Environmental Laws in the Philippines Flashcards
It includes official rules, decisions, and ecological sustainability. It can be established or modified in each of the three branches of government: legislative, judicial, and executive.
Environmental law
It was the first piece of environmental legislation passed in the world was an ordinance that limited the burning of coal in London in 1306.
Philippine Environmental Laws
What does EPA stand for?
Environmental Protection Agency
What does CEQ stand for?
Council on Environmental Quality
It was in 1989 that the country adopted the Philippine Strategy for Sustainable Development, almost two decades after the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden.
General Laws
What does NEDA stand for?
National Economic and Development
Authority
What does PO-NGO stand for?
People’s Organization Non-Governmental Organizations
What does PEP stand for?
Philippine Environmental Policy
What does ECC stand for?
Environmental Compliance Certificate
What does EMB stand for?
Environmental Management Bureau
What does EGGAR stand for?
Engineering Geology and Geohazards
Assessment Report
What does EIS stand for?
Environmental Impact Statements
What does MGB stand for?
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Regulatory Agencies
Executive Order No. 192 and Republic Act No. 8749
(June 10, 1987) reorganized the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (DEENR) and renamed it as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), with the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) created as a staff bureau under the DENR, absorbing the powers and functions of the abolished National Environmental Protection Council (NEPC), the National Pollution Control Commission (NPCC), and the Environmental Center of the Philippines (ECP).
Executive Order No. 192
