NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS expansion of the livestock, poultry, and dairy
Revised Administration Code of 1987
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. - The State shall
promote the well being of farmers, including
share tenants, leaseholders, settlers, fishermen,
and other rural workers by providing an
environment in which they can increase their
income, improve their living conditions, and
maximize their contributions to the national
economy. Toward this end, the State shall accelerate
agricultural development and enhance the production
of agricultural crops, fisheries, and livestock by
optimizing the use of resources and by applying
modern farming systems and technology in order to
attain food security for domestic use and expand and
diversify agricultural production for export.
It shall ensure social justice, equity, productivity
and sustainability in the use of agricultural
resources.
Section 3. Powers and Functions. - The Department
shall:
(1) Provide integrated services to farmers,
fishermen, and other food producers on
production, utilization, conservation, and
disposition of agricultural and fishery
resources;
(2) Be responsible for the planning,
formulation, execution, regulation, and
monitoring of programs and activities relating
to agriculture, food production and supply;
(3) Promulgate and enforce all laws, rules
and regulations governing the conservation
and proper utilization of agricultural and
fishery resources;
(6) Conduct, coordinate, and disseminate
research studies on appropriate technologies
for the improvement and development of
agricultural crops, fisheries, and other allied
commodities;
SECTION 18. Bureau of Animal Industry.—The
Bureau of Animal Industry shall:
(1) Formulate programs for the development and
industries to meet the requirements of the growing
populace
SECTION 20. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources.—The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources shall:
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(1) Formulate plans for the proper management,
accelerated development, and proper utilization of the
country’s fishery and aquatic resources;
(2) Undertake studies on the economics of the various
phases of the fishing industry, which studies shall
form the bases for the formulation of policies and
programs on fisheries and aquatic resources;
SECTION 21. Bureau of Soils and Water
Management.—The Bureau of Soils and Water
Management shall:
(1) Advise and render assistance on matters relative
to the utilization and management of soils and water
as vital agricultural resources;
(2) Formulate measures and guidelines for effective
soil, land, and water resource utilization, as well as
soil conservation in croplands and other agricultural
areas;
(3) Undertake soil research programs;
(4) Coordinate with the relevant government agencies
in resettlement areas and prepare the necessary
plans for the provision of technical assistance in
solving soil impounding and the prevention of soil
erosion, fertility preservation, and other related
matters;
(5) Engage in rainmaking projects for agricultural
areas and watersheds to solve the problem of
prolonged droughts and minimize their effects on
standing agricultural crops; and
(6) For its own sector, recommend plans, programs,
policies, rules and regulations to the Secretary and
provide technical assistance in the implementation of
the same.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES
SECTION 1. Title. — This Executive Order shall
otherwise be known as the Reorganization Act of
the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources.
SECTION 2. Reorganization. — The Department of
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources is
hereby reorganized structurally and functionally and
renamed as the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to as
Department, in accordance with the provisions of this
Executive Order.
SECTION 3. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby
declared the policy of the State to ensure the
sustainable use, development, management, renewal,
and conservation of the country’s forest, mineral,
land, off-shore areas and other natural resources,
including the protection and enhancement of the
quality of the environment, and equitable access of
the different segments of the population to the
development and use of the country’s natural
resources, not only for the present generation but for
future generations as well. It is also the policy of the
state to recognize and apply a true value system
including social and environmental cost implications
relative to their utilization, development and
conservation of our natural resources.
SECTION 4. Mandate. — The Department shall be
the primary government agency responsible for the
conservation, management, development and proper
use of the country’s environment and natural
resources, specifically forest and grazing lands,
mineral resources, including those in reservation and
watershed areas, and lands of the public domain, as
well as the licensing and regulation of all natural
resources as may be provided for by law in order to
ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived
therefrom for the welfare of the present and future
generations of Filipinos.
To accomplish its mandate, the Department shall be
guided by the following objectives that will serve as
basis for policy formulation:
(a) Assure the availability and sustainability of the
country’s natural resources through judicious use and
systematic restoration or replacement, whenever
possible;
(b) Increase the productivity of natural resources in
order to meet the demands for forest, mineral, and
land resources of a growing population;
(c) Enhance the contribution of natural resources for
achieving national economic and social development;
(d) Promote equitable access to natural resources by
the different sectors of the population;
(e) Conserve specific terrestrial and marine areas
representative of the Philippine natural and cultural
heritage for present and future generations.
SECTION 14. Forest Management Bureau.— It shall
advise the Secretary on matters pertaining to forest
development and conservation. As its primary
functions, it shall:
(1) Recommend policies and/or programs for the
effective protection, development, occupancy,
management and conservation of forest lands and
watersheds, including the grazing and mangrove
areas; reforestation and rehabilitation of critically
denuded or degraded forest reservations,
improvement of water resource use and development,
development of national parks, preservation of
wilderness areas, game refuges and wildlife
sanctuaries, ancestral lands, wilderness areas and
other natural preserves, development of forest
plantations, including rattan, bamboo, and other
valuable non-timber forest resources; and
rationalization of the wood-based industries,
regulation of the utilization and exploitation of forest
resources, including wildlife, to ensure continuous
supply of forest and goods and services;
(4) Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of forestry
and watershed development projects to ensure
efficiency and effectiveness;
SECTION 16. Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau.— It
shall advise the Secretary on matters pertaining to
geology and mineral resources exploration,
development, utilization and conservation and shall:
(1) Recommend policies, regulations or programs
pertaining to mineral resources development and
geology;
( (3) Advise the Regional Offices on the effective
implementation of mineral development and
conservation programs as well as geological surveys;
(6) Develop and promulgate standards and operating
procedures on mineral resources development and
geology;
SECTION 17. Environmental Management Bureau.—
It shall advise the Secretary on matters relating to
environmental management, conservation, and
pollution control, and shall:
(1) Recommend possible legislation, policies and
programs for environmental management and
pollution control;
(2) Advise the Regional Offices in the efficient and
effective implementation of policies, programs, and
projects for the effective and efficient environmental
management and pollution control;
(3) Formulate environmental quality standards such
as the quality standards for water, air, land, noise and
radiations;
(4) Recommend rules and regulations for
environmental impact assessments and provide
technical assistance for their implementation and
monitoring;
(5) Formulate rules and regulations for the proper
disposition of solid wastes, toxic and hazardous
substances;
(9) Provide assistance to the Regional Offices in the
formulation and dissemination of information on
environmental and pollution matters to the general
public;
(10) Assist the Secretary and the Regional Officers by
providing technical assistance in the implementation
of environmental and pollution laws; and
(11) Provide scientific assistance to the Regional
Offices in the conduct of environmental research
programs.
SECTION 18. Ecosystems Research and
Development Bureau.— It shall:
(1) Formulate and recommend an integrated research
program relating to Philippine ecosystems and natural
resources such as minerals, lands, forests, as holistic
and interdisciplinary fields of inquiry;
(4) Generate technologies and provide scientific
assistance in the research and development of
technologies relevant to the sustainable uses of
Philippine ecosystems and natural resources; and
SECTION 19. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau.—
The Bureau shall:
(1) Formulate and recommend policies, guidelines,
rules and regulations for the establishment and
management of an Integrated Protected Areas
Systems such as national parks, wildlife sanctuaries
and refuge, marine parks, and biospheric reserves;
(2) Formulate and recommend policies, guidelines,
rules and regulations for the preservation of biological
diversity, genetic resources, the endangered
Philippine flora and fauna;
(3) Prepare an up-to-date listing of endangered flora
and fauna and recommend a program of conservation
and propagation of the same;
DEPARMENT OF ENERGY
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
Department of Energy Act of 1992
The Department shall have the following powers and
functions:
a. Formulate policies for the planning and
implementation of a comprehensive program
for the efficient supply and economical
use of energy consistent with the policies
on environmental protection and
conservation and maintenance of
ecological balance
b. Develop and update the existing Philippine
energy program which shall provide for an
integrated and comprehensive exploration,
development, utilization, distribution and
conservation of energy resources, with
preferential bias for environment-friendly,
indigenous, and low-cost sources of
energy.
c. Devise ways and means of giving direct
benefits to the province, city, or municipality,
especially the community and people
affected, and equitable and preferential
benefit to the region that hosts the energy
resource and/or the energy-generating
facility: Provided, however, That the other
provinces, cities, municipalities, or regions
shall not be deprived of their energy
requirements;