NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYLLABUS

1ST Semester, S.Y. 2018-2019

Atty. Kriselle Joy B. Manalo

Part 1: Constitutional Provisions:

Relevant Provisions of the 1987 Constitution
I. Preamble.
II. National Territory:
A. Territorial sea
B. Seabed
C. The subsoil
D. Insular
E. Other submarine areas
III. Declaration of Principles and State Policies:
Section 15. The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health
consciousness among them.
Section 16. The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful
ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.
Case: Oposa vs. Factoran 224 SCRA 792
IV. Bill of Rights Article III
V. National Economy and Patrimony – Article XII
A. Efficient Use of Resources. Section 1.
B. State Ownership of Natural Resources Section 2.
Cases: Oh Cho v. Director of Lands, 75 Phil. 890
Director of Lands vs. CA, G.R. No. 112567, February 7, 2000
REGALIAN DOCTRINE
Republic vs. dela Paz, G.R. No. 171631, November 15, 2010
Republic vs. CA, G.R. No. L-43938, April 15, 1988
C. Public Domain and Land Classification
1. Section 3. Lands of the public domain are classified into agricultural, forest or timber,
mineral lands and national parks.
2. Section 4. Limits of Forest Lands.
3. Ancestral Domains (RA 8371) Ancestral Lands
D. Indigenous Cultural Communities Section 5.
E. Social Function of Property Section 6.

Part 2. General Environmental Laws

1. Philippine Environmental Code (PD 1152)
Case: MMDA, et al. vs. Concerned residents of Manila Bay, G.R. Nos. 171947-48,
Dec. 18, 2008.
 2. Reorganization Act of the DENR (E.O. 192[1987]
Case: G.R. Nos. 162243, 164516. 171875, Secretary of DENR vs. PICOP, Nov. 29,
2006.
3. Provisions in C.A. No. 141, The Public Land Act;
4. R.A. No. 6657, Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
Part 3. Specific Environmental Laws
1. Act No. 3572, Prohibition Against Cutting of Tindalo, Akli, and Molave Trees;
2. P.D. No. 705, Revised Forestry Code;
3. P.D. No. 856, Sanitation Code;
4. P.D. No. 979, Marine Pollution Decree;
5. P.D. No. 1067, Water Code;
6. P.D. No. 1433, Plant Quarantine Law of 1978;
7. P.D. No. 1586, Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement System Including Other
Environmental Management Related Measures and for Other Purposes;
8. R.A. No. 3571, Prohibition Against the Cutting, Destroying or Injuring of Planted or
Growing Trees, Flowering Plants and Shrubs or Plants of Scenic Value along Public Roads,
in Plazas, Parks, School Premises or in any Other Public Ground;
9. R.A. No. 4850, Laguna Lake Development Authority Act;
10. R.A. No. 6969, Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Act;
11. R.A. No. 7076, People’s Small-Scale Mining Act;
12. R.A. No. 7586, National Integrated Protected Areas System Act including all laws, decrees,
orders, proclamations and issuances establishing protected areas;
13. R.A. No. 7611, Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan Act;
14. R.A. No. 7942, Philippine Mining Act;
15. R.A. No. 8371, Indigenous Peoples Rights Act;
16. R.A. No. 8550, Philippine Fisheries Code;
17. R.A. No. 8749, Clean Air Act;
18. R.A. No. 9003, Ecological Solid Waste Management Act;
19. R.A. No. 9072, National Caves and Cave Resource Management Act;
20. R.A. No. 9147, Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act;
21. R.A. No. 9175, Chainsaw Act; (v) R.A. No. 9275, Clean Water Act;
22. R.A. No. 9483, Oil Spill Compensation Act of 2007; and
Part 4. Dispute Settlement for Environmental Cases
I. Rules of Procedures under domestic laws
A. Civil Procedure
B. Criminal Procedure
C. Precautionary Principle
D. Strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP)
E. Writ of Kalikasan
F. Administrative Remedies
II. International dispute mechanisms for environmental cases.