Philippine

Environmental
Laws
Prepared by:
Dacallos, Cidie D.
Palad, John Kelly T.
Manliclic, Camille Joy
What is environmental law?

■ Environmental law is a combined concept that encompasses

element of the law that include the environmental protection. A
similar but different set of regulatory systems, today highly
influenced by the concepts of environmental law, focuses on the
protection of particular natural resources, such as forests,
minerals or fisheries.
Major Environmental Laws in the Philippines

REPUBLIC ACT 9003 ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

ACT OF 2000

■ The goal of the regulation, in collaboration with stakeholders, is to

implement a systemic, comprehensive and ecological policy for the
management of solid waste and ensure the security of public health
and the environment. Through formulating and adapting the right eco-
waste items, the legislation guarantees adequate segregation,
processing, transportation, management and recycling of solid waste.
Waste Generation of the Philippines,
2012-2016 (Tons per day
REPUBLIC ACT 9275 PHILIPPINE CLEAN WATER ACT
OF 2004

■ The legislation seeks to shield the water bodies of the world

from contamination from land-based sources (industry and
commercial enterprises, irrigation, community/household
activities). It proposes a holistic and coordinated solution
through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach engaging all
stakeholders to reduce and mitigate emissions.
REPUBLIC ACT 8749 PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR
ACT OF 1999

■ The legislation aims at obtaining and preserving clean air in the

Philippines that satisfies the National Air Quality Guideline
values for pollutant requirements, thus reducing potential related
economic impacts.
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REPUBLIC ACT 6969 TOXIC SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS
AND NUCLEAR WASTE CONTROL ACT OF 1990

■ The object of the regulation is to prevent or ban the importation,

manufacture, refining, selling, delivery, use and disposal of
chemicals and mixtures from posing an unacceptable danger to
human health. It also forbids, for whatever reason, the
admission, except in transit, of hazardous and radioactive waste
and its dumping into the Philippine territorial limits; and to
advance and encourage study and studies on toxic chemicals.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT (EIS) STATEMENT OF 1978 

■ With the implementation of Presidential Decree No.1586, the

Environment Impact Evaluation Scheme was officially established in
1978 to promote the achievement and preservation of a fair and orderly
equilibrium between socio-economic growth and environmental
security. EIA is a strategy and management mechanism that can assist
the state, decision-makers, stakeholders and the local population in
mitigating the harmful environmental effects or threats. The method
ensures the introduction of eco-friendly initiatives.
WILDLIFE RESOURCES CONVERSATION AND PROTECTION
ACT R.A. No. 9147

■ In order to conserve and foster ecological harmony and biological

diversity, the Act provides for the restoration, conservation and security
of wildlife species and their habitats; it also provides for the monitoring
and surveillance of the capture, killing and sale of wildlife; and it also
provides for the funding and encouragement of scientific studies on the
protection of biodiversity.
 Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998
 R. A. No. 8550

■ An Act providing for, and for other reasons, the production,

management and protection of fisheries and aquatic resources,
including all applicable legislation therein.
Philippine Mining Act of 1995 R.A. No. 7942

■ It is the governing legislation controlling the production of mineral

resources in the region. Revitalizing the ailing Philippine mining
industry by offering fiscal reforms and incentives and sustaining a
viable inventory of minerals to support the industry is one of the
primary goals of this act.
The Coral Resources Development and Conservation
Decree Presidential Code No. 1219 R.A. No.

■ According to Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to

be the policy of the State to promote and regulate the exploration,
exploitation, utilization and conservation of coral resources, whether
existing beneath territorial waters or in the marine economic zone of
the Philippines, and to ensure the protection of these resources as
provided for under other existing laws.