MANDATE

• Recommend policies and programs for the efficient and effective administration, surveys, management and disposition of alienable and disposable lands of the public domain and other lands outside the responsibilities of other government agencies; such as reclaimed areas and other areas not needed for or are not being utilized for the purposes for which they have been established;
• Advise the Regional Offices on the efficient and effective implementation of policies, programs and projects for more effective public lands management;
• Assist the Secretary as Executive Officer charged with carrying out the provisions of the Public Land Act (C.A. 141, as amended), who shall have direct executive control of the survey, classification, lease, sale or any other forms of concessions or disposition and management of the lands of the public domain;
• Perform other functions as may be assigned by the Secretary and/or provided by law.

VISION

We will be the prime mover on land policies, development plans and programs; an innovator on land administration and management; a center for knowledge management; and a key contributor of real-time and online land information and services for the convenience and utmost satisfaction of the public.

MISSION

LMB is an enabler of responsible land governance with policies, development plans and programs, land information, geospatial services, competency development, and technology innovations to provide tenure security towards social justice and economic development.

CORE VALUES