• any common stone or other common mineral substances

(PD 463)

Exploration

• examination and investigation of land supposed to contain valuable minerals

(PD 463)

Exploitation

• extraction and utilization of mineral deposits

(PD 463)

Mining

• an act of extracting, removing, and utilizing minerals, including operations necessary for that purpose

(PD 463)

Mine

• is a work for the excavation of minerals by means of pits, shafts, levels, tunnels, etc.

(PD 463)

Quarry

-whole excavation is open.

(PD 463)

mining claim

• parcel of land with precious metals

(PD 463)

Lode Mineral Claim

• parcel of land containing a vein, lode, ledge, or mass of ore in place which has been located in accordance with the law

(PD 463)

President, DENR Sec

The ________________ upon recommendation of the __________________ may set aside and establish an area of the public domain as mineral reservation.

(PD 463)

Mineral Reservations

gov lang ang pwedeng mag-mina

-are closed to mining locations except for the government.

(PD 463)

YES

Are offshore areas and submerged lands considered as mineral reservations?

(PD 463)

Kay gov official (LGU) concerned pag public

Written permission ni owner pag private

Pag denied, pwede makahingi ng tulong kay MGB Director. Siya ang mag-intercede. Pag hindi pa rin, go to court.

Entry to Public and Private Lands

Kanino kukuha ng permission pag public?__________________

Eh pag private? _________

(PD 463)

to individuals: 500 hectares

to mining partnerships or corporations: 5000 hectares

[The maximum area of mining claims which may be leased shall be as follows]

In any one province:

To individuals: ___________

To Mining partnerships or corporations: _____________

(PD 463)

to individuals: 1,000 has

to mining partnerships or corporations: 10,000 has

[The maximum area of mining claims which may be leased shall be as follows]

In the entire philippines:

To individuals: ___________

To Mining partnerships or corporations: _____________

(PD 463)

1/2 minute of lat and long

or 81 hectares

What is one meridional block?

(PD 463)

15 DAYS

Mining lease contract:

File application. Ipapublish din. If within ______ days, walang adverse claim, the lease will be granted after the area has been verified.

Contract: 25 years renewable for another 25 years