Land Management Bureau (Philippines)

The Philippines' Land Management Bureau (Kawanihan ng Pamamahala sa mga Lupa, abbreviated as LMB), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources responsible for administering, surveying, managing, and disposing Alienable and Disposable (A&D) lands and other government lands not placed under the jurisdiction of other government agencies.

History
The agency was founded on September 2, 1901 by virtue of Act No. 218 as the Insular Bureau of Public Lands (IBPL). William Tipton was named as its first head. The Bureau was tasked to have a survey of the archipelago through Act No. 926.