Envisci Flashcards
Collection of laws, regulations, agreements and common law that governs how humans interact with their environment.
Environmental Law
Refers to a variety of protections which share the goal of protecting the environment
Environmental Law
The system aims to require all government agencies and private entities to submit an EIS for proposed projects that significantly affect the environment.
PD 1586 – EIS (Environmental Impact Statement System)
No person, partnership or corporation shall undertake any declared environmental critical project or area without securing
Environmental Compliance Certificate or ECC
This certificate indicates that the proposed project or undertaking will not cause a significant negative impact on the Philippine environment.
Environmental Compliance Certificate
Required to secure ECC:
Category A: Environmentally Critical Projects (ECP)
- Heavy Industries
- Resource Extractive Industries
- Infrastructure Projects
- All Golf Course Projects
Required to secure ECC:
Category A: Environmentally Critical Projects (ECP)
- HEAVY INDUSTRIES RESOURCE -EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES -INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
-ALL GOLF COURSE PROJECTS
Required to secure ECC: Not ECP but in ECA
Category B: Environmentally Critical Areas (ECA)
- National Parks
- Coral Reefs
- Water Bodies
- Mangrove Areas
- Prone to Volcanic Activities/ Earthquake
- Prone to Natural Calamities
- Traditionally Occupied
- Watershed Reserved
- Prime Agricultural Land
- Habitat
- Wildlife Preserves
The National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 establishes the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in the Philippines to protect and maintain the country’s natural biological and physical diversities, categorizing protected areas and implementing regulations to ensure sustainable use of resources and preservation of ecological processes.
RA 7586 NATIONAL INTEGRATED
PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM
(NIPAS) ACT OF 1992
There are 114 legislated protected areas proclaimed under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act
- Mt. Apo Natural Park
- Tubbataha Reef National Park
- Chocolate Hills
- Taal Volcano
There are 114 legislated protected areas proclaimed under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act
- Mt. Apo
- Tubbataha Reef National Park
- Chocolate Hills
- Taal Volcano
This Act establishes a comprehensive air pollution control policy for the country by preserving and protecting air quality, establishing an air quality management system, prohibiting certain forms of waste disposal, and regulating emissions.
RA 8749 The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
This Act 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 a comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders
RA 9275 Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
It is the policy of the State to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the environment; to prohibit 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.
RA 6969 Toxic Substances and
Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes
Control Act of 1990
It is the policy of the State to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the environment; to prohibit 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.
RA 6969 Toxic Substances and
Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes
Control Act of 1990
