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Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The new millennium poses bigger and even more difficult ' 
challenges. The increasing population puts more pressure on our 
natural resources. The twin demands of the environment and the 
people brings to fore the recognition of agroforestry as the key to 
resource rehabilitation, sustainable development and preservation of 
these natural resources. 
Interestingly, the Philippines is one of the first countries to 
practice agroforestry. For a country with an estimated twenty million 
(roughly 24%) of its population living in the uplands, the magnitude of 
the practice of agroforestry cannot be overstressed. As a land-use 
management system, agroforestry is new market opportunities, new 
business investments, sustainable agricultures, land stewardship, 
habitat for wildlife, improved water quality, and diversified farm 
income. 
In particular, agroforestry practices help landowners to diversify 
products, markets, and farm income; improve soil and water quality; 
reduce erosion, non-point source pollution and damage due to flooding; 
enhance land and aquatic habitats for fish and wildlife; and improve 
biodiversity while sustaining land resources for generations to come. A 
critical mass of quality agroforestry practitioners, therefore, is 
necessary to advance agroforestry systems and practices to a scale 
significant for improving the quality of lives in the upland and 
throughout the landscape. 
Yet, despite its irrefutable importance in the country's drive for 
sustainable agricultural development, agroforestry face a challenge in 
integrating itself as a profession I field of endeavor in the country's 
policies. To address the increasing demand for field technicians 
equipped with the needed agroforestry knowledge and skills, this 
unique field, which is neither Agriculture nor Forestry demand its 
recognition as a new and separate occupational cluster of study. G, 


Although it has been considered as the main production 
technology / tool in the implementation of the Community-Based Forest 
Management Program as exemplified in Executive Order No. 263 series 
of 1995, and is among the fields of agriculture and fisheries that is 
exemplified in the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act 
(AFMA) of 1997, there is an evident lack of a governing body that will 
assess, evaluate, 
standardize, 
and 
enhance the Agroforestry 
curriculum. 
This brings to fore the necessity of this measure. 
It is envisioned that this bill would establish the distinct role of 
agroforestry as a science and as a profession in providing the farm 
households with stable and ready source of sufficient food to reduce the 
upland farmers’ food insecurity. After all, agroforestry is an essential 
part of the effort to feed the people in our uplands by allowing the 
production of “more food on less land and less labor.” 
Approval of the measure is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


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REPUBLIC O F  THE PHILIPPINES 
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S.B.No. 
872 
Introduced by SENATOR EDGARDO J. ANGARA 
AN ACT TO STANDARDIZE AND ENHANCE THE 
PRACTICE O F  AGROFORESTRY IN THE COUNTRY, 
CREATING THE BOARD OF AGROFORESTRY 
UNDER THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS COMMISSION, 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, 
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of 
the Philippines in Congress duly assembled: 
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TITLE, DECLARATION OF POLICY, OBJECTIVES 
AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE 
SEC. 1. 
Short Title. This Act shall be known as the 
“Phil ipp ine Agro forest ry Act of 200 7.” 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared the policy 
of the State to respond to the need of professionalizing the field of 
agroforestry in the country as a tool towards sustainable socio-economic 
development and environmental protection. 
Toward this end, the State shall establish and maintain a Board 
of Agroforestry that shall conduct, among others, a national board 
examination to all graduates of a four-year degree program in 
agroforestry or its equivalent, regulate, and sustain the practice of the 
profession for efficient and effective public service. 
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SEC 3. Objectiues. This Act shall provide for and govern: 
a) The standardization and regulation of agroforestry education; 
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The giving of licensure examinations to graduates of recognized 
agroforestry schools for the purpose of registration; 
The promotion and development of agroforestry research in the 
country; and 
The regulation, control, and supervision of the practice of 
Agroforestry in the Philippines. 
SEC. 4. Definitions. For purposes of this Act, 
“Board” refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of 
Agroforestry, hereby created as the regulatory body, under the 
administrative, executive 
and policy 
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Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), for the practice of 
Agroforestry in the Philippines and tasked with powers, functions 
and responsibilities herein prescribed; 
“Cornrnission” 
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Commission (PRC), created under Republic Act No. 8981 or the 
“Professional Regulations Commission Modernization Act of 
2000:” 
“Agroforester” refers to any person who has passed the 
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administered by the Board/Commission, taken the oath of an 
Agroforester, and duly registered and issued with a certification 
of good standing and is allowed under this act to engage in or to 
perform activities, acts or services constituting the professional 
practice of agroforestry including those who hold a position in the 
government service or teaches subjects in schools, colleges or 
universities, requiring the knowledge of Agroforestry; 
“Agroforestry” refers to the science, arts and practice that deals 
with the production, arrangement and utilization of woody 
perennials in combination with other agricultural crops, animals, 
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simultaneously or sequentially grown for the twin purpose of 
conservation and socio-economic productivity; and 
“Agroforestry professional practice” refers to the activities, 
acts, services or pursuits exclusively performed by PRC 
registered and licensed professional agroforesters, the scope 
thereof is prescribed and/or specified herein. 
SEC. 5 .  Scope of Practice. The practice of Agroforestry shall 
include, but not be limited to, the following: 
a) Preparation and certification of Agroforestry systems and 
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utilization and marketing of woody perennials and agricultural 
crops and/ or animals for multiple products and services 
including conservation and cleaner production practices; 
b) Development of management plans with a step-by-step time-line 
plans with recommendations on appropriate species and 
strategies for the unique site; a 
plan for long-term fertility 
management; for marketing final products including budget and 
economic projections; farm and pasture diversification plans of 
ranches, fruit growers and farms to diversity products and 
integrate 
more tress into their plantings, with appropriate 
species and techniques to support existing crops, reduce expenses 
and increase the diversity and economic resiliency of the project. 
These mav include animal fodder. windbreaks. much bank. shade 
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seed orchards, tissue-culture and clonal banks operations; soil 
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analysis and management of resources; and wood products 
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manufacturing and marketing; 
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agroforestry experiments, research, extension, development, 
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e) All agroforestry concerns, projects, business activities or related 
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use and zoning ordinances, protection of watersheds areas, the 
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housing and land use regulations as provided for in Republic Act 
No. 8435 and other laws. 
ARTICLE I1 
PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF AGROFORESTRY 
SEC. 6. The Professional Regulatory Board of Agroforestry 
and its Composition. 
The Professional Regulatory Board of 
Agroforestry, hereinafter referred to as the “Board,” under the 
supervision and administrative control of the Professional Regulation 
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “Commission,” shall be 
composed of a Chairman and four (4) members, to be appointed by the 
President of the Philippines from a list of three (3) recommendees for 
each position and ranked by the Commission from a list of five (5) 
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organization of certified agroforesters, within ninety (SO) working days 
after the approval of this Act. 
The Board shall elect a vice-chairman from among its members 
for a term of one (1) year. The Chairman shall preside in all meetings of 
the Board and in the event of a vacancy in the office of the chairman, 
the vice-chairman shall assume the post until such time as a chairman 
is appointed. 
SEC. 7. Qualifications of Members of the Professional 
Regulatory Board. A member of the Board shall, at the time of his / 
her appointment, possess the following qualifications: 
a) Must be a natural-born citizen and resident of the Philippines; 
b) Must have engaged in the practice of Agroforestry for at least ten 
(10) years; 
c) Must be of good moral character and must not have been 
convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; and 
d) Must not have any pecuniary interest, for a period of at least one 
(1) year prior to his or her appointment, directly or indirectly, in 
any school, college, university or institution conferring an 
academic degree necessary for admission to the practice of 
agroforestry or where review classes in preparation for the 
licensure examination are being offered or conducted, nor shall 
he / she be a member of the faculty or administration thereof at 
the time of his / her appointment to the Board. 
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SEC. 8. Term of Office. The chairman and members of the 
Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years without prejudice 
for reappointment to another term, but in no case shall he/she serve 
continuously for more than six (6) years. 
At the expiration of the term of the Chairperson, the most senior 
of the remaining members of the Board shall assume and perform the 
duties and functions and receive the emoluments and entitlements of 
the Chairperson. The incumbent members of the Board shall continue 
to serve their respective remaining terms until their successors shall 
have been appointed and have qualified in accordance with this Act. 
SEC 9. Powers and Functions of the Board. The Board shall 
exercise the following powers, functions and responsibilities, in 
addition to the pertinent general functions of the Commission under 
Republic Act 8981: 
a) To create a registry of agroforestry professionals in the country; 
b) To prepare, conduct and administer the agroforestry licensure 
examinations; 
c) To provide information and other educational materials, 
promotions and networking services to facilitate the activities of 
the Board; 
d) To hear and investigate cases, issue summons and subpoena 
duces tecum, and conduct summary proceedings in cases arising 
from violations of this Act; 
e) To suspend, revoke, reissue, reinstate certificates of registration 
or licenses for cause allowed by law; 
f) Subject to the approval of the Commission, to adopt and 
promulgate rules and regulations implementing this Act, 
including its Code of Ethics to effectively execute the provisions 
of this Act; and 
g) To exercise such other powers as may be provided by law as well 
as those which may be implied from, or which are necessary or 
incidental in carrying out the express powers granted to the 
Board to achieve the objectives of this Act. 
SEC. 10. Grounds for Suspension or Removal of Members of 
the Board. The President of the Philippines, after due process has 
been undertaken by and upon recommendation of the Commission, may 
suspend or remove any member of the Board for cause on the following 
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a) Neglect of duty or incompetence; 
1 Violation or tolerance of any violation of this Act or any of its 
implementing rules and regulations; 
Final judgment of a crime involving moral turpitude; 
Manipulation or rigging of the agroforestry licensure examination 
results, disclosure of secret and confidential information in the 
examination questions prior to the conduct of the said 
examination or tampering of grades; and 
Graft and Corruption. 
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EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE 
SEC 11. The Agroforestry Licensure Examination. 
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applicants for registration for the practice of agroforestry shall be 
required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board 
in such places and dates as the Commission may designate subject to 
the requirements prescribed by the Commission. 
SEC 12. Qualifications of Applicants for Examination. Any 
person applying for examination shall establish, to the satisfaction of 
the Board, the following requisites: 
a) That he I she is a Filipino citizen and a resident of the 
b) That he / she is of good moral character; 
c) That he I she is a holder of a degree of Bachelor of Science in 
Agroforestry conferred by a school, college, or institute duly 
recognized and / or accredited by the CHED or other authorized 
government offices; and 
d) That he / she has not been convicted of an offense involving moral 
turpitude. 
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SEC 13. Scope of Examination. The licensure examination for 
licensed agroforesters shall cover, but are not limited to, the following 
subjects: 
Crop Science in Agroforestry Systems; 
Animal Science in Agroforestry Systems; 
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d) Soil Science and Water Conservation; 
e) Agroforestry Science and Technology system; and 
fl Applied Sociology and Extension. 
The Board, upon approval of the Commission, may revise or 
exclude any of the subjects and their syllabi, and add new ones as the 
need arises. 
SEC. 14. Rating in the Licensure Examination. To qualify as 
having passed the licensure examination for agforesters, a candidate 
must obtain a general average of seventy five percent (75%), with no 
grade lower than sixty-five percent (65%) in any given subject. 
SEC.15. Report of Rating. The Board shall submit to the 
Commission the rating obtained by each candidate within ten (10) 
calendar days after the examination, unless extended for just cause. 
Upon the release of the results of the examination, the Commission 
shall send by mail the rating received by each examinee at his / her 
given address using the mailing envelope submitted during the 
examination. 
SEC. 16. Oath. All successful candidates in the examination 
shall required to take an oath of profession before any member of the 
Board or before any government official authorized of the Commission 
or any person authorized by law to administer oaths upon presentation 
of proof of hidher qualification, prior to entering upon the practice of 
the profession. 
SEC. 17. Issuance of Certificate of Registration and 
Professional Identification Card. A certificate of registration shall 
be issued to examinees who passes the licensure examination subject to 
payment of fees prescribed by the Commission. The Certificate of 
Registration shall bear the signature of the chairperson of the 
Commission and the chairman and members of the Board, stamped 
with the official seal of the Commission and of the Board, indicating 
that the person named therein is entitled to the practice of the 
profession with all the privileges appurtenant thereto. The said 
certificate shall remain in full force and effect until withdrawn, 
suspended or revoked in accordance with this Act. 
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SEC 18. Roster of Licensed Agroforesters. A roster showing 
the names and place of business of all registered professional 
agroforesters shall be prepared and updated by the Board, and copies 
thereof shall be made available to any party as may deemed necessary. 
SEC. 
19. Indication of 
Certificate of Registration, 
Identification Card and Professional Tax Receipt. The licensed 
Agroforester shall be required to indicate his / her certificate of 
registration number, the date of issuance, the duration of validity, 
including the Professional Tax Receipt number on the documents he I 
she signs, uses, or issues in connection with the practice of his / her 
profession. 
SEC. 20. Refusal to Issue Certificate of Registration and 
Professional Identification Card. The Board shall not register and 
issue a certificate of registration and Professional Identification Card to 
any successful examinee convicted by the court of competent 
jurisdiction of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude or guilty of 
immoral and dishonorable conduct to any person or unsound mind. In 
the event of refusal to issue certificate for any reason, the Board shall 
give the applicant a written statement setting forth the reasons for 
such action, which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the 
Board. 
Sec. 21. Suspension and Revocation of Certificate of 
Registration 
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Professional Identification 
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Cancellation of Special Permit. The Board shall have the power, 
upon the notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke the practitioner’s 
certificate of registration and professional identification card or 
suspend hislher from the practice of hislher profession or cancel hislher 
special permit for any of the causes or ground mentioned under Section 
23 of this Act or any of the provisions of this Act, and its implementing 
rules and regulations, the certified Public Accountant’s Code of Ethics 
and the technical and professional standards of practice for certified 
public accountants. 
SEC. 22. Reinstatement, Reissuance and Replacement of 
Revoked or Lost Certificates. The Board may, after the expiration of 
two (2) years from the date of revocation of a certificate of registration 
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reinstate the validity of a revoked certificate of registration and in so 
doing, may, in its discretion, exempt the applicant from taking another 
examination. 
A new certificate of registration to replace lost, destroyed, or 
mutilated certificate/license may be issued, subject to the rules and 
promulgated by the Board and the Commission, upon the payment of 
the required fees. 
ARTICLE IV 
PENAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 23. Penal Provisions. Any person who shall practice the 
Agroforestery profession in the Philippines within the meaning of this 
Act without a certificate of registration and I or professional license in 
accordance herewith, or any person presenting or using as his I her own 
Certificate of Registration or professional licensure belonging to 
another, or any person giving any false or forged evidence to the 
Commission in order to secure a professional license, or any person 
assuming, using or advertising as a registered professional agroforester 
without having been conferred such title, or advertising any title 
description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a 
registered professional Agroforester, shall, upon conviction, by a fine of 
not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (50,000.00) or by imprisonment for 
a period not exceeding two (2) years or both, at the discretion of the 
court. 
SEC. 24. Employment of Agroforesters in the Government. 
In furtherance of the national government’s program for sustainable 
agricultural development, there is a need to adopt mechanisms for the 
placement and employment of 
agroforestry graduates in the 
government sector. 
Thus, it is hereby mandated that all municipalities with at least 
twenty per centum (20%) of the total upland area of the municipality 
shall create at least one (1) plantilla position for Agroforestry Officer at 
the Municipal Agriculturist Office, all provinces shall create at least 
one (1) plantilla position for Agroforestry Specialist at the Office of the 
Provincial Agriculturist. The aforesaid agroforestry plantilla positions 
shall be occupied by a professional Agroforester as defined in this Act. 
Whenever necessary, national government agencies concerned in 
agroforestry-related activities may also create plantilla positions for 
agroforesters as they may deem appropriate. 
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classification standards to be led by the Civil Service Commission in 
collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 
Interior and Local Government and the Department of Environment 
and Natural Resources, one (1) year after the approval of this Act in 
accordance with existing Salary Standardization Laws. 
SEC. 25. Implementing Rules and Regulations. Within 
ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this Act, the Board, subject to 
the approval of the Commission and in coordination with accredited 
national professional organization of licensed agroforesters, shall adopt 
and promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 26. Funding Provision. The chairperson of the 
Professional Regulation Commission shall immediately include in the 
Commission’s programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of 
which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 27. Transitory Provision. The incumbent chairman and 
members of the Board shall continue to serve in their respective 
positions under the terms for they have been appointed under 
Presidential Decree No. 692, without the need of new appointments. 
A11 graduates with Bachelors Degree, Major in Agroforestry shall 
be allowed to take the Agroforestry Licensure Examination within two 
(2) years from the effectivity of this Act under the rules and regulations 
to be promulgated by the Board subject to the approval by the 
Commission. 
SEC 28. Foreign Reciprocity. Except in the case of persons 
otherwise exempt under the provisions of this Act, no agroforester who 
is a citizen of a foreign country or a particular state shall be granted 
any of the rights of privilege under this Act, unless the country or state 
of which he is a subject or a citizen permits agroforesters who are 
Filipino citizens to practice within its territorial limits on the same 
basis as the subjects or citizens of such country or state but under the 
circumstances shall such a set-up be initiated by the Philippine 
Government. 
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Enforcement. 
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such, the Commission shall implement the concerned provisions of this 
act, enforce its Implementing Rules and regulations (IRR) as adopted 
by the Board, conduct investigations of complaints including violations 
of the Code of Ethics/Conduct of the profession and prosecute when so 
warranted. If necessary, the Commission may seek the assistance of 
other duly constituted authorities in the enforcement of the law. 
SEC 30. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act or an 
application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, 
the other provisions of this Act, and the application of such provision to 
other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 31. Repealing Clause. All existing laws, orders, rules and 
regulations or parts thereof deemed inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 32. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in any two 
(2) newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes first. 
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