Module 6 Flashcards
(41 cards)
includes policies, practices, and laws designed to protect human health and well- being, natural resources, and environmental quality.
Environmental policy
What groups joins the salakyag ng mga sangnilikha
Anti-mining advocates and environmental groups
What is the name of the group that aims to empower communities to talk about environmental issues
Salakyag ng mga Sangnilikha
How problem can be identified in policy creation
usually by concerned groups of citizens or interest groups.
How people plans to resolve the problem
Plans to resolve the problem are developed through discussion, and new rules are proposed
is built to gather votes for the new rule.
Popular support
If the rule is agreed to, then it is
implemented
then leads to identification of flaws in the rule, and the cycle starts again.
Evaluation
is central to policy development.
Building support
The cornerstone of the Philippine environmental policy is the
P.D. 1152. PEC (June 6, 1977), Presidential Decree No. 1152, series of 1977 or the Philippine Environment Code (PEC)
it serves as a framework in the launching of a comprehensive program of environmental protection and management
Presidential Decree No. 1152, series of 1977 or the Philippine Environment Code (PEC)
Ferdinand Marcos
The law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air Quality guideline values for criteria pollutants, throughout the Philippines while minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy.
R.A. 8749. The Clean Air Act (june 23,1999) regulates air emissions
Jose ponce enrile
The law 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.
R.A. 9275. The Clean Water Act ( protects surface water
Gloria macapagal arroyo
This law aims to conserve and protect the country’s wildlife resources and their habitats, appropriating funds therefore and for other purposes to promote ecological balance and enhance biological diversity. Further, it focuses on the regulation of the collection and trade of wildlife. It also strives 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.
R.A. 9147. The Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (July 30, 2001) protects wildlife
Gloria macapagal arroyo
The law aims to regulate, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures which present unreasonable risk to human health. It likewise prohibits 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.
R.A. 6969. Toxic Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act (October 26, 1990) addresses hazardous sites
Corazon Aquino
to balance between socio-economic development and environmental protection
P.D. 1586. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (June 11, 1978)
Ferdinand marcos
Ramsar: Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
1971 held
1975 enacted
Heritage: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
1972 held
1975 ended
CITES: Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
1973 held
1987 ended
CMS: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
1979 held
1983 ended
Ozone: Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
1985 held
1988 ended
Basel: Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
1989 held
1992 ended
CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity
1992 held
1993 ended
UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1992 held
1994 ended