Ecological Application Flashcards
Ecosystem Services (4)
SuPR-C
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Supporting services
a. Habitat provision
b. Soul Formation
c. Nutrient cycling -
Provisioning services
a. Food
b. Fuel
c. Timber
d. Fiber -
Regulating services
a. Climate regulation
b. Flood regulation
c. water purification -
Cultural services
a. Educational
b. Recreational
c. Aesthetic
Resource Management and Conservation Schemes (7)
DEEPPP-G
- Debt for nature swap
- Economic valuation
- Environment impact assessment
- Public-private partnerships
- Payment for ecosystem services
- Protected area system
- Good agricultural practices
-an agreement that reduces a developing country’s debt stock or service in exchange for a commitment to protect nature from the debtor government
Debt for nature swap
Debt for nature swap projects in the philippines
-World Wide Fund signs for nature swap through the HARIBON Foundation to protect and manage protected areas
-U.S signs debt for nature swap to protect rainforests
Ensures food safety and assure quality of agricultural products while keeping high regard for environmental protection
Good agricultural practices
GAP regulates:
- Site history and management
- Planting material
- GMO
- Fertilizers and soil additives
- Water
- Chemicals
- Harvesting and handling produce
Partnership between private business stakeholders and government agencies for environmental protection
Private-public partnerhip
Ecological services are monetized to show the economic value of the resource
Economic valuation
Occurs when a beneficiary of an ecosystem service makes direct or indirect payment to the pay for services received
Payment for ecosystem services
A process evaluating the likely environmental impacts of a proposed project or development, taking into account inter-related socio-economic, cultural and human-health impacts, both beneficial and adverse
Environmental impact assessment
(Protected area system)
Recognizes the critical importance of protecting and maintaining the natural, biological and physical diversities of the environment notably on areas with biologically unique features to sustain human life and development
RA 7586 National Integrated Protected Area System
NIPAS
-Strict natural reserve
-natural park
-natural monument
-wildlife sanctuary
-protected landscapes and seascapes
-resource reserve
-natural biotic areas
-areas established by law
Only nesting site of Green sea turtles in the Philippines
Turtle islands wildlife santuary, Sulu, Tawi-tawi
Refers to any substance that negatively impacts the environment or organisms that live within the affected environment
Pollution
Types of pollution
- Water pollution
- Air pollution
- Soil pollution
Health effects of pollution
-reproductive problems
-respiratory
-neurological
-immune
Environmental effects of pollution
-acid rain
-eutrophication
-haze
-crop and forest damage
-global climate change
Mechanisms to reduce pollutants
-international mechanisms
-local
International Mechanisms
CONVENTIONS
- Vienna Convention for the protection of the ozone layer, Vienna, 1985
- London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of
Wastes and Other Matter, London, 1972 - Ramsar Convention Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar, 1971
- World Heritage Convention Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Paris, 1972
- The Kyoto Protocol, Kyoto, Japan, 1997
Local mechanisms
LEGISLATION
- REPUBLIC ACT 9003 ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
ACT OF 2000 - REPUBLIC ACT 9275 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 2004
- REPUBLIC ACT 8749 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999
- REPUBLIC ACT 6969 TOXIC SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTE CONTROL ACT OF 1990
- PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT (EIS) STATEMENT OF 1978
return the environmental conditions to its original state
Ex:
-national greening program
-filipinovation on coral reef restoration
Restoration
Return a self sustaining community as close as possible to the original
Ex:
-Pasig River
-Manila Bay
-Laguna Lake
-mining Sites
Rehabilitation
4 Rehabilitations
Rehabilitation of:
1. The Pasig River
2. Manila Bay
3. Laguna Lake
4. Mining Sites
