Environmental Jurisprudence (Lecture II)

1. Law is defined in the most generic way by _______ as “an ordinance of reason promulgated
for the common good by Him who is in charge.”
Answer: St. Augustine

2. An Act to Prohibit 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.
Answer: R.A No. 3571 or Republic Act 3571

3. What is the presidential decree establishing an Oil Pollution Operations Center in the
Philippines Coast Guard Headquarters?
Answer: Presidential Decree NO. 602 or P.D. No. 602

4. Give one title from the Philippine Environmental Code.

Answers: Air Quality Management
Water Quality Management
Land Use Management
Natural Resources Management and Conservation

5. What is the name of the act that promotes the exploration and development of geothermal
resources?
Answer: Presidential Decree NO. 1442 or P.D. No. 1442

6. ___________ Established the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical

Services Administration (PAGASA)
Answer: Presidential Decree NO. 78 or P.D. No. 78

7. Give one declared agreement for the world environment from the UN Stockholm
Conference
Answers: Dangerous Level of Pollution in Water and Air
Earth and Living Being
Major and Undesirable Disturbances to the Ecological Balance of the Biosphere
Destruction and Depletion of the Irreplaceable Resources

8. ___________ Prescribing the interim procedures in the processing and approval of

applications for the exploitation, development, and utilization of minerals.
Answer: Presidential Decree NO. 211 or P.D. No. 211

9. Section ___ - The dumping or disposal of solid wastes into the sea and any body of water in
the Philippines, including shorelines and riverbanks where these wastes are likely to be
washed into the water, is prohibited. Answer: Section 49 or 49
10. What is the Chapter V of Philippine Environmental Code?
Answer: Energy Development