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includes policies, practices, and laws
designed to protect human health and well- being, natural
resources, and environmental quality
includes policies, practices, and laws designed to protect human health and well- being, natural resources, and environmental quality
Environmental Policies
The cornerstone of the Philippine environmental policy is
the Presidential Decree No. 1152, series of 1977 or the
Philippine Environment Code (PEC)
The cornerstone of the Philippine environmental policy is the Presidential Decree No. 1152, series of 1977 or the Philippine Environment Code (PEC)
P.D. 1152. PEC (1977) establishes public oversight
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.
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 (1999) regulates air emissions
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).
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).
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This law aims to conserve and protect the country’s wildlife
resources and their habitats, appropriating funds therefor 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.
This law aims to conserve and protect the country’s wildlife resources and their habitats, appropriating funds therefor 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.
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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.
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.
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The Environment Impact Assessment System 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
The Environment Impact Assessment System 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
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A central goal
because
poverty reduces
access to health
care, education,
and other
essential
components of
development.
A central goal because poverty reduces access to health care, education, and other essential components of development.
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More
consumption,
more pressure.
Less
consumption,
less pressure to
our
environment.
More consumption, more pressure. Less consumption, less pressure to our environment.
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leads to evergreater
resource
demands,
because
all people need
some
resources.
leads to evergreater resource demands, because all people need some resources.
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especially
for children and
mothers, is
essential
for a productive
life.
especially for children and mothers, is essential for a productive life.
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are
key because
over half
of humanity
now lives
in cities
are key because over half of humanity now lives in cities
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needs to
guide decision making
in local and
national
governments, to
ensure that
environmental quality
is protected
before it gets
damaged, and to set
agreed-upon rules for
resource use
needs to guide decision making in local and national governments, to ensure that environmental quality is protected before it gets damaged, and to set agreed-upon rules for resource use
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essential for
minimizing the
rate of climate
change and for
reducing
impacts of air
pollution on
people,
plants, and
infrastructure
essential for minimizing the rate of climate change and for reducing impacts of air pollution on people, plants, and infrastructure
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through better
management
of water
resources
can save farms,
ecosystems,
and lives.
through better management of water resources can save farms, ecosystems, and lives.
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go together because
much of the world’s
biodiversity is in
forests. We also
depend on forests for
water resources,
climate regulation,
and resources
including food, wood,
medicines, and
building materials
go together because much of the world’s biodiversity is in forests. We also depend on forests for water resources, climate regulation, and resources including food, wood, medicines, and building materials
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Improving conditions
for billions of rural
people, including
more sustainable
farming systems, soil
stewardship to help
stabilize yields, and
access to land, can
help reduce
populations in urban
slums
Improving conditions for billions of rural people, including more sustainable farming systems, soil stewardship to help stabilize yields, and access to land, can help reduce populations in urban slums
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