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ENVIRONMENTAL

OVERVIEW
The pursuit of a comprehensive and integrated environmental
protection program necessitates the establishment and
institutionalization of a system whereby the exigencies of socioeconomic undertakings can be reconciled with the requirements of
environmental quality
The regulatory requirements of Environmental Impact Statement
and Assessments instituted in pursuit of this national
environmental protection program have to work into their full
regulatory and procedural details in a manner consistent with the
goals of the program

FEATURES

Declared environmentally critical projects and areas

are required to obtain an Environmental Compliance
Certificate before operation
Environmentally Critical Projects includes heavy
industries, resource extractive industries, infrastructure
projects, golf course projects
Violators shall be punished by the suspension of
cancellation of his/its certificate and or fine for each
violation

FEATURES
Characteristics of Environmentally Critical Areas:
Areas declared by law as natural parks, watershed reserves, wildlife reserves, and
sanctuaries
Areas set aside as aesthetic, potential tourist spots
Areas which constitute the habitat for any endangered or threatened species of
indigenous Philippine wildlife (flora and fauna)
Areas of unique historical, archeological, geological or scientific interests
Areas which are traditionally occupied by cultural communities or tribes
Areas frequently visited and/or hard hit by natural calamities (geologic hazards, floods,
typhoons, volcanic activity, etc.)
Areas of critical slope
Areas classified as prime agricultural lands
Recharged areas of aquifers
Waterbodies
Mangrove areas
Coral reefs

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SECTION 4 AND 5

SECTION 8 AND 9