Which DENR official shall issue SA/SO for the Parks and Protected Areas Delimitation Surveys, area less than 5,000 hectares?

• A. RTD for PAWCZMS
• B. CENRO
• C. RTD for Forestry
• D. Head

Answer: (A)

The key idea is who has the authority to issue the Survey Authority/Survey Order for delimiting Parks and Protected Areas when the area is under 5,000 hectares. In the DENR structure, the PAWCZMS (Parks, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Service) oversees protected areas, and the Regional Technical Director for PAWCZMS is the official empowered to issue SA/SO for delimitation surveys of parks and protected areas in this size range. This ensures the surveying process is coordinated with the agency responsible for protected areas. The other offices don’t carry this specific delegated authority for protected areas: CENRO deals with local environmental duties but not the formal SA/SO issuance for these delimitation surveys; the RTD for Forestry focuses on forest land surveys, not parks and protected areas; and the Head is not the designated formal authority for this task.