EDUC 95

I. TOPIC 1

1. Environmental Education in the Philippines

 Environmental concepts and principles
 Balanced and healthful ecology (Sec. 16, Art. II, Philippine Constitution)
 Oposa vs. Factoran (G.R. No. 101083 /30 July 1993, 224 SCRA
792)
 National economy and State ownership (Sec. 1 and 2, Art. XII, Philippine
Constitution)
  Central Mindanao University vs. Executive Secretary, G.R. No.
184869, September 21, 2010

2. Ancestral Domain

 Republic Act No. 8371 (Indigenous Peoples Rights Act or “IPRA”)

 Rights of Indigenous People under IPRA

3. Republic Act No. 9512 – ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS EDUCATION ACT

4. The National Environmental Education Action Plan 2018-2040

5. DepEd’s core value Makakalikasan

6. DepEd Memo No. 19 , Series of 2018: Activities of the Department of

Environment and Natural Resources

II. TOPIC 2

1. The State of International and Local Environment

 Environmental issues and international relations

 World Day to Combat Desertification
 International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
 National Ozone Protection Month /International Ozone Day

2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS)

3. Climate Change

 United Nations Framework on Climate Change, actions (UN

FCCC/CP/2009/11/Add.1 dated 30 March 2010)
4. Republic Act No. 9729 (Climate Change Act of 2009)

5. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Environmental Education Action

Plan for Sustainable Development 2014-2018.

6. Republic Act No. 9275 (Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004) (Sec. 2)
 Water Quality Management Areas and Non-Attainment Areas (DENR AO
2004, Rules 5& 6, dated 24 Dec. 2004)

7. Illegal Fishing

See: R.A. 8550 (Sec. 86-106)

a. Use of explosives, noxious substances, electricity

 
b. Poaching in Philippine Waters
* Sea Lion Fishing Corp. vs. People, G.R. No. 172678, March 23,
2011

III. TOPIC 3

1. Local Environmental Best Practices

2. Republic Act No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste and Management Act of 2000) (Sec.
1 – 47)

 LGU Solid Waste Management Plan

3. Philippine Clean Air Month

4. Republic Act No. 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999) (Sec. 2 – 18)
 DENR AO 200-81
 Integrated Air Quality Improvement Framework
 Polluter Pays Principle; Environmental Rehabilitation

5. The threats of environmental degradation and its impact on human well-being

6. Republic Act No. 9275 (Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004) (Sec. 2)

 Water Quality Management Areas and Non-Attainment Areas (DENR AO

2004, Rules 5& 6, dated 24 Dec. 2004)
 

7. Watershed Management (PD 1067, Art. 67)

IV. TOPIC 4
1. The responsibility of the citizenry to the environment and the value of
conservation,

2. Community-Based Forest Management (DENR AO 96-29)

3. Mangroves (DENR AO 15-90; “Community-based Rehabilitation of Mangroves”)

4. National Clean-up Month/International Coastal Clean-up Weekend

5. National Environmental Awareness Month

6. Environment Friendly School System (EFFS)

7. Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program/CEMCRR/ Environmental

Work Program (DENR AO 2010-21 sections 56, 134-136, 167-171)
 
8. National Disaster Consciousness Month
 Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (RA
10121)

7. Protection and rehabilitation of natural resources and the environment in the

context of sustainable development
 The National Environmental Education Action Plan 2018-2040 (Version 1)

Prepared by:

ATTY. ROBERT T. ESTANDARTE, REE