Philippine Environmental Laws Flashcards
The collection of laws, regulation, agreements and common law that governs how human interact with their environment.
Philippine Environmental Laws
it protects the environment and create rules for how people can use natural resources.
Philippine Environmental Laws
R.A. NO. 8749
Clean Air Act of 1999
Comprehensive air quality management policy and program which aims to achieve and maintain healthy air for the Filipinos.
R.A. NO. 8749 (Clean Air Act of 1999)
R.A. NO. 8749 (Clean Air Act of 1999)
- Total phaseout of leaded gasoline on _____________
January 31, 2001
- Source sampling
- Motor Emission Test
- Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Air Sampling
It is under the Environmental Quality Management Division (EQMD) of the Enviromental Management Bureau (EMB)
The Air Quality Managment Section (AQMS)
its main task is tom implement and enforce the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 or RA8749
The Air Quality Management Section (AQMS)
An act regulating the packaging, use, sale, distribution and advertisement of tobacco products and for other purposes.
RA 9211 Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003
- Part of state to protect the populace from hazardous products and promote the right to health and instill health consciousness among them.
-Promote the general welfare, to safeguard the interests of the workers and other stakeholders in the tobacco industry.
- Promote a balanced policy whereby the use, sale and advertisements of tobacco products shall be regulated in order to healthful environment.
RA 9211 Tobacco Regulation Act 2003
Aims to regulate restrict or prohibit the
importation, manufacture, processing, sale,
distribution, use and disposal of chemical
substances and mixtures that present
unreasonable risk to human health.
R.A. No. 6969 Toxic substances, hazardous and
nuclear waste control act of 1990
• Prohibits the entry and transit of
hazardous and nuclear wastes and their
disposal into the Philippine territorial limits
for whatever purpose.
R.A. No. 6969 Toxic substances, hazardous and
nuclear waste control act of 1990
The law ensures proper segregation, collection, storage, treatment and
disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adaptation of best eco-
waste products.
RA 9003: Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
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Setting of minimum requirements
to ensure systematic collection and
transport of wastes and the proper
protection of the health of garbage
collectors
RA 9003: Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
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The law aims to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based sources. It provides for comprehensive and integrated strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.
RA 9275 Clean Water Act of 2004
• Discharging, depositing or causing to be deposited material of any kind directly or
indirectly into water bodies or along the margin of any surface water.
• Disposal of potentially infectious medical wastes into seawater by vessels.
• Refusal or failure to submit reports and/or designate Pollution Control Officer.
• Water Quality Standards, General Effluent Standards, Designation of Water Quality
Management Area
RA 9275 Clean Water Act of 2004
An act providing for the conservation and protection of wildlife resources and
their habitats, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
RA 9147 Wildlife Resources Conservation and
Protection Act
• This act shall have the following objectives:
- to conserve and protect wildlife species and their habitats to promote ecological
balance and enhance biological diversity; - to regulate the collection and trade of wildlife;
- 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.
RA 9147 Wildlife Resources Conservation and
Protection Act
- An act providing for the establishment and management of national integrated protected areas system, defining its scope and coverage, and for
other purposes. - Biodiversity conservation
R. A. No. 7586 National Integrated Protected Areas
System Act of 1992
• It aims to establish a National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS), which encompass ecologically rich and unique areas and biologically important public lands that are habitats of rare and threatened
species of plants and animals, biogeographic zones and related ecosystems, whether terrestrial, wetland or marine, all of which will be designated as “protected areas”.
R. A. No. 7586 National Integrated Protected Areas
System Act of 1992
NIPAS
National Integrated Protected Areas System
An act to recognize, protect and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples, creating a national commission on indigenous peoples, establishing implementing mechanisms, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes
RA 8371 The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997
• recognize and promote all the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/lPs)
RA 8371 The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997
PD 1586
Environmental Impact Statement System)
RA 9512
National Environmental Awareness andEducation Act of 2008
RA 8752
The Anti-Dumping Act of 1999
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.
PD 1586 Environmental Impact Assessment System
(EIS) Statement of 1978
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.
PD 1586 Environmental Impact Assessment System
(EIS) Statement of 1978
- assesses the potential impact of actions “significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.”
- a government document that outlines the
impact of a proposed project on its
surrounding environment.
ElS environment impact statement
• promotion of environmental awareness through environmental education which shall
encompass
- environmental concepts and principles,
- environmentallaws,
- the state of international and local environment,
- local environmental best practices,
- the threats of environmental degradation and its impact on human well-being,
- the responsibility of the citizenry to the environment and
- the value of conservation, protection and rehabilitation of natural resources and the
environment.
RA 9512 - National Environmental Awareness and
Education Act of 2008
• Provides protection to a domestic industry which is being injured or is likely to be injured by the dumping of products imported into or sold in the Philippines.
RA 8752 The Anti-Dumping Act of 1999
