IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM IN SAN

JOSE, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS PROPOSAL

Presented to the Faculty of the College of Agriculture

OCCIDENTAL MINDORO STATE COLLEGE
Murtha Campus

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGROFORESTRY

GINNIE ARSENIO
ACE CLARENCE O. SAGUN
ARA MAY EGLOSO
FRINCES DELA CRUZ
JAY-VEE SALGADO
JEDDY GRANT GASMENA
JEROME V. RAMOS
KHANA GERALE PON-AN
LYCA ONILLA ERO
ROXSANNE J. VILLANUEVA

Adviser:

JOSIEMAY VIDAL SALAMANCA

Date Submitted:
FEBRUARY 2024

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 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
The National Greening Program (NGP) was established to address the

deforestation and denudation of public lands. From a forest cover amounting to 92 percent

of the total land area of the Philippines when it was first colonized in 1575, only 24

percent had remained as of 2003. The highest rates of deforestation happened during the

Martial Law era. Over 8 million hectares of denuded forest lands need to be rehabilitated

in order to host more forests. A good percentage is occupied by forest dwellers, whether

tenured under the Community-Based Management Program, or by indigenous peoples

whose indigenous titles, though existent and recognized under law, have not yet been

documented. of Benigno Aquino III began. The program targeted the planting of 1.5

billion trees in 1.5 million hectares until the end of President Aquino’s term in June 2016.

If the target of 1.5 million hectares is met, and assuming that about 1 million hectares of

denuded lands are not plantable as they are water bodies or rocky mountain faces, there

would still be 5.5 million hectares left to rehabilitate after the NGP. Deforestation has

critical impacts not only on forest dwellers but on the entire country in terms of water

availability, the local climate, biodiversity, and disaster resiliency (M. P. Luna, 2016).

The NGP is “first” as it consolidates and harmonizes all greening efforts, such as

the Upland Development Program, Green Philippine Highways, Luntiang Pilipinas, and

other similar activities of the government, private sector, local government units, and the

civil society. Moreover The National Greening Program (NGP) comes after a dip in the

country's forest cover and a decade after a large reforestation program was judged to be

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unsustainable. Large-scale reforestation globally has met with limited success but as a

jump-start mechanism that carpet bombed large denuded areas with reforestation effort,

the NGP seems to have succeeded in at least two of its measured metrics. As a bonus, the

uniformity and strict monitoring of the program, both in survival rates and financial flows,

can be used to clean up the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

bureaucracy if complaints can be acted on swiftly, and results are communicated to

complainants. To ensure efficiency and sustainability, a succeeding program would need

to diversify methods based on scale, existing forest cover, and implementer's motivations;

use strategic policy interventions and targeted protection measures; and be implemented

by an organization with a clear reforestation and forest production mandate and with skills

for dispute resolution, organizing, and efficient technology transfer. Digital media would

also have to be taken advantage of for mapping, public buy-in, crowd-sourced strategies,

and methods and transparency (M Lua 2016).

Objective of the Study

This study seeks to know of impact assessment of national greening program in

San Jose Occidental Mindoro. Specifically, it seeks to accomplish the following

objectives:

1. To describe the profile of national greening program in San Jose Occidental

Mindoro in terms of;

a. Year established

b. Form of ownership

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 c. Partnership program

2. To determine the impact assessment of National Greening Program in San Jose

Occidental Mindoro in terms of

a. Environment stability

b. Climate change adaption

c. Food security

d. Poverty allevation

e. Biodiversity conservation

3. To determine the problems encounter of National Greening Program in San Jose

Occidental Mindoro in term of;

a. Reforestation

b. Costal

c. Mapping

d. Forest law

4. To determine the suggested solution on the problems encounter National

Greening Program in San Jose Occidental Mindoro in term of;

a. Reforestation

b. Costal

c. Mapping

d. Forest law

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Significance of the study

The outcomes of the study will give significant contributions and relevant

information to the following stakeholders;

National Greening Program (PGN). May use the finding the study useful for

the impact assessment in San Jose, reducing poverty, mitigating climate change, and

promoting sustainable management of natural resources through agroforestry and tree

plantations.

Department Of Environmental Natural Resources (DENR). May use the

findings of this study useful for responsible for the conservation, management,

development, and proper use of the country’s environment in natural resources,

specifically forest and grazing lands, mineral resources, including those in reservation

and watershed areas, and lands of the public domain

The local Government Unit (LGU). May use the findings of this study useful

as basis for policy making pertaining to social-economic and environment.

Government Organization. May likewise use the research findings to craft the

details of upland development project;

Non-Government (NGO) May also find the research results significant in

Improving the social services for the indigenous people, and in forging partnership in

relevant upland development programs.

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 Academe. such as the OMSC, may use the research results in teaching.

agroforestry and agriculture subjects. This may likewise be used as basis. In the

formulation of extension program and activities of the State Colleges and Universities;

Extension Workers. May use to study to improve the economic and social

condition of their lives and to develop their ability to take responsibility for their own

future development.

Researcher. May find the research findings useful in the Conceptualization of

related researcher; and in enriching its research.

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 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

National Greening Program

The devastating effects of calamities and scarcity of resources caused by

deforestation has prompted the Philippine government to launch a program addressing

these problems which have affected the lives of millions of. Former President Benigno

Aquino III signed Executive Order (EO) No. 26 on February 2011 which established the

National Greening Program. This is in line with the priority programs of the government

namely poverty reduction, resource conservation and protection, productivity

enhancement, and climate change mitigation and adaptation The National Greening

Program (NGP) aims to accomplish growing 1.5 billion trees reforest about 1.5 million

hectares in the entire country at the span of six years which is from 2011 to 2016

(Daquio, 2014).

Impact Assessment National Greening Program for DENR.

The National Greening Program (NGP) comes after a dip in the country's forest

cover and a decade after a large reforestation program was judged to be unsustainable.

Large-scale reforestation globally has met with limited success but as a jump-start

mechanism that carpet bombed large denuded areas with reforestation effort, the NGP

seems to have succeeded in at least two of its measured metrics. As a bonus, the

uniformity and strict monitoring of the program, both in survival rates and financial

flows, can be used to clean up the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

bureaucracy if complaints can be acted on swiftly, and results are communicated to

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complainants. To ensure efficiency and sustainability, a succeeding program would need

to diversify methods based on scale, existing forest cover, and implementer's motivations;

use strategic policy interventions and targeted protection measures; and be implemented

by an organization with a clear reforestation and forest production mandate and with

skills for dispute resolution, organizing, and efficient technology transfer. Digital media

would also have to be taken advantage of for mapping, public buy-in, crowd-sourced

strategies, and methods and transparency(M.Luna,2016).

Enhance National Greening Program

The National Greening Program or the NGP as the DENR banner program is a

convergence initiative of DA-DAR-DENR where the DENR stands as the lead agency.

As a government priority pursuant to EO Nos. 23 and 26, both series of 2011, the NGP

aims to, contribute in reducing poverty among upland and lowland poor households,

indigenous peoples, and in coastal and urban areas, implement sustainable management

of natural resources through resource conservation, protection, and productivity

enhancement, provide food, goods and services such as timber, fiber, non-timber forest

products, aesthetic values, air enhancement values, water regulation values, and mitigate

climate change by expanding forest cover that serve as carbon sink, promote public

awareness as well as instill social and environmental consciousness on the value of

forests and watersheds, enhance the formation of positive values among the youth and

other partners through shared responsibilities in sustainable management of tree

plantations and forest resources, and consolidate and harmonize all greening efforts of the

government, civil society, and the private sector (DENR 2019).

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 Conceptual Frameworks

The input-output scheme was used in the study. Constructed questionnaire and

actual field observation are the input. Interview schedule and key informant interview

was used to gather data. The outputs of the study are Alangan tribes, species of

agroforestry product and marketing condition.

Input Process Output

Profile of National Development of survey

Greening Program questionnaire
“Impact assessment of
Year establishment
Interview schedule National Greening
Ownership Program in San Jose
Occidental Mindoro”
Field observation
Partnership
Problem encountered
Focus group discussion
Suggested solution
Data analysis and interpretation
Fig.1 research paradigm.

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Operational Definition of Terms

For the better understanding, the following terms are operationally defined:

Profile. In this study, profile of the respondents are described in the national

greening program in San Jose Occidental Mindoro.

Ownership. It is the classification of the respondents as national greening

program.

Year establishment. It is to measure how long years of national greening program

Costal. It is involvement to national greening program in San Jose Occidental

Mindoro.

Reforestation. It is involvement to protect program of national greening program.

Forest law. It is the involvement to protect a forest by lay to national greening

program in San Jose Occidental Mindoro.

Partnership. It is involvement to help the program of national greening program in

San Jose Occidental Mindoro.

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 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter present the place of the study, research design, respondent,

instrumental, procedure of the data gathering and statistical tools.

Study Design

This study we use descriptive method of research using questionnaire as the

primary tool for collecting the needed data or information. the data collected will be use in

describing the profiles of respondents, determining the impact assessment of national

greening program in San Jose Occidental Mindoro and, likewise, in the aspect of profile,

and program of national greening program in San Jose.

Study Setting

This study will be conducted in the San Jose Occidental Mindoro communities

involve the national greening program.

Unit of Analysis Sampling

fifteen (15) respondent of the study. The Simple random sampling method will

be use in choosing the respondent. The number of qualified respondents will be base on

the criteria of at least 2 years engaged in national greening program in San Jose Occidental

Mindoro.

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Research Instrument

A constructed survey from of questionnaire will be used in the study. The

Instrument will be submitted to the adviser and panel of experts for validation. After the

necessary improvement has been made, the instrument will be reproduced in Filipino to

get betters information.

Data Collection Procedure

Prior to data gathering, permit will be secured from the office of San Jose

Occidental Mindoro and the other officer of office affairs, letter request will be sent

approval, interview schedule in-person interview with the respective respondent will be

employed. The data from respondent will be recorded in the survey from instrument.

Data Processing and Analysis

The collected data will be organized, interpreted and analyzed using Microsoft

Excel. Descriptive statistic will be used in describing the nominal data. The data will be

presented and analyzed through measures of central tendency such as frequency mean,

standard deviation and percentage.

Scope and limitation of the study

The study will describe the impact assessment of national greening program in

San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Self-constructed questionnaires will be used for data

gathering. Key informant interviews will be employed for the validation of data. Photo

documentation and actual field observation will be done on the Respective impact

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assessment of national greening program in San Jose of the respondents. The data

gathering will be limited only on their respondent using researcher conducted interview

schedule.

Ethical Consideration

The researcher will firstly ask permission to the respondents before conducting the

research, letter of request will be sent for approval. The data collected will be used in

describing the profiles of the respondents, determining the impact assessment national

greening program the participation to program. The researcher will not force the

respondents to answer the questionnaire and also make sure that all the personal

information of the respondent will be keep confidential.

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