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it serves as a framework in the launching of a comprehensive program of environmental protection and management. |
P.D. 1152. PEC (1977) establishes public oversight |
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the achievement and maintenance of such levels of air quality as to protect public health |
P.D. 1152. PEC (1977) establishes public oversight |
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the prevention of the greatest extent practicable, injury and/or damage to plant and animal life and property, and promote the social and economic development of the country |
P.D. 1152. PEC (1977) establishes public oversight |
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The cornerstone of the Philippine environmental policy |
Decree No. 1152, series of 1977 or the Philippine Environment Code (PEC) |
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The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air Quality guideline values for criteria pollutants, throughout the Philippines, while minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy |
R.A. 8749. The Clean Air Act (1999) regulates air emissions |
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The law aims to protect the country's water bodies from pollution from land-based sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household activities). It provides for comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders. |
R.A. 9275. The Clean Water Act (2004) protects surface water |
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This law aims to conserve and protect the country’s wildlife resources and their habitats, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes to promote ecological balance and enhance biological diversity. Further, it focuses on the regulation of the collection and trade of wildlife. It also strives to pursue, with due regard to the national interest, the Philippine commitment to international conventions, protection of wildlife and their habitats; and to initiate or support scientific studies on the conservation of biological diversity. |
R.A. 9147. The Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (2001) protects wildlife |
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The law aims to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures which present unreasonable risk to human health. It likewise prohibits the entry, even in transit, of hazardous and nuclear wastes and their disposal into the Philippine territorial limits for whatever purpose; and to provide advancement and facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals. |
R.A. 6969. Toxic Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act (1990) addresses hazardous sites |
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The Environment Impact Assessment System was formally established in 1978 with the enactment of Presidential Decree no. 1586 to facilitate the attainment and maintenance of rational and orderly balance between socio-economic development and environmental protection. EIA is a planning and management tool that will help government, decision makers, the proponents and the affected community address the negative consequences or risks on the environment. The process assures implementation of environment-friendly projects. |
P.D. 1586. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Statement (1978) seeks to balance between socio-economic development and environmental protection |
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Sustainable development |
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Ramsar: Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat |
Year held: 1971 Year Enacted: 1975 |
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Heritage: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
Year Held: 1972 Year Enacted: 1975 |
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CITES: Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
Year held: 1973 Year Enacted: 1987 |
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CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
Year Held: 1979 Year Enacted: 1983 |
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Ozone: Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer |
Year Held: 1985 Year Enacted: 1988 |
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Basel: Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal |
Year Held: 1989 Year Enacted: 1992 |
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CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity |
Year Held:1992 Year Enacted: 1993 |
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UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
Year Held: 1992 Year Enacted: 1994 |
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CCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa |
Year Held: 1994 Year Enacted: 1996 |
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A central goal because poverty reduces access to health care, education, and other essential components of development. |
COMBATING POVERTY |
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More consumption, more pressure. Less consumption, less pressure to our environment. |
REDUCING RESOURCE C O N S U M P T I O N |
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leads to evergreater resource demands, because all people need some resources. |
POPULATION GROWTH |
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especially for children and mothers, is essential for a productive life. |
HEALTH CARE |
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are key because over half of humanity now lives in cities |
SUSTAINABLE CITIES |
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needs to guide decision making in local and national governments, to ensure that environmental quality is protected before it gets damaged, and to set agreed-upon rules for resource use. |
ENVIRONMENTAL P O L I C Y |
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essential for minimizing the rate of climate change and for reducing impacts of air pollution on people, plants, and infrastructure. |
PROTECTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE |
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through better management of water resources can save farms, ecosystems, and lives. |
C O M B A T I N G DESERTIFICATION AND D R O U G H T |
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go together because much of the world’s biodiversity is in forests. We also depend on forests for water resources, climate regulation, and resources including food, wood, medicines, and building materials. |
COMBATING DEFORESTATION AND PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY |
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Improving conditions for billions of rural people, including more sustainable farming systems, soil stewardship to help stabilize yields, and access to land, can help reduce populations in urban slums. |
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT |
