Laws - Content Flashcards
The acquisition of rights over the use of waters or the taking or diverting of waters from a natural source in the manner and for any purpose allowed by law
Appropriation of water
The privilege granted by the government to appropriate and use water.
Water right
Reason why a water permit cannot be granted to an individual
His water requirement can be supposed through an irrigation association
The utilization of water in the right amount during the period that the water is needed for producing the benefits for which the water is appropriated. It is the measure and limit of appropriation of water; or the use of the environment or any element or segment thereof conducive to public or private welfare, safety and health
Beneficial use of water
An area of land where subterranean or ground water and surface water are so interrelated that withdrawal and use in one similarly affects the other
Control area
Empowered to make all decisions and determinations provided for in the Water Code, except in regard to those functions which under this Code are specifically conferred upon other agencies of the government
National Water Resources Council, now the National Water Resources Board
In charge of the construction of dams, bridges and other structures across of which may interfere with the flow of navigable or flotable waterways, and declare flood control areas
Department of Public Works and Highways
In charge of approving the development of a hot spring for human consumption, establishment of cemeteries and waste disposal areas
Department of Health
In charge of approving any works that may produce dangerous or noxious substances or perform any act which may result in the introduction of sewage, industrial waste, or any pollutant into any source of water supply
National Pollution Control Commission
The production of substances not found in the natural composition of water that make the water less desirable or unfit desirable or unfit for intended use
Contamination
Discharge from known sources which is passed into a body of water or land, or wastewater flowing out of a manufacturing plant, industrial plant including domestic,
commercial and recreational facilities
Effluent
Refers to any substance, whether solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive, which directly or indirectly alters the quality of any segment of the receiving water body to affect or tend to affect adversely any beneficial use thereof
Pollutant
The sludge produced on individual onsite wastewater disposal systems, principally septic tanks and cesspools
Septage
Water-borne human or animal wastes, excluding oil or oil wastes, removed from residences, building, institutions, industrial and commercial establishments together with such groundwater, surface water and storm water as maybe present including such waste from vessels, offshore structures, other receptacles intended to receive or retain waste or other places or the combination thereof
Sewage
Any system or network of pipelines, ditches, channels, or conduits including pumping stations, lift stations and force mains, service connections including other constructions, devices, and appliances appurtenant thereto, which includes the collection, transport, pumping and treatment of sewage to a point of disposal
Sewerage
Any solid, semi-solid or liquid waste or residue generated from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or water control pollution facility, or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effects.
Sludge
Shall be implemented by the DENR in the following types of development:
a) a series of similar projects, or a project subdivided into several phases
b) several components or a cluster of projects co-located in an area
Programmatic Environmental Impact Assessment
Where there are no environment and natural resources officers, the local executive concerned may, with the approval of the Secretary of the DENR designate whom?
Any of his official and/or chief of office preferably the provincial, city or municipal agriculturist, or any of his employee
The burning of municipal, biomedical and hazardous waste, which process emits poisonous and toxic fumes
Incineration
Exceptions to the ban on incineration, based on RA 8749 - Philippine Clean Air Act. (2)
(1) Traditional small-scale method of community/neighborhood sanitation “siga”
(2) traditional, agricultural, cultural, health, and food preparation and crematoria
Any matter found in the atmosphere other than oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, and the inert gases in their natural or normal concentrations, that is detrimental to health or the environment, which includes but not limited to smoke, dust, soot, cinders, fly ash, solid particles of any kind, gases, fumes, chemical mists, steam and radio-active substances
Air pollutant
Any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of the atmospheric air, or any discharge thereto of any liquid, gaseous or solid substances that will or is likely to create or to render the air resources of the country harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public health, safety or welfare or which will adversely affect their utilization for domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate purposes
Air pollution
A geographic-based instrument for planners and decision-makers which present an evaluation of the environmental quality and carrying capacity of an area. It is the result of the integration of primary and secondary data and information on natural resources and anthropogenic activities on the land which are evaluated by various environmental risk assessment and forecasting methodologies that enable the Department to anticipate the type of development control necessary in the planning area
Eco-profile
Implements the emission standards for motor vehicles
Department of Transportation
Monitors meteorological factors affecting environmental conditions including ozone depletion and greenhouse gases and coordinate with the Department in order to effectively guide air pollution monitoring and standard-setting activities
PAGASA
The right to conduct exploration for all minerals in specified areas is issued by whom? How long is the period granted?
Mines and Geosciences Bureau, 2 years
An agreement where the Government grants to the contractor the exclusive right to conduct mining operations within a contract area and shares in the gross output. The contractor shall provide the financing, technology, management and personnel necessary for the implementation of this agreement
Mineral production sharing agreement
An agreement between the Government and the contractor wherein the Government shall provide inputs to the mining operations other than the mineral resource
Co-production agreement
An agreement where a joint-venture company is organized by the Government and the contractor with both parties having equity shares. Aside from earnings in equity, the Government shall be entitled to a share in the gross output
Joint venture agreement
Period for the modes of mineral agreement, and renewable for a period of how many years?
25 years, and renewable for another term not exceeding 25 years
Period for the term of Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement, and renewable for a period of how many years?
25 years, and renewable for another term not exceeding 25 years
Maximum area for quarry permit
5 ha
Period for the quarry permit, and renewable for a period of how many years?
5 years, and renewable for like periods but not to exceed 25 years
No quarry permit shall be issued or granted for these 2 areas
Areas covered by a mineral agreement or financial or technical assistance agreement
Maximum area for commercial sand and gravel permit
5 ha
Allowed area for industrial sand and gravel permit
More than 5 ha
Period for the industrial sand and gravel permit, and renewable for a period of how many years?
5 years, and renewable for like periods but not to exceed 25 years
A contract between the government and a contractor, involving mineral production-sharing agreement, co-production agreement, or joint-venture agreement
Mineral agreement
Mining activities involving exploration, feasibility, development, utilization, and processing
Mining operation
Searching or prospecting for mineral resources by geological, geochemical or geophysical surveys, remote sensing, test pitting, trenching, drilling, shaft sinking, tunneling or any other means for the purpose of determining the existence, extent, quantity and quality thereof and the feasibility of
mining them for profit
Exploration
The work undertaken to explore and prepare an ore body or a mineral deposit for mining, including the construction of necessary infrastructure and related facilities.
Development
The extraction or disposition of minerals
Utilization
The milling, beneficiation or upgrading of ores or minerals and rocks or by similar means to convert the same into marketable products
Mineral processing
All naturally occurring inorganic substance in solid, gas, liquid, or any intermediate state excluding energy materials such as coal, petroleum, natural gas, radioactive materials, and geothermal energy
Minerals
A naturally occurring substance or material from which a mineral or element can be mined and/or processed for profit
Ore
Refers to any common rock or other mineral substances as the Director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau may declare to be quarry resources such as, but not limited to, andesite, basalt, conglomerate, coral sand, diatomaceous earth, diorite, decorative stones, gabbro, granite, limestone, marble, marl, red burning clays for potteries and bricks, rhyolite, rock phosphate, sandstone, serpentine, shale, tuff, volcanic cinders, and volcanic glass
Quarry resources
The process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources found on or
underneath the surface of private or public land
Quarrying
Primary government agency responsible for the conservation, management, development, and proper use of the State’s mineral resources
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Has direct charge in the administration and disposition of mineral lands and mineral resources
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
The ability of ecological, social or economic systems to adjust to climate change including climate variability and extremes, to moderate or offset potential damages and to take advantage of associated opportunities with changes in climate or to cope with the consequences thereof
Adaptive capacity
Causes resulting from human activities or produced by human beings
Anthropogenic causes
Strategy for making women’s as well as men’s concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic, and societal spheres so that women and men benefit equally and inequality is not perpetuated. It is the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies, or programs in all areas and at all levels
Gender mainstreaming
Constituents of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect including, but not limited to, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride
Greenhouse gases
The context of climate change, refers to human intervention to address anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all GHG, including ozone- depleting substances and their
substitutes.
Mitigation
An increase in sea level which may be influenced by factors like global warming through expansion of sea water as the oceans warm and melting of ice over land and local factors such as land subsidence.
Sea level rise
The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. It is a function of the character,
magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity
Vulnerability
The sole policy-making body of the government which shall be
tasked to coordinate, monitor and evaluate the programs and action plans of the government relating to climate change
Climate Change Commission
Composition of the Climate Change Commission
Chairperson - President of the Philippines
Commissioners - three, to be appointed by the President
Who declares the state of calamity, national level?
Declaration by the President, upon recommendation of the National Council
Who declares the state of calamity, local level?
Declaration by the local sanggunian, upon the recommendation of the LDRRMC
4 remedial measures c/o the declaration of state of calamity
- Price ceiling
- Vs. overpricing and hoarding
3, Reprogramming of funds - No-interest loans
The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities
Adaptation
The combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster. It may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management
Capacity
A change in climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity
Climate change
A process of disaster risk reduction and management in which at risk communities are actively engaged in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of disaster risks in order to reduce their vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities, and where the people are at the heart of decision-making and implementation of disaster risk reduction and management activities
Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
A result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences.
Disaster
The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposures to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events
Disaster Risk Reduction
The systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
The combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences
Risk
Structural and non-structural measures undertaken to limit the adverse impact of natural hazards, environmental degradation, and technological hazards and to ensure the ability of at-risk communities to address vulnerabilities aimed at minimizing the impact of disasters
Mitigation
The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate and recover from
the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions
Resilience
A condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads
and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced
hazard
State of Calamity
The characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging
effects of a hazard
Vulnerability
Where does the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund come from, and the percentages?
Not less than 5% of the estimated revenue
from regular sources
Percentage of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for relief and recovery programs
30%
Where does the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund come from, and its previous name?
Previously the Calamity Fund appropriated under the annual General Appropriations
Percentage of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund
30%
Chairperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
Secretary of the Department of National Defense
Vice Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness
DILG Secretary
Vice Chairperson for Disaster Response
DSWD Secretary
Vice Chairperson for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
DOST Secretary
Executive Director of the National Council
OCD Administrator
4 ways by which public lands suitable for agricultural purposes can be disposed of
(1) For homestead settlement
(2) By sale
(3) By lease
(4) By confirmation of imperfect or incomplete titles:
- By judicial legalization
- By administrative legalization (free patent).
Homestead maximum area
24 ha
Sale of public agricultural land maximum area, for Filipino citizens of lawful age
144 ha
Sale of public agricultural land maximum area, for corporation or association at least 60% Filipino interest
1,024 ha
Lease of public agricultural land maximum area, for Filipino citizens of lawful age
1,024 ha
Lease of public agricultural land maximum area, for corporation or association at least 60% Filipino interest
1,024 ha
Lease of public agricultural land maximum area, for grazing purposes
2,000 ha
Period for lease of public agricultural land, and period for renewal
Not more than 25 years, but may be renewed once for another period
of not to exceed 25 years
Free patent maximum area, for natural-born citizens of the Philippines
24 ha
The Public Land Act does not apply to these four
- timber lands
- mineral lands
- friar lands
- reverted private property
3 classifications of lands of public domain
(a) Alienable or disposable
(b) Timber
(c) Mineral lands
4 classification of uses of A&D lands
(a) Agricultural
(b) Residential commercial industrial or for similar productive purposes
(c) Educational, charitable, or other similar purposes
(d) Reservations for town sites and for public and quasi-public uses
No land of the public domain ___ in slope or over shall be classified as ___
18%, A&D
No forest land ___ in slope or over shall be classified as ___
50%, grazing land
3 exceptions to when lands 18% in slope or over which have already been declared as alienable and disposable shall be reverted to the classification of forest lands
(1) covered by existing titles
(2) occupied openly, continuously for a
period of not less than thirty (30) years
(3) where the occupant is qualified for a free patent under the Public Land Act
Boundaries of forest lands are clearly marked and maintained at intervals of ___
Not more than 500 meters
The maximum period of any privilege to harvest timber, and renewable period
25 years, not exceeding twenty-five years
Lease period for industrial tree plantations and tree farms, and renewable period
25 years, renewable for another period not exceeding twenty-five 25 years
Minimum area for industrial tree plantations and tree farms
1,000 ha for industrial tree plantations
100 ha for tree farms
No lease shall be granted within ___
Critical watersheds
The mass of lands of the public domain which has not been the subject of the present system of classification for the determination of which lands are needed for forest purposes and which are not
Public forest
Those lands of the public domain which have been the subject of the present system of classification and determined to be needed for forest purposes
Permanent forest or forest reserves
Those lands of the public domain which have been the subject of the present system of classification and declared as not needed for forest purposes
Alienable and disposable lands
A land area drained by a stream or fixed body of water and its tributaries having a common outlet for surface run-off
Watershed
A drainage area of a river system supporting existing and proposed hydro-electric power and irrigation works needing immediate rehabilitation as it is being subjected to a fast denudation causing accelerated erosion and destructive floods. It is closed from logging until it is fully rehabilitated
Critical watershed
Type of forest occurring on tidal flat along the sea coast, extending along streams where the water is brackish
Mangrove
These 10 lands, even if they are below 18% in slope, are needed for forest purposes, and may not, therefore, be classified as alienable and disposable land
- Areas less than 250 hectares which are not contiguous with any certified alienable
and disposable land; - Isolated patches of forest of at least 5 hectares ;
- Areas which have already been reforested;
- Areas within forest concessions which are timbered;
- Ridge tops and plateaus where headwaters emanate;
- Appropriately located road-rights-or-way;
- 20 meter strips of land along the edge of the normal high waterline of rivers and streams;
- Strips of mangrove or swamplands at least 20 meters wide;
- Areas needed for other purposes, such as national parks, national historical sites, game refuges and wildlife sanctuaries, forest station sites, and others of public interest; and
- Areas previously proclaimed by the President as forest reserves, national parks, game refuge, bird sanctuaries, national shrines, national historic sites
These 8 forest lands shall be reforested and covered with suitable and sufficient trees,
(a) Bare or grass-covered tracts of forest lands with at least 50% slope;
(b) Bare or grass-covered tracts of forest lands with less than fifty per cent 50% slope, but with soil so highly erodible;
(c) Brushlands or tracts of forest lands generally covered with brush;
(d) Open tracts of forest lands with slopes or gradients generally exceeding 50%,
interspersed with patches of forest each of which is less than 250 hectares in area;
(e) Denuded or inadequately-timbered areas proclaimed by the President as forest reserves and reservations as critical watersheds, national parks, game refuge, bird sanctuaries, national shrines, national historic sites;
(f) Inadequately-stocked forest lands within forest concessions;
(g) Portions of areas covered by pasture leases or permits having a slope of at least 50%; and
(h) River banks, easements, road rights-of-ways, deltas, swamps, former river beds, and beaches
Swamplands that are ___ or ____ shall revert to forest land category when released to BFAR
(1) not utilized or
(2) abandoned for 5 years from release
Has administrative jurisdiction over alienable and disposable lands
Bureau of Lands
Has administrative jurisdiction over mangroves and other swamps
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
In no case shall retention by the landowner exceed ___, and ___ may be awarded to each child of the landowner
5 ha to the landowner
3 ha to each child of the landowner
2 qualifications of child of landowner
(1) that he is at least fifteen (15) years of age; and
(2) that he is actually tilling the land or directly managing the farm
No qualified beneficiary may own more than ___ of
agricultural land
3 ha
Landholdings of landowners with a total area of ___ and below shall not be covered for acquisition and distribution to qualified beneficiaries
5 ha
4 lands covered by the CARP
(a) All alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture;
(b) All lands of the public domain in excess of the specific limits;
(c) All other lands owned by the Government devoted to or suitable for
agriculture; and
(d) All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture
Redistribution of lands, regardless of crops or fruits produced, to farmers and regular farmworkers who are landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement, to include the totality of factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the beneficiaries and all other arrangements alternative to the physical redistribution of lands, such as production or profit-sharing, labor administration, and the distribution of shares of stocks, which will allow beneficiaries to receive a just share of the fruits of the lands they work
Agrarian reform
Refers to any controversy relating to tenurial arrangements, whether leasehold, tenancy, stewardship or otherwise, over lands devoted to agriculture, including disputes concerning farmworkers’ associations or representation of persons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of such tenurial arrangements.
Agrarian dispute
Refers to any agricultural land not cultivated, tilled or developed to produce any crop nor devoted to any specific economic purpose continuously for a period of 3 years immediately prior to the receipt of notice of acquisition by the government as provided
Idle or abandoned land (CARP)
Qualified beneficiaries for CARP (8)
- landless residents of the same barangay
- landless residents of the same
municipality
(a) agricultural lessees and share tenants;
(b) regular farmworkers;
(c) seasonal farmworkers;
(d) other farmworkers;
(e) actual tillers or occupants of public lands;
(f) collectives or cooperatives of the above beneficiaries; and
(g) others directly working on the land
5 exemptions from UDHA
(a) Those included in the coverage of CARP;
(b) Those actually used for national defense and security of the State;
(c) Those used, reserved or otherwise set aside for government offices;
(d) Those used or set aside to maintain ecological balance or environmental protection
(e) Those used for religious, charitable, or educational purposes, cultural and historical sites, hospitals and health centers, and cemeteries or memorial parks
Areas where the structures are dilapidated, obsolete and unsanitary, tending to depreciate the value of the land and prevent normal development and use of the area
Blighted lands
Nonagricultural lands urban and urbanized areas on which no improvements, as herein defined, have been made by the owner, as certified by the city, municipal or provincial assessor
Idle lands (UDHA)
The acquisition of lots of varying ownership through purchase or expropriation for the purpose of planned and rational development and socialized housing programs without individual property boundary restrictions
Land assembly or consolidation
Acquisition of land at values based on existing use in advance of actual need to promote planned development and
socialized housing programs
Land banking
Process of land acquisition by exchanging land for another piece of land of equal value, or for shares of stock in a government or quasi-government corporation whose book value is of equal value to the land being exchanged,
for the purpose of planned and rational development and provision for socialized housing where land values are determined based on land classification, market value and assessed value taken from existing tax
declarations
Land swapping
The rational approach of allocating available land resources as equitably as possible among competing user groups
and for different functions consistent with the development plan of the area
Land use plan (UDHA)
Individuals or groups who occupy lands without the express consent of the landowner and who have sufficient income for legitimate housing
Professional squatters
Areas identified by the appropriate national agency or by the local government unit with respect to areas within its jurisdiction, which shall be used for the relocation of the underprivileged and homeless citizens
Resettlement areas
The program of the National Housing Authority of upgrading and improving blighted squatter areas outside of Metro Manila pursuant to existing statutes and pertinent executive issuances
Slum Improvement and Resettlement Program (SIR)
The process of upgrading and rehabilitation of blighted and slum urban areas with a view of minimizing displacement of dwellers in said areas, and with provisions for basic services as provided for in Section 21 hereof
On-site development
Housing programs and projects covering houses and lots or homelots only, or residential condominium units only undertaken by the government or the private sector for the underprivileged and
homeless citizens which shall include sites and services development, long-term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments, and such other benefits
Socialized housing
Beneficiaries of this Act and to individuals or families residing in urban and urbanizable areas whose income or combined household income falls within the poverty threshold as defined by the
National Economic and Development Authority and who do not own housing facilities
Underprivileged and homeless citizens
Lands in urban and urbanizable areas which are not registered with the Register of Deeds, or with the city or municipal assessor’s office concerned, or which are uninhabited by the owner and have not
been developed or devoted for any useful purpose, or appears unutilized for a period of 3 consecutive years immediately prior to the issuance and receipt or publication of notice of acquisition by the government
Unregistered or abandoned lands (UDHA)
Program of the National Housing Authority of upgrading and improving blighted squatters areas within the cities and municipalities of Metro Manila
Zonal Improvement Program (ZIP)
Priorities in the Acquisition of Land, for socialized housing (6)
(a) Those owned by the government;
(b) Alienable lands of the public domain;
(c) Unregistered or abandoned and idle lands;
(d) Those within the declared Areas for Priority Development, Zonal Improvement Program sites, and Slum Improvement and Resettlement Program sites which have not yet been acquired;
(e) Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services or BLISS sites which have not yet been acquired; and
(f) Privately-owned lands.
Expropriation proceedings shall be instituted if, after the lapse of ___ following receipt of notice of acquisition, the owner fails to introduce improvements
1 year
Exemptions to the expropriation of idle lands (UDHA) (2)
(1) residential lands owned by small property owners
(2) ownership of which is subject of a pending litigation
4 eligibility criteria for socialized housing program beneficiaries
(a) Must be a Filipino citizen;
(b) Must be an underprivileged and homeless citizen;
(c) Must not own any real property whether in the urban or rural areas; and
(d) Must not be a professional squatter or a member of squatting syndicates
Developers of proposed subdivision projects shall be required to develop an area for socialized housing equivalent to ___ of the total subdivision area or total subdivision project cost
15% (UDHA); 20% (RA 10884)
The balanced housing development as herein required may also be complied with by the developers concerned in any of the following 4 ways:
(a) Development of socialized housing in a new settlement;
(b) Slum upgrading or renewal of areas for priority development (not anymore based on RA 10884);
(c) Joint-venture projects with either the local government units or any of the housing agencies; or
(d) Participation in the community mortgage program
4 basic services be provided by the
local government unit or the National Housing Authority
(a) Potable water;
(b) Power and electricity;
(c) Sewerage facilities and a solid waste disposal system; and
(d) Access to primary roads and transportation facilities
4 entities charged with identifying and effectively curtailing the nefarious and illegal activities of professional squatters and squatting syndicates
- LGU
- PNP
- Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor
- PCUP-accredited urban poor organization
Eviction or demolition may be allowed under the following 3 situations
(a) When persons or entities occupy danger areas and other public places;
(b) When government infrastructure projects with available funding are about to be implemented; or
(c) When there is a court order for eviction and demolition
Mortgage financing program of the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation which assists legally organized associations of underprivileged and homeless citizens to purchase and develop a tract of land under the concept of community ownership
Community Mortgage Program (CMP)
An area possessing some outstanding ecosystem, features and/or species of flora and fauna of national scientific importance maintained to protect nature and maintain processes in an undisturbed state in order to have ecologically representative examples of the natural environment available for scientific study, environmental monitoring, education, and for the maintenance of genetic resources in a dynamic and evolutionary state
Strict nature reserve
A relatively large area not materially altered by human activity where extractive resource uses are not allowed and maintained to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or
international significance for scientific, educational and recreational use
Natural park
A relatively small area focused on protection of small features to protect or preserve nationally significant natural features on account of their special interest or unique characteristics
Natural monument
Comprises an area which assures the natural conditions necessary to protect nationally significant species, groups of species, biotic communities or physical features of the environment where
these may require specific human manipulations for their perpetuation
Wildlife sanctuary
Areas of national significance which are characterized by the harmonious interaction of man and land while providing opportunities for public enjoyment through the recreation and tourism within the normal lifestyle and economic activity of these areas
Protected landscapes and seascapes
An extensive and relatively isolated and uninhabited area normally with difficult
access designated as such to protect natural resources of the area for future use and prevent or contain development activities that could affect the resource pending the establishment of objectives which are based upon appropriate knowledge and planning
Resource reserve
An area set aside to allow the way of life of societies living in harmony with the
environment to adapt to modern technology at their pace
Natural biotic areas
The classification and administration of all designated protected areas to maintain essential ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, to ensure sustainable use of resources found therein, and to maintain their natural conditions to
the greatest extent possible
National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)
Identified portions of land and water set aside by reason of their unique physical and biological significance, managed to enhance biological diversity and protected against destructive human exploitation
Protected Area
identified areas outside the boundaries of and immediately adjacent to designated protected areas pursuant to Section 8 that need special development control in order to avoid or minimize harm to the protected area
Buffer zones
A forest reservation essentially of natural wilderness character which has been withdrawn from settlement, occupancy or any form of exploitation except in conformity with approved management plan and set aside as such exclusively to conserve the area or preserve the scenery, the natural and historic objects, wild animals and plants therein and to provide enjoyment of these features in such areas
National park
Procedure to disestablish a protected area
Requires act of Congress, and recommendation of DENR
The administration and management of NIPAS falls to whom
DENR, through the Protected Areas and Wildlife Division (under the supervision of the Regional Technical Director)
Composition of the Protected Area Management Board (8)
(1) The Regional Executive Director;
(2) 1 representative from the autonomous regional government, if applicable;
(3) the Provincial Development Officer;
(4) 1 representative from the municipal government;
(5) 1 representative from each barangay covering the protected area;
(6) 1 representative from each tribal community, if applicable; and,
(7) at least 3 representatives from non-government organizations/local community
organizations, and if necessary,
(8) 1 representative from other departments or national government agencies involved in protected area management.
Required for proposals for activities outside the scope of the management plan for protected areas
Environmental Impact Assessment
Actual implementation of activities outside the scope of the management plan for protected areas requires an ___
Environmental Compliance
Certificate (ECC)
2 exceptions to survey for energy resources
Strict nature reserves and natural parks
Selected areas with highly developed or which have the potential to be developed into agroindustrial, industrial tourist/recreational, commercial, banking, investment and financial centers
Special Economic Zones (SEZ) or ECOZONES
A tract of land subdivided and developed according to a comprehensive plan under a unified continuous management and with provisions for basic infrastructure and utilities, with or without pre-built standard factory buildings and community facilities for the use of the community of industries
Industrial Estate (IE)
A specialized industrial estate located physically and/or administratively outside customs territory, predominantly oriented to export production. Enterprises located in these zones are allowed to import capital equipment and raw materials free from duties, taxes and other import restrictions
Export Processing Zone (EPZ)
An isolated policed area adjacent to a port of entry (as a seaport) and/or airport where imported goods may be unloaded for immediate transshipment or stored, repacked, sorted, mixed, or otherwise manipulated without being subject to import duties. However, movement of these imported goods from the free-trade area to a non-free-trade area in the country shall be subject to import duties
Free Trade Zone
Procedure for the establishment of ECOZONES
Proclamation by the President of the Philippines, upon the evaluation and recommendation of the PEZA
Criteria for the establishment of other ECOZONES (8)
(a) The proposed area must be identified as a regional growth center in the Medium-Term Philippine
Development Plan or by the Regional Development Council;
(b) The existence of required infrastructure in the proposed ECOZONE;
(c) The availability of water source and electric power supply;
(d) The extent of vacant lands available for future expansion of the ECOZONE;
(e) The availability of skilled, semi-skilled and non-skilled trainable labor force;
(f) The area must have a significant incremental advantage over the existing economic zones;
(g) The area must be strategically located; and
(h) The area must be situated where controls can easily be established to curtail smuggling activities
The ECOZONE shall be managed and operated by the ___ as ____
Philippine Economic Zone Authority, separate customs territory
Conditions for permanent resident status to investor, his spouse, and children under 21 years old within the ECOZONE
Initial investment shall not be less than $150,000.00
Working visas for foreign executives and other aliens shall be renewable every ___
2 years
Exemption from national and local taxes in ECOZONES: ___ on gross income, except for real property taxes on land owned
by developers
5%, with 3% to the National Government and 2% to the municipality or city
Period of lease for foreign investors, and renewable period
Not exceeding 50 years, renewable once for a period of not more than 25 years
Supervisory, technical or advisory capacity in ECOZONES shall not exceed ___ of its workforce without the express authorization of the Secretary of Labor and Employment
5%
A body corporate attached to the Department of Trade and
Industry
Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)
Director General of PEZA shall have the rank of ____
Department undersecretary
NPAAAD
Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-industrial Development
Agricultural areas identified by the Department through the Bureau of
Soils and Water Management in coordination with the National Mapping
and Resources Information Authority
Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-industrial Development
SAFDZ
Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones
ARC
Agrarian Reform Communities
These shall serve as centers where development in the agriculture and fisheries sectors are catalyzed in an environmentally and socio-cultural sound manner
Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones
No conversion within ___ from effectivity of AFMA
5 years
Not more than ___ of the said lands located within the SAFDZ
may be converted.
5%
A barangay at the minimum or a cluster of contiguous barangays where there is a
critical mass of farmers or farm workers and which features the main thrust of agrarian development land tenure improvement and effective delivery of support services
Agrarian Reform Community
The development, adoption, manufacture and application of appropriate location specific, and cost-effective agricultural technology using human, animal, mechanical, electrical and other nonconventional sources of energy for agricultural production and post-harvest operations consistent with agronomic conditions and for efficient and economic farm management
Agricultural Mechanization
The process of transforming the agriculture and fisheries sectors into one that is dynamic, technologically advanced and competitive yet centered on human development guided by the sound practices of sustainability and the principles of social justice
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization
Duly registered associations of persons with a common bond of interest who have voluntarily joined together to achieve a lawful common social and economic end, making equitable contributions to the capital required and accepting a fair share of the risks and benefits of the undertaking in accordance with universally accepted cooperatives principles
Cooperatives
The manner of utilizing the land, including its allocation, development and management
Land use
A document embodying a set of policies accompanied by maps and similar
illustrations which represent the community-deserved pattern of population distribution and a proposal for the future allocation of land to the various land-using activities, in accordance with the social and economic objectives of the people.
Land use plan (AFMA)
The act of defining the allocation, utilization, development and management of all lands within a given territory or jurisdiction according to the inherent qualities of the land itself and supportive of sustainable, economic, demographic, socio-cultural and environmental
objectives as an aid to decision-making and legislation
Land use planning
The undertaking of any development activity, the results of which modify or alter the physical characteristics of the agricultural lands to render them suitable for non-agricultural purposes, without an approved order of conversion from the
DAR
Premature Conversion of Agricultural Land
A local legislation approving the development land use plan and providing for the regulations and other conditions on the uses of land including the limitation of the infrastructure that may be placed within the territorial jurisdiction of a city or municipality
Zoning Ordinance
The process by which the economy is transformed from one that is predominantly agricultural to one that is dominantly industrial and service-oriented
Rural Industrialization
The areas within the NAPAAD identified for production, agro-Processing and marketing activities to help develop and modernize, either the support of government, the agriculture and fisheries sectors in an
environmentally and socio-cultural sound manner
Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries Development Zones
Threshold for micro enterprises
Not more than P 1,500,000
Threshold for small enterprises
P 1,500,001 to P 15,000,000
Threshold for medium enterprises
P15,000,001 to P 60,000,000
2 entities that may adjust the values for SMEs as deemed necessary
Department of Agriculture and Congressional Oversight Committee on Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization
Penalty for agricultural inactivity: any person or juridical entity knowingly or deliberately causes any irrigated agricultural lands ___ or larger to lie idle and unproductive
7 ha
Penalty for agricultural inactivity: for a period exceeding one (1) year
Subject to an idle land tax and
required to make the lands agriculturally productive
Penalty for agricultural inactivity: for a period exceeding two (2) years
Subject to escheat proceedings
AFMA
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act
In charge of identification of the SAFDZ within the NPAAAD
Department of Agriculture
In charge of mapping of network of areas for agricultural and agro-industrial development for all municipalities, cities and an appropriate scale
Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), in coordination with the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)
In charge of infrastructure support aspect of the plan order to accomplish networking of related infrastructure facilities (AFMA)
Department of Public Works and Highways
In charge of mobilizing resources under the control of local government units (AFMA)
Department of Interior and Local Government
In charge of setting and implementing standards for fresh, primary-and-secondary-processed agricultural and fishery product
Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards
An entity duly incorporated under Batas Pambansa Blg. 68, otherwise known as The Corporation Code of the Philippines, and other relevant laws, and which shall administer and supervise each TEZ
Tourism Enterprise Zones operator
A person appointed by the Board of Directors of a TEZ operator who shall be responsible for implementing the policies, plans and projects of the TEZ operator
Tourism Enterprise Zones administrator
A new or pioneer development
Greenfield Tourism Zone
An area with existing infrastructure or development
Brownfield Tourism Zone
TIEZA
Tourism Infrastructure And Enterprise Zone Authority
The management of all resources that meets the needs of tourists and host regions while protecting the opportunities for the future, in such a way that economic, social and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, biological diversity and life support systems
Sustainable tourism development
An enterprise located within a TEZ that is duly-registered with the TIEZA
Registered enterprise
Facilities, services and attractions involved in tourism
Tourism enterprises
Travel and tour services; land, sea and air transport services exclusively for tourist use; accommodation establishments; convention and exhibition organizers; tourism estate management services; and such other enterprises as may be identified by the Secretary
Primary tourism enterprises
All other tourism enterprises
Secondary tourism enterprises
3 entities attached to the Department and operate under their respective charters, which may be authorized to operate TEZs, under the supervision of the TIEZA
Intramuros Administration
National Parks Development Committee
Nayong Pilipino Foundation
Prior to appointment, every tourism officer must have obtained a relevant bachelor’s degree and at least ___ years of substantial involvement in the tourism industry
5 years
Fiscal Incentives Available to TEZ Operators and Registered Enterprises (5)
a) Income Tax Holiday.
b) Gross Income Taxation
c) 100% exemption on taxes and customs duties
d) Tax credit on locally-sourced goods and services
e) Social Responsibility Incentive
Mandate: the primary planning, programming, coordinating, implementing and regulatory government agency in the
development and promotion of the tourism industry, both domestic and international, in coordination with attached agencies and other government instrumentalities
Department of Tourism
A body corporate under the supervision of the Secretary and attached to the Department for purposes of program and
policy coordination
Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority
Mandate: designate, regulate and supervise the TEZs established under this Act, as well as develop, manage and supervise tourism infrastructure projects in the country
Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority
Mandate: responsible for marketing and promoting the Philippines domestically and
internationally as a major global tourism destination, highlighting the uniqueness and assisting the development of its tourism products and services, with the end in view of increasing tourist arrivals and tourism investment
Tourism Promotions Board
Mandate: operate the duty- and tax-free merchandising system in the Philippines to
augment the service facilities for tourists and to generate foreign exchange and revenue for the government
Duty Free Philippines Corporation
Undertakes measures to provide the standard basic dive rules to all levels or kinds of divers, regulate scuba sports and technical diving in the country and ensure the safety of the sport through the formulation of policies pursuant thereto, in coordination with the Office of Tourism Standards and Regulations
Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving
Washing clothes or bathing within a radius of ___ from any well or other source
of drinking water is prohibited
25 meters
No artesians, deep or shallow well shall be constructed within ___ from any
source of pollution
25 meters
No radioactive sources or materials shall be stored within a radius of ___ from
any well or source of drinking water
25 meters
No grocery or sari-sari store shall be established within a distance of ___ from any source of contamination
25 meters
Septic tanks shall not be constructed under any building and within ___ from any source of water supply
25 meters
A burial ground shall at least be ___ distant from any dwelling house and no
house shall be constructed within the same distance from any burial ground
25 meters
No burial ground shall be located within ___ from either side of a river or within ___ from any source of water supply
50 meters, 50 meters
What requires health certificates?
Employment in any food establishment requires a Health Certificate issued by the local health authority
4 issuing authorities for death certificate
(1) attending physician
(2) mayor
(3) secretary of the municipal
board, or
(4) councilor of the municipality
Issues regulations on the shipment of remains
Bureau of Quarantine
Depth of graves where remains are buried
1.5 meters
No unembalmed remains shall remain unburied longer than ___ after death; if
death caused by communicable disease, within ___
48 hours; 12 hours
Permissible periods to disinter for non-dangerous communicable diseases and for communicable diseases
Non-dangerous communicable diseases: 3 years after burial
Communicable diseases: 5 years after burial
Undertakes the promotion and preservation of the health of the people and raise the health standards of individuals and communities throughout
the Philippines
Department of Health
Promulgates rules and regulations for the proper implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Code on Sanitation
Secretary
Are responsible for staff activities involving the development of plans, programs, operating standards and management techniques in their respective field of assignment
Bureau of Directors
Administer health functions in their regions, implement policies, standards and programs involving health services and enforce the provisions of the Code of Sanitation; act on applications for the establishment of burial grounds
Regional Directors
Administers health functions in areas under their jurisdiction and enforce the
provisions of the Code of Sanitation; cause an inspection and evaluation of every food establishment requiring a permit for
its operations, at least every six months; and administer city or municipal cemeteries
Provincial/Municipal/City Health Officer
Shall employ an adequate number of personnel and shall reserve appropriate tracts of land under their jurisdiction for cemeteries
Local Government
Refers to all areas generally belonging to
ICCs/IPs comprising lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and natural resources therein, held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present
Ancestral Domains
Refers to land occupied, possessed and utilized by individuals, families and clans who are members of the ICCs/IPs since time immemorial, by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest, under claims of individual or traditional group ownership, continuously, to the present
Ancestral lands
Refers to a group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since time immemorial, occupied, possessed and utilized such territories, sharing common bonds of language, customs, traditions and other
distinctive cultural traits, or who have, through resistance to political, social and cultural inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and cultures, became historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos
Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples
The consensus of all members of the ICCs/IPs to be determined in accordance with their respective customary laws and
practices, free from any external manipulation, interference and coercion
Free and Prior Informed Consent
Refers to a body of written and/or unwritten rules, usages, customs and
practices traditionally and continually recognized, accepted and observed by respective ICCs/IPs
Customary Laws
Refers to pre-conquest rights to lands and domains which, as far back as memory
reaches, have been held under a claim of private ownership by ICCs/IPs
Native Title
Refers to a period of time when as far back as memory can go, certain ICCs/IPs are known to have occupied, possessed in the concept of owner, and utilized a defined territory devolved to them
Time Immemorial
Refers to the rights of ICCs/IPs to sustainably use, manage, protect and conserve:
a) land, air, water, and minerals;
b) plants, animals and other organisms;
c) collecting, fishing and hunting grounds;
d) sacred sites; and
e) other areas of economic, ceremonial and aesthetic value in accordance with their indigenous knowledge, beliefs, systems and practices;
Sustainable Traditional Resource Rights
Primary government agency responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies, plans and programs to promote and protect the rights and well-being of the ICCs/IPs and the recognition of their ancestral domains as well as the rights thereto
National Commission on Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
The NCIP is an independent agency under the ___
Office of the President
The NCIP has ___ commissioners, and at least ___ of the total number shall be women
7 commissioners; 2 women
The guiding principle in the identification and delineation of ancestral domains. As such, the ICCs/IPs concerned shall have a decisive role in all the activities pertinent thereto.
Self-delineation
As to the scope of the territories and agreements/pacts made with neighboring ICCs/IPs, if any, will be essential to the determination of these traditional territories
Sworn Statement of the Elders
Required for production-sharing agreement
Certification precondition
____ shall remain to be governed by its Charter and all lands proclaimed as part of its townsite reservation shall remain as such until otherwise reclassified by appropriate legislation
The City of Baguio
In charge of the identification, delineation and recognition of ancestral lands/domains, and issuance of the certification precondition
Ancestral Domains Office
Shall include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal waters within the municipality but also marine waters included between 2 lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low
tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline including offshore islands and 15 kilometers from such coastline
Municipal waters
Where 2 municipalities are so situated on opposite shores that there is less than ___ of marine waters between them, the third line shall be ____ from opposite shore of the respective municipalities
30 kilometers; equally distant
Includes all bodies of water within the Philippine territory and the waters around, between and connecting the islands of the archipelago, and all other waters over which the Philippines has sovereignty and jurisdiction including the Exclusive Economic Zone and the continental shelf
Philippine waters
Number of nautical miles for the Exclusive Economic Zone
200-nautical miles
The Philippine Fisheries Code applies to these vessels (3)
- All Philippine flagged fishing vessels operating in areas governed by a
Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) - In the high seas, or
- In waters of other coastal states
The introduction by human or machine, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy to the aquatic environment which result or is likely to result in such deleterious effects as to harm living and non-living aquatic resources, pose potential and/or real hazard to human health, hindrance to aquatic activities such as fishing and navigation, including dumping/disposal of waste and other marine litters, discharge of petroleum or residual products of petroleum or carbonaceous materials/substances, and other, radioactive, noxious or harmful liquid, gaseous or solid substances, from any water, land or air transport or other human-made structure.
Aquatic Pollution
A band of dry land and adjacent ocean space (water and submerged land. in which terrestrial processes and uses directly affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa); its geographic extent may include areas within a landmark limit of 1 kilometer from the shoreline at high tide to include mangrove swamps, brackish water ponds, nipa swamps, estuarine rivers, sandy beaches and other areas within a seaward limit of 200 meters isobath to include coral reefs, algal flats, seagrass beds and other soft-bottom areas
Coastal area/zone
The taking of fishery species by passive or active gear for trade, business & profit beyond subsistence or sports fishing
Commercial Fishing
Fishing with passive or active gear utilizing fishing vessels of 3.1 gross tons (GT) up to twenty (20) GT
Small scale commercial fishing
Fishing utilizing active gears and vessels of 20.1 GT up to one hundred fifty (150) GT
Medium scale commercial fishing
Fishing utilizing active gears and vessels of more than one hundred fifty (150) GT
Large scale commercial fishing
An area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines as defined under existing laws
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
Municipal waters: Shall include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal waters within the municipality but also marine waters included between 2 lines drawn perpendicular to the general coastline from points where the boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline including offshore islands and ___ from such coastline.
15 kilometers
Coastal area/zone: its geographic extent may include areas within a landmark limit of ___ from the shoreline at high tide to include mangrove swamps, brackish water ponds, nipa swamps, estuarine rivers, sandy beaches and other areas within a seaward limit of ___ isobath to include coral reefs, algal flats, seagrass beds and other soft-bottom areas
1 kilometer, 200 meters
Refers to all activities relating to the act or business of fishing, culturing, preserving,
processing, marketing, developing, conserving and managing aquatic resources and the fishery areas, including the privilege to fish or take aquatic resource thereof
Fisheries
A designated area where fishing or other forms of activities which may damage the ecosystem of the area is prohibited and human access may be restricted
Fishery Refuge and Sanctuaries
A designated area where activities are regulated and set aside for educational and research purposes
Fishery Reserve
Refers to any instrument or device and its accessories utilized in taking fish and other fishery species
Fishing gear
A fishing device characterized by the pursuit of the target species by towing, pushing the gears, surrounding, covering, dredging, and scaring the target species to impoundments; such as, but not limited to, trawl, purse seines, Danish seines, paaling and drift gill net
Active Fishing Gear
Is characterized by the absence of pursuit of the target species; such as, but not limited to, hook and line, fishpots, traps and gill nets set across the path of the
fish
Passive Fishing Gear
Refers to any plan, policy or strategy aimed at ensuring adequate supplies of
appropriate food at affordable prices. Food security may be achieved through self-sufficiency (i.e. ensuring adequate food supplies from domestic production), through self-reliance (i.e. ensuring adequate food supplies through a combination of domestic production and
importation), or through pure importation.
Food Security
A string of land margining a body of water; the part of a seashore between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a low tide terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a beach scarp or berm
Foreshore land
A fishery policy by which a system of equitable resource and allocation is established by law through fishery rights granting and licensing procedure
Limited access
The largest average quantity of fish that can be harvested from a fish stocks/resource within a period of time (e.g. one year. on a sustainable basis under existing environmental conditions)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
The maximum harvest allowed to be taken during a given period of time from any fishery area, or from any fishery species or group of fishery species, or a combination of area and species and normally would not exceed the MSY
Total Allowable Catch (TAC)
Refers to any fishery species which in the course of their life could travel from
freshwater to marine water or vice versa, or any marine species which travel over great distances in waters of the ocean as part of their behavioral adaptation for survival and speciation
Migratory species
Marine fishes which migrate to freshwater areas to spawn
Anadromous species
Freshwater fishes which migrate to marine areas to spawn
Catadromous species
The requirement of continuously observing: (1) fishing effort which can be
expressed by the number of days or hours of fishing, number of fishing gears and number of fisherfolk; (2) characteristics of fishery resources; and (3) resource yields (catch)
Monitoring
The regulatory conditions (legal framework) under which the exploitation,
utilization and disposition of the resources may be conducted
Control
The degree and types of observations required to maintain compliance with
regulations
Surveillance
Refers to fishing within municipal waters using fishing vessels of three (3) gross
tons or less, or fishing not requiring the use of fishing vessels
Municipal fishing
The management of contiguous fishery resources such as bays which straddle several municipalities, cities or provinces, shall be done in ___
An integrated manner
Exception to the commercial fishing vessel license
Scientific, research or educational purposes within Philippine waters pursuant to an international agreement of which the Philippines is a signatory
Licensed large commercial fishing vessels license herein authorized to be granted shall allow the licensee to operate only in Philippine waters ___ deep
7 or more fathoms
Persons Eligible for Commercial Fishing Vessel License
- Citizens of the Philippines
- Partnerships or to associations, cooperatives or corporations duly
registered in the Philippines at least sixty percent (60%) of the capital stock of which is owned by Filipino citizens
Commercial fishing vessels must secure ___
Certificates of Philippine Registry
Lease of fishponds: maximum area for individuals and for corporations or fisherfolk organizations
50 hectares for individuals, and 250 hectares for corporations or fisherfolk
organizations
Lease of fishponds: period, and renewable period
25 years and renewable for another 25 years
Lease of fishponds: the area leased shall be developed and producing on a commercial scale within ___ from the approval of the lease contract; those not fully producing within ___ shall automatically revert to the public domain for reforestation
3 years, 5 years
Lease of fishponds: transfer or assignment must have ___ of the Department
Prior written approval
A ___ is required for the import and/or export fishery products of whatever size, stage, or form for any purpose
Permit from the Department
Fishing areas reserves for exclusive use of the government - for propagation, educational, research and scientific purposes
Beyond 15 kilometers from shoreline (beyond municipal waters)
FARMC
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council
Fish refuge and sanctuaries: ___ of bays,
foreshore lands, continental shelf or any fishing ground
At least 25% but not more than 40%
Fish refuge and sanctuaries: By the LGU, in consultation with or upon recommendation by the FARMCs – ___ of the total coast areas in each municipality automatically designated as fish sanctuaries
At least 15%
Prima facie presumption of unauthorized fishing
Discovery of any person in an area where he has no permit or registration papers for a fishing vessel
Exception to unauthorized fishing
Fishing for daily sustenance, leisure not for commercial, occupation or livelihood purposes
Agency in charge of fees and other fishery charges beyond the municipal waters, access to fishery resources, catch ceiling limitations, and establishment of closed season
Department of Agriculture – Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
The license fees of fishery activity in municipal waters shall be determined by whom
Local Government Units (LGUs), in consultation with the FARMCs
EIS
Environmental Impact Statements
ECC
Environmental Compliance Certificate
2 special agencies or offices vested with jurisdiction over municipal waters by virtue of special laws
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development, Laguna Lake Development Authority
His purpose is to attend to the needs of the fishing industry, to be
appointed by the President
Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Established in the national level and in all municipalities/cities abutting municipal waters as defined by the Philippine Fisheries Code; must undergo consultation before creation by fisherfolk organizations/cooperatives and NGOs in the locality and be assisted by the
LGUs and other government entities
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Councils (FARMCs)
The systematic administration of activities
which provide for segregation at source, segregated transportation, storage, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste and all other waste management activities which do not harm the environment
Ecological solid waste management
The discipline associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid wastes in a manner that is in accord with the best principles of public health, economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics, and other environmental considerations, and that is also responsive to public attitudes;
Solid waste management
Includes a solid waste transfer station or sorting station, drop-off center, a composting facility, and a recycling facility
Materials recovery facility
A disposal area wherein the solid wastes are indiscriminately thrown or disposed of without due planning and consideration for environmental and Health standards
Open dump
The treating of used or waste materials through a process of making them suitable for beneficial use and for other purposes, and includes any process by which solid waste materials are transformed into new products in such a manner that the original product may lose their identity, and which
maybe used as raw materials for the production of other goods or services
Recycling
A waste disposal site designed, constructed, operated and maintained in a manner that exerts engineering control over significant potential environment impacts arising from the development and operation of the facility
Sanitary landfill
Wastes produced from activities within local government units which include a
combination of domestic, commercial, institutional and industrial wastes and street litters
Municipal waste
All discarded household, commercial waste, non-hazardous institutional and
industrial waste, street sweepings, construction debris, agricultural waste, and other nonhazardous/non-toxic solid waste
Solid waste
Solid waste does not refer to the following (3)
- Hazardous waste
- Infectious waste from hospitals
- Waste from mining activities
Solid waste or combination of solid waste which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed
Hazardous waste
Liquid produced when waste undergoes decomposition, and when water percolates through solid waste undergoing decomposition. It is contaminated liquid
that contains dissolved and suspended materials
Leachate
Household hazardous wastes such as paints, thinners, household batteries, lead-acid batteries, spray canisters and the like. These include wastes from residential and commercial sources that comprise of bulky wastes, consumer electronics, white goods, yard wastes that are collected separately, batteries, oil, and tires
Special wastes
Local government solid waste management plans are good for ___ and consistent with the national solid waste management framework
10 years
These shall not be allowed as final disposal sites. If they are existing within the city or municipality, the plan shall make provisions for their closure or eventual phase out
Open dump sites
___ shall be developed and operated as a final disposal site for solid and, eventually, residual wastes of a municipality or city or a cluster of municipality and/or cities
Sanitary landfill sites
Segregation of wastes shall primarily be conducted at ___, to include
household, institutional, industrial, commercial and agricultural sources
The source
There shall be established a ___ in every barangay or cluster of barangays, which shall receive mixed waste
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
No controlled dumps shall be allowed ___ following the effectivity of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
5 years
Siga is prohibited under section 48 of this law
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
The construction of any establishment within ___ from open dumps or controlled dumps, or sanitary landfill is prohibited
200 meters
Shall oversee the implementation of solid waste management plans and prescribe policies to achieve the objectives of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act and shall approve local solid waste management plans in accordance with its rules and regulations
National Solid Waste Management Commission
Composition of the National Solid Waste Management Commission
14 members from the government sector and 3 members from the private sector, with the Secretary of DENR as the chairperson
The segregation and collection of solid waste shall be conducted at the ___
Barangay level
The collection of non-recyclable materials and special wastes shall be the responsibility of the ___
Municipality or city
Wild forms and varieties of flora and fauna, in all developmental stages, including those which are in captivity or are being bred or propagated
Wildlife
Species or subspecies of wildlife naturally occurring or has naturally established population in the country
Indigenous wildlife
The research, collection and utilization of biological and genetic resources for purposes of applying the knowledge derived therefrom solely for commercial
purposes
Bioprospecting
Place or environment where species or subspecies naturally occur or has naturally
established its population
Habitat
The preservation and sustainable utilization of wildlife, and/or maintenance,
restoration and enhancement of the habitat
Conservation
Species or subspecies which is naturally occurring and found only within specific
areas in the country
Endemic species
Species or subspecies which do not naturally occur in the country
Exotic species
Species or subspecies which have actual or potential value in trade or utilization for commercial purpose
Economically important species
Species or subspecies considered as critically endangered, endangered,
vulnerable or other accepted categories of wildlife whose population is at risk of extinction
Threatened species
A species or subspecies that is facing extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future
Critically endangered species
A species or subspecies that is not critically endangered but whose survival in the wild is unlikely if the causal factors continue operating
Endangered species
A species or subspecies that is not critically endangered nor endangered but is under threat from adverse factors throughout their range and is likely to move to the endangered category in the near future
Vulnerable species
Requirements for the possession of wildlife
Financial and technical capability, and facility
Exceptions to the illegal acts in the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (5)
Killing and destroying wildlife:
(i) religious rituals of indigenous cultural
communities;
(ii) wildlife is afflicted with an incurable communicable disease;
(iii) to put an end to the misery suffered by the wildlife;
(iv) to prevent an imminent danger to the life or limb of a human being; and
(v) after it has been used in authorized research or experiments
Has jurisdiction over all terrestrial plant and animal species, all turtles and tortoises and wetland species, including but not limited to crocodiles, waterbirds and all amphibians and dugong
DENR
Has jurisdiction over all declared aquatic critical habitats, all aquatic resources including but not limited to all
fishes, aquatic plants, invertebrates and all marine mammals, except dugong
DA
Chair for scientific authorities (terrestrial)
PAWB or Biodiversity Management Bureau of the DENR; Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau
Chair for scientific authorities (aquatic)
BFAR of the DA; UP Marine Science Institute
Implementation of management and scientific authorities for international trade in endangered species for Palawan
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development
4 flaghsip species, which shall serve as emblems of conservation for the local government concerned
Cebu black shama (copsychus cebuensis), tamaraw (bubalus mindorensis), Philippine tarsier (tarsius syrichta), Philippine teak (tectona philippinensis).
Vice chairperson for disaster rehabilitation and recovery
NEDA Director-General
