COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME CONSERVATION STATUS

African Elephant Loxodonta africana Vulnerable

African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus Endangered

Albacore Tuna Thunnus alalunga Near Threatened

Amazon River Dolphin Scientific Name Inia geoffrensis

Amur Leopard Panthera pardus orientalis Critically Endangered

Amur Tiger Panthera tigris altaica Endangered

Arctic Fox Vulpes lagopus Least Concern

Arctic Wolf Canis lupus arctos Least Concern

Asian Elephant Elephas maximus indicus Endangered

Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Near Threatened

Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris tigris Endangered

Bigeye Tuna Thunnus obesus Vulnerable

Black Rhino Diceros bicornis Critically Endangered

Black Spider Monkey Ateles paniscus Vulnerable

Black-footed Ferret Mustela nigripes Endangered

Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Endangered

Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Thynnus Endangered

Bonobo Pan paniscus Endangered

Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus Critically Endangered

Borneo Pygmy Elephant Elephas maximus borneensis Endangered

Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus Least Concern

Brown Bear Ursus arctos Least Concern

Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes Endangered

Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncates Least Concern

Cross River Gorilla Gorilla gorilla diehli Critically Endangered

Dolphins and Porpoises

Dugong Dugong dugon Vulnerable

Eastern Lowland Gorilla Gorilla beringei graueri Critically Endangered

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME CONSERVATION STATUS

Elephant

Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus Endangered

Forest Elephant Vulnerable

Galápagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus Endangered

Ganges River Dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica Endangered

Giant Panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca Vulnerable

Giant Tortoise Vulnerable

Gorilla Gorilla gorilla and Gorilla beringei

Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus Least Concern

Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias Vulnerable

Greater One-Horned Rhino Rhinoceros unicornis Vulnerable

Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Near Threatened

Green Turtle Chelonia mydas Endangered

Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Critically Endangered

Hector's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori Endangered

Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Vulnerable

Humphead Wrasse Cheilinus undulatus Endangered

Indian Elephant Elephas maximus indicus Endangered

Indochinese Tiger Panthera tigris corbet Endangered

Indus River Dolphin Platanista minor Endangered

Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris Endangered

Jaguar Panthera onca Near Threatened

REPUBLIC ACT 9003 ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF
2000

In partnership with stakeholders, the law aims to adopt a systematic,

comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program that shall
ensure the protection of public health and environment. The law ensures proper
segregation, collection, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through
the formulation and adaptation of best eco-waste products.

REPUBLIC ACT 9275 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 2004

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 comprehensive and integrated
strategy to prevent and minimize pollution through a multi-sectoral and
participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.

REPUBLIC ACT 8749 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999

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.

REPUBLIC ACT 6969 TOXIC SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS AND NUCLEAR WASTE

CONTROL ACT OF 1990

The law aims to regulate restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture,

processing, sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and
mixtures the 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.

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS)

STATEMENT OF 1978

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. EIA is a planning and management
tool that will help government, decision makers, the proponents and the affected
community address the negative consequences or risks on the environment. The
process assures implementation of environment-friendly projects.