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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT(Watershed and Mangrove Rehabilitation Project)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Memorandum of Agreement entered into by and between:

The Camarines Norte Water District (CNWD), a Government Owned and Controlled Corporation

with postal address atVinzons Avenue, Daet, Camarines Norte, herein represented by its

General Manager MS. MA. ANTONIA B. F. BOMA herein referred to as CNWD;

The Bureau of Jail Management and PenologyDaet District Jail, a Government Agency with

postal address at Barangay San Isidro, Daet, Camarines Norte represented herein by its Warden

J/SINSP GERARDO S BERDIN, hereinafter referred to as BJMP,

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Camarines Norte Water District and Department of Environment and Natural

Resources have previously entered into a MOA for the protection, conservation and

rehabilitation management of portions watershed inside the Abasig-MatogdonMananap

Natural Biotic Area (AMMNBA) and mangrove areas in Brgy. Manguisoc, Mercedes, Camarines

Norte;

WHEREAS, the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) law promotes the

development and conservation of natural resources and it encourages the participation and

cooperation of every sector of the population as well as non-government organizations (NGOs)

for sustainable development;

WHEREAS, the BJMP recognizes the utmost importance of environment initiatives being

undertaken in Abasig-MatogdonMananap Natural Biotic Area (AMMNBA) and Mangrove area in

Brgy.Manguisoc, Mercedes, Camarines Norte;

WHEREAS, the CNWD recognizes the fact that the success of environmental regeneration,

rehabilitation, protection, and conservation can be achieved in partnership with the

communities and other NGOs working for the protection and preservation of natural resources.

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises the parties hereby

mutually agree to the following terms and conditions:

CNWD shall:

1. Make one (1) hectare available from its plantation site with Global Positioning System

(GPS) reading at SitioKalantas-Abasig area in AMMNBA (14:01 .851 - 122: 47 28.79) and

in Mangrove area in Brgy. Manguisoc, Mercedes, Camarines Norte (14: 06 .471 - 123:

01 10.89) for the BJMP to plant, protect, conserve, rehabilitate, develop and manage;

2. Allow BJMP based on its budgetary priorities to implement the reforestation and

rehabilitation within the designated areas;

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3. Designate regular staff that shall coordinate with BJMP in the assessment and

implementation of watershed and mangrove plantation establishment;

4. Provide technical assistance in undertaking the implementation of the projects; and

5. Monitor, inspect and certify the performance and progress of the project

implementation, specifically in the technical aspects of the plantation management;

BJMP shall:

1. Designate personnel of the Bureau who shall coordinate with CNWD in the

implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the reforestation project;

2.

Plant and maintain planted trees in the watershed and mangrove areas identified andprovided by the CNWD at BJMPs expense;

3. Conduct maintenance activity every other month of each year for a period of five (5)

years;

4. Provide protection to established plantation area;

5. Conduct inventory of trees including the height, diameter, number of trees and name of

species every last quarter of the year;

6. Conduct survey and mapping of the planted trees through Global Positioning System

(GPS) within the CNWD plantation area;

7. Prepare and submit annual report to the CNWD not later than the last week of the 1st

month following the year just ended; and

8. Keep records and/or documents of the projects for records and possible adoption to

other sites;

PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The CNWD and BJMP shall organize a project monitoring and evaluation team within

sixty (60) days from the execution of this instrument with the end in view of determining how

to effectively achieve the objectives of the project.

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The area of concern under this agreement shall remain under the administrative

jurisdiction of CNWD and any improvement, structure, facility and similar developments to beintroduced by the BJMP shall first be approved by the CNWD prior to the implementation and

shall remain on the site even after the termination/cancellation of this agreement. This

agreement shall be terminated or cancelled for any violation or non-compliance of BJMP with

the conditions of this agreement.

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EFFECTIVITY

This MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT shall take effect immediately and shall remain in

force for a period of five (5) years, renewable at the start of the 6th

year, under revoked,

revised, or amended upon express mutual agreement by all parties hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures this_______

day of ___________________, 20____ in Daet, Camarines Norte.

FOR: CAMARINES NORTE WATER DISTRICT FOR: BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY

(CNWD) (BJMP)

MA. ANTONIA B. F. BOMA

General Manager District Jail Warden

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

________________________________ __________________________________

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

BEFORE ME, a notary Public, this _______ day of __________________ 20__ at Daet,

Camarines Norte, Philippines personally appeared the following:

Name CTC No. Date/Place issued

MA. ANTONIA B. F. BOMA ______________ __________________________

GERARDO S BERDIN ______________ __________________________

all known to me and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing

instrument and acknowledge to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed as

well as that of the government agencies represented therein.

This instrument refers to a Memorandum of Agreement consisting of three (3) pages

including the page whereon this acknowledgment is written and which is signed by the parties

and their instrumental witnesses on each and every page thereof.

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARY SEALon the date and at the place first written above.

Doc. No. __________

Page No.__________

Book No.__________

Series of __________

J/SINSP GERARDO S BERDIN