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TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – With a more simplified process to obtain a permit to remove coconut trees, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) hopes to speed up the clearance of trees damaged by Typhoon Odette.

The typhoon-ravaged provinces of Southern Leyte and Leyte are among the locations in the country covered by a memorandum that would take effect for one year on March 2, 2022, according to PCA Eastern Visayas regional manager Joel Pilapil.

In areas directly hit by Typhoon Odette in Regions 4-A (Calabarzon), 6 (Western Visayas), 7 (Central Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas), 10 (Northern Mindanao), and 13 (Caraga), Memorandum Circular No. 02 calls for “a moratorium on the issuance of a regular permit to cut coconut trees and, in lieu thereof, the issuance of (a) special permit to cut coconut trees in areas

Applicants can now obtain a special permit rather than a standard permit to cut and transport coconut lumber inside the province, according to Pilapil.

Under the usual method, approval can be done at the PCA provincial office rather than the PCA regional office.

“Because obtaining a special permission is free, this will entice processors.” It will expedite debris removal and allow farmers to resume farming operations sooner,” Pilapil said in a message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA).

The memorandum only applies to coconut trees that have been designated as completely destroyed and beyond repair in towns that have been severely impacted by the storm, as indicated in the final quick evaluation.

Coconut lumber processors and traders must provide 10% of their processed lumber to local government units to help with shelter reconstruction.

According to Pedro Aquino Jr., a PCA regional technical unit officer, 3.59 million coconut trees have been assessed as entirely damaged in the provinces of Southern Leyte and Leyte.

Only 3,469 trees have been processed into timber since the typhoon hit Leyte Island on Dec. 16, 2021, roughly three months after the typhoon hit.

In the provinces of Southern Leyte and Leyte, the storm has wiped off the livelihoods of 82,370 coconut farmers.

Palawan, Antique, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur are among the other provinces included.

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