The regional and district structures of MoEFWA exercise forest management and control functions in public and private forests. In the past the DFSD sector employed some 1,400 staff, currently the number is close to 1,000 and is expected to decrease further (to some 616 employees) as a result of the currently planned institutional reform in the forestry sector. In addition, as a consequence of this transfer process, the LGUs and associations of forest and pasture users (institutionalized at local, regional and national levels) are gaining more responsibilities in forestry management within communal forests.