Editing Arbor Day (section)

===Philippines===
Since 1947, Arbor Day in the Philippines has been institutionalized to be observed throughout the nation by planting trees and ornamental plants and other forms of relevant activities. Its practice was instituted through Proclamation No. 30.<ref name=PHPROC30-1947>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1947/07/30/proclamation-no-30-2/ | title = Proclamation No. 30, s. 1947 | date = 1947-07-30 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | quote = ...&nbsp;hereby proclaim the second Saturday of September of each year as Arbor Day, to be observed in schools and elsewhere&nbsp;... | archive-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175339/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1947/07/30/proclamation-no-30-2/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>  It was subsequently revised by Proclamation No. 41,<ref name=PHPROC41-1947>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1947/09/03/proclamation-no-41-2/ | title = Proclamation No. 41, s. 1947 | date = 1947-09-03 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-date = 2018-08-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004843/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1947/09/03/proclamation-no-41-2/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> issued in the same year. In 1955, the commemoration was extended from a day to a week and moved to the last full week of July.<ref name=PHPROC129-1955>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1955/03/05/proclamation-no-129-s-1955/ | title = Proclamation No. 129, s. 1955 | date = 1955-03-05 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | quote = ...&nbsp;hereby proclaim the week ending with the last Saturday of July of each year as Arbor Week to be observed throughout the country&nbsp;... | archive-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175225/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1955/03/05/proclamation-no-129-s-1955/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> Over two decades later, its commemoration was moved to the second week of June.<ref name=PHPROC1547-1976>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/05/18/proclamation-no-1547-s-1976/ | title = Proclamation No. 1547, s. 1976 | date = 1976-05-18 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | quote = ...&nbsp;hereby proclaim the period from June 7 to 12, 1976, and every second week of June thereafter, as ARBOR WEEK, to be observed throughout the nation&nbsp;... | archive-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175344/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1976/05/18/proclamation-no-1547-s-1976/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2003, the commemorations were reduced from a week to a day and was moved to June 25 per Proclamation No. 396.<ref name=PHPROC396-2003a>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2003/06/02/proclamation-no-396/ | title = Proclamation No. 396, s. 2003 | date = 2003-06-02 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | quote = ...&nbsp;hereby declare Wednesday, June 25, 2003 as PHILIPPINES ARBOR DAY, to be observed throughout the nation&nbsp;... | archive-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175341/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2003/06/02/proclamation-no-396/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> The same proclamation directed "the active participation of all government agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, private sector, schools, civil society groups and the citizenry in tree planting activity".<ref name=PHPROC396-2003b>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2003/06/02/proclamation-no-396/ | title = Proclamation No. 396, s. 2003 | date = 2003-06-02 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-date = 2018-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175341/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2003/06/02/proclamation-no-396/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was subsequently revised by Proclamation 643<ref name=PHPROC643-2004>{{cite web | url = http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/06/09/proclamation-no-643/ | title = Proclamation No. 643, s. 2004 | date = 2004-06-09 | website = Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date = 2018-08-29 | quote = ...&nbsp;hereby amend Proclamation No. 396 dated 02 June 2003 by declaring every 25th of June as Philippines Arbor Day to be observed throughout the nation&nbsp;... | archive-date = 2018-08-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004914/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/06/09/proclamation-no-643/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> in the succeeding year.

In 2012, Republic Act 10176 was passed, which revived tree planting events "as [a] yearly event for local government units"<ref name=ArborDayManilaTimes2015>{{cite web | url = http://www.manilatimes.net/arbor-day-in-the-philippines/196090/ | title = Arbor Day in the Philippines | date = 2015-06-29 | website = [[The Manila Times]] | access-date = 2016-01-02}}</ref> and mandated the planting of at least one tree per year for able-bodied Filipino citizens aged 12 years old and above.<ref name="PHRA10176-2012">{{cite web | url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10176/ | title=Republic Act No. 10176 | date=2012-09-12 | website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines | access-date=2018-08-29 | archive-date=2018-04-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417144007/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10176/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2012, many local arbor day celebrations have been commemorated, as in the cases of [[Natividad, Pangasinan|Natividad]]<ref name=NatividadPHArborDay>{{cite web | url = http://natividad.gov.ph/117th-philippines-independence-day-and-arbor-day/ | title = 117th Philippines Independence Day and Arbor Day | date = 2015-07-13 | website = Municipality of Natividad Official Website | access-date = 2016-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151109122352/http://natividad.gov.ph/117th-philippines-independence-day-and-arbor-day/ | archive-date = 2015-11-09 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and [[Tayug, Pangasinan|Tayug]]<ref name=TayugPHArborDay>{{cite web | url = http://tayug.net.ph/node/184 | title = ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION 2014 | date = 2014-07-31 | website = Municipality of Tayug | access-date = 2016-01-02 | archive-date = 2016-03-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160319140319/http://tayug.net.ph/node/184 | url-status = dead }}</ref> in Pangasinan and [[Santa Rita, Pampanga|Santa Rita]] in Pampanga.<ref name=SantaRitaPHArborDay>{{cite web | url = http://santaritapampanga.gov.ph/index.php/about-santa-rita/news-events/183-arbor-day-in-santa-rita-pampanga | title = ARBOR DAY in SANTA RITA, PAMPANGA | date = July 2014 | website = Official Website of Municipality of Santa Rita, Province of Pampanga | access-date = 2016-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040845/http://santaritapampanga.gov.ph/index.php/about-santa-rita/news-events/183-arbor-day-in-santa-rita-pampanga | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }}</ref>