ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

AND PROTECTION
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO.1067
A DECREE INSTITUTING A WATER CODE,
THEREBY REVISING AND
CONSOLIDATING THE LAWS GOVERNING
THE OWNERSHIP,
APPROPRIATION, UTILIZATION,
EXPLOITATION, DEVELOPMENT,
CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF
WATER RESOURCES
 Presidential Decree NO. 1067 otherwise
known as the Water Code of the Philippines
 Year of Enactment and Implementation (Enacted in 1976)
 Purpose Appropriation, Control and Conservation of
Water Resources
 Control Area (Nationwide)
 Water legislations are piecemeal inadequate to cope with
increasing scarcity of water and changing patterns of
water use
 There is a need for a Water Code based on rational
concepts of integrated and multi-purpose management
of water resources and sufficiently flexible to adequately
meet future developments
 Water is vital national development and it has become
increasingly necessary for government to intervene
actively in improving the management of water
resources;
 Basic principles and framework relating to
the appropriation, control and conservation
of water resources to achieve the optimum
development and rational utilization of these
resources are established;
 The extent of the rights and obligation of
water users and owners including the
protection and regulation of such rights are
defined;
 A basic law governing the ownership,
appropriation, utilization, exploitation,
development, conservation and protection of
water resources and rights to land related
thereto is adopted
 The administrative agencies which will
enforce this Code are identified.
 Republic Act No. 8550
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND
CONSERVATION OF THE
FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES,
INTEGRATING ALL LAWS PERTINENT
THERETO, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
The state shall ensure the attainment of the
following objectives of the fishery sector:
 1. Conservation, protection and sustained

management of the country's fishery and

aquatic resources;
 2. Poverty alleviation and the provision of

supplementary livelihood among

municipal fisherfolk;
 3. Improvement of productivity of

aquaculture within ecological limits;

 4. Optimal utilization of offshore and

deep-sea resources; and

 5. Upgrading of post-harvest technology
 Section 86. Unauthorized Fishing or
Engaging in Other Unauthorized
Fisheries Activities.
 Section 87. Poaching in Philippine
Waters.
 Section 88. Fishing Through
Explosives, Noxious or Poisonous
Substance, and/or Electricity.
 Section 89. Use of Fine Mesh Net. –
 Section 91. Ban on Coral
Exploitation and Exportation.
 Section 93. Illegal Use of
 .
 Section 97. Fishing Or Taking of
Rare, Threatened or Endangered
Species. –
 Section 100. Importation or
Exportation of Fish or Fishery
Species. –
 Section 102. Aquatic Pollution.
 Section 94. Conversion of
Mangroves.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6969
AN ACT TO CONTROL TOXIC
SUBSTANCES AND HAZARDOUS AND
NUCLEAR
WASTES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
 Overview -It has been recognized that the
public and the environment are at risk in the
use or exposure to chemicals as well as the
long term damage brought about by careless
handling or disposal of hazardous wastes

 To control, supervise and regulate activities on

toxic chemicals and hazardous waste. Under
this act importation, manufacture, processing,
handling, storage, transportation, sale,
distribution, use and disposal of all
unregulated chemical substances and mixtures
in the Philippines, as well as the entry even in
transit, or storage and disposal of hazardous
and nuclear wastes are regulated.
 FeaturesThe Department of Environment and Natural
Resources shall be the implementing agency and shall be
assisted by the Inter-Agency Advisory Council
 It provides for the regulation of all chemical substances that
may pose threat to public health and the environment through
import, manufacture, sale, use, distribution, and disposal as
well as the regulation of all hazardous wastes from generation,
transport, storage, re-use/recycling, treatment and disposal
 Registration of the following is required to ensure that
industrial economic growth is achieved in an environmentally
sound manner to effectively manage hazardous wastes in
order to minimize human and environmental impacts cause by
industrial activities:
 Hazardous wastes generators
 Hazardous wastes treater
 Hazardous wastes transporter
 Violators shall be subject to fines, imprisonment, dismissal
from office, confiscation and forfeiture chemical substances
and mixtures in favor of the government, deportation and
barred from entry into the Philippines in case of foreigner
Republic Act No.
8749
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE AIR
POLLUTION
CONTROL POLICY AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
 Republic Act No. 8749

The Philippines Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic

Act No. 8749) outlines the government’s
measures to reduce air pollution and incorporate
environmental protection into its development
plans. It relies heavily on the polluter pays
principle and other market-based instruments to
promote self-regulation among the population. It
sets emission standards for all motor vehicles
and issues pollutant limitations for industry.
Emission limit values are laid down by The
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, Philippines as ‘Implementing Rules
and Regulations for Philippine Clean Air Act of
1999’. These rules and regulations shall apply to
all industrial emissions and other establishments
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
CREATING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL
MECHANISMS AND INCENTIVES,
DECLARING
CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 Establishment of the National Solid Waste Management
Commission and the National Ecology Center which will oversee
and ensure the implementation of the Act, and undertake
training and education of the Act, respectively;

 Creation of Solid Waste Management Boards at the provincial,

city/municipality and barangay levels;

 Preparation of a National Solid Waste Management Status Report

that will contain an inventory of existing solid waste facilities,
waste characterization, waste generation projections and other
pertinent information. The report will be the basis for the
development of a National Solid Waste Management Systems
Framework which will eventually guild local government units
(LGUs) in the preparation of their respective plans;

 Diversion of 25% of solid wastes by LGUs from waste disposal

facilities through reuse, recycling and composing activities within
five years after the effectivity of the Act;
 Establishment of a Materials Recovery Facility in every
barangay or cluster of barangays;

 Closure/upgrading of open dumpsites into controlled

dumpsites within three years after the effectivity of the
Act;

 Mandatory waste segregation and recycling at the

barangay level;

 Civil, criminal and administrative liability of violators;

 Incentives will be given to LGUs, private entities and

NGOs to encourage participation in ecological solid waste
management;

 Fees shall be levied on all waste generators for solid

waste management services. Fines and penalties have
also been set for violators.
Republic Act No. 9275
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE WATER
QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 Streamline processes and procedures in the
prevention, control and abatement of pollution of
the country’s water resources;
 Promote environmental strategies, use of
appropriate economic instruments and of control
mechanisms for the protection of water resources;
 Formulate a holistic national program of water
quality management that recognizes that water
quality management issue cannot be separated
from concerns about water sources and ecological
protection , water supply, public health and quality
of life;
 Formulate an integrated water quality management
framework through proper delegation and effective
coordination of functions and activities;
 Promote commercial and industrial processes and
products that are environment friendly and energy-
efficient;
 Encourage cooperation and self-regulation among citizen
and industries through the application of incentives
market-based instruments and to promote the role of
private industrial enterprises in shaping its regulatory
profile within the acceptable boundaries of public health
and environment;
 Provide for a comprehensive management program for
water pollution focusing on pollution prevention;
 Promote public information and education to encourage
the participation of an informed and active public in water
quality management and monitoring; and
 Formulate and enforce a system of accountability for short
and long term adverse environmental impact of a project,
program or activity.
 Encourage civil society and other sectors, particularly
labor, the academe and business undertaking
environment-related activities in their efforts to organize,
eradicate and motivate the people in addressing pertinent
environmental issue and problems at the local and
national levels.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9729

AN ACT MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE

INTO GOVERNMENT
POLICY FORMULATIONS, ESTABLISHING THE
FRAMEWORK
STRATEGY AND PROGRAM ON CLIMATE
CHANGE, CREATING
FOR THIS PURPOSE THE CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMISSION, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9729

Allowed mainstreaming of
climate change into
government formulation of
programs and projects,
plans and strategies, and
policies, creation of Climate
Change Commission, and
establishment of Framework
Strategy and Program for
climate change.
 Republic Act No. 9175
AN ACT REGULATING THE OWNERSHIP,
POSSESSION, SALE,
IMPORTATION AND USE OF CHAINSAWS,
PENALIZING
VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
 Republic Act No. 9175 otherwise
known as the Chainsaw Act of
2002 is an act regulating the
ownership, possession, sale,
importation and use of chain saws,
penalizing violations thereof and for
other purposes
 Persons Authorized to
manufacture, sell and import chain
saws. - Chain saws shall only be sold
and/or imported by manufacturers,
dealers and/or private owners who are
duly authorized by the Department.
Persons Authorized to Possess and Use a
Chainsaw.- The Department is hereby
authorized to issue permits to possess and/or
use a chainsaw for the felling land/or cutting of
trees, timber and other forest or agro-forest
products to any applicant who:
 has a subsisting timber license agreement,
production sharing agreement, or similar
agreements, or a private land timber permit;
 is an orchard and fruit tree farmer;
 is an industrial tree farmer;
 is a licensed wood processor and the chain saw
shall be used for the cutting of timber that has
been legally sold to said applicant; or
 shall use the chain saw for a legal purpose.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7611

AN ACT ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC

ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN FOR PALAWAN,
CREATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
MACHINERY FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION,
CONVERTING THE PALAWAN INTEGRATED
AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE TO
ITS
SUPPORT STAFF, PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 The Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP)
for Palawan
 Republic Act No. (RA) 7611 (June 19, 1992),
the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for
Palawan Act, provided for the adoption of a
comprehensive framework for the sustainable
development of Palawan, compatible with protecting
and enhancing the natural resources and
endangered environment of the province.
 Known as a comprehensive frame-work for the
sustainable development of Palawan compatible with
protecting and enhancing the natural resources and
endangered environment of the province. It shall
serve to guide the local government of Palawan and
the government agencies concerned in the
formulation and implementation of plans, programs
affecting the environment and natural resources
of Palawan.