Implement the Ban Aerial Spraying Ordinance of Davao City!

•Bans aerial spraying as an agricultural practice in Davao City 3 months after effectivity of the ordinance

•Gives plantations 3 months to shift from aerial to ground spraying

•Defines aerial spraying as the application of substances through the use of aircraft of any form

•Requires plantations to put up 30-meter buffer zones to protect adjacent fields, neighboring farms, residential areas, schools and workplaces

•Defines buffer zones as:

•a 30-meter area within the property of the plantation

•does not include public land, public thoroughfare or adjacent private property

•planted with diversified trees that grow taller than what is grown in the plantation

• Requires plantations to submit survey plan of plantation with buffer zones clearly identified through GPS

• Provides for the following penal provisions:

• 1st offense: fine of P5,000; imprisonment of 1-3 months

• 2nd offense: fine of P5,000; imprisonment of 3-6 months; suspension of City-issued permits and licenses for 1 year

• 3rd offense: fine of P5,000; imprisonment of 6 months – 1 year; perpetual cancellation of City-issued permits and licenses

Prepared by : IDIS June 2007