ENVIRONMENTAL

ISSUES IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 Planet Earth Pie
3%

9%

13%

75%

Water Mountains, deserts, ice Rocky, wet, hot, infertile areas Arable land
 Environmental Issues in the
Philippines
The Philippines’ evident risk to natural
disaster is due to its location. Being a country
that lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is prone
to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
ILLEGAL MINING AND LOGGING/ DEFORESTATION
LAND DEGRADATION
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
 PD 1586 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of 1978
 R.A. 6969 Toxic Substance, Hazardous and Nuclear
Waste Control Act of 1990
 R.A. 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of
2000
 R.A. 9512 Environmental Education Act of 2008
 Recommendation
 To help develop policies that encourages
sustainable land use and management and assist in
the greater use of land resource information for
sustainable agriculture.
 To develop economic instruments for the
assessment of land degradation and encourage the
sustainable use of land resources.
 Recommendation
 To develop information system that link
environmental monitoring, accounting and impact
assessment to land degradation.
 Revision of existing laws and regulation and land to
include clauses such as strict protection lands from
degradation.
 Continuous and effective land audits.