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Module 6
Module 6
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Module 6 – Principles and Laws of Environment
This module
covers the seven principles of the environment and
the different Philippine Environmental Laws; it also
LEARNING discusses some of the government’s initiatives to
OBJECTIVES protect the environment.
TOPIC
OUTLINE
OVERVIEW
In the previous module, you learned the overview of
the Environmental Protection, you determined your
role in protecting our environment, and you applied
the best practices that contribute to environmental
protection.
giant beasts –
1. Nature Knows Best
the elephants, the whales, the alligators – are
This principle is the most basic and in fact, objects of awe, and the products they yield – ivory,
encompasses all the others. Humans have to oil, leather, respectively – are highly prized. But when
understand nature and have to abide by the rules it comes to unlovely, wriggly, and troublesome
nature dictates. In essence, one must not go against creatures, this principle is unusually overlooked.
the natural processes if one would like to ensure a
3. Everything is connected to everything else
continuous and
steady supply of This principle is best exemplified by the concept of
resources. the ecosystem. In an ecosystem, all biotic and
amniotic components interact with each other to
ensure that the system is perpetuated. Any outside
PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS
It is interesting to note that natural resources had
been stored virtually untouched in the Earth for
millions of years. But since the start of industrial
evolution vast amounts of these resources had been
exploited within a period of just a couple of
hundreds of years at unimaginable rates, with all the
waste from this exploitation going straight in the
environment (air, land, water) and seriously
damaging its natural processes. That is why the
government made its effort to prevent the rapid
destruction of the environment. In the Philippines,
WASTE CLASSIFICATION
can be turned into compost
BIODEGRADABLE
or used as fertilizer
WASTE
ex. food waste
can be brought to junk shops
and recycling facilities
RECYCLABLE
ex. paper, carton, bottles,
WASTE
tins, cans, PET bottles,
plastics
cannot be recycled and needs
alternative technology; can be
RESIDUAL WASTE
brought to sanitary landfills
ex. sanitary napkins, diapers
should be brought to the
nearest Material Recovery
SPECIAL WASTE Facility or Treatment Plant
ex. paint, spray canisters,
thinner, electronic waste
This Act stated that it is the The responsibility of the state is to promote their
policy of the state to regulate, rational exploration, development, utilization and
restrict or prohibit the conservation through the combined efforts of the
importation, manufacture, government and private sector in order to enhance
processing, sale, distribution, use, and disposal of growth in a way that effectively safeguards the
chemical substances, and mixtures that present environment and protect the rights of affected
unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the communities.
environment. And to prohibit the entry, even in
transit, of hazardous and nuclear wastes and their The responsibility of the state is to promote their
disposal into the Philippine territorial limits for rational exploration, development, utilization and
whatever purpose; and to provide advancement and conservation through the combined efforts of the
facilitate research and studies on toxic chemicals . government and private sector in order to enhance
growth in a way that effectively.
For further discussion, you may watch:
For further discussion about mining, you may watch:
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JOLINA D. CASTILLO
Faculty, College Arts and Sciences