Presidential Decree No.

1152

PHILIPPINE
ENVIRONMENTAL CODE
Philippine Environmental
Code:
Title I : Air Quality Management
Title II : Water Quality Management
Title III : Land Use Management
Title IV : Natural Resources Management
and Conservation
Title V : Waste Management

Title VI : Miscellaneous Provisions

Title VII : Final Provision
Title I: Air Quality Management

Purposes:
a)To achieve and maintain such levels of air quality as to protect
public health
b)To prevent injury and/or damage to plant and animal life and
property, and promote the social and economic development of
the country
Standards:

Ambient Air Quality National Emission

Standards Standards

Community Noise Standards for Noise-

Standards Producing Equipment

Aircraft Emission and Sonic

Booms
Regulation, Enforcement and Monitoring:
NATIONAL POLLUTION
Air Quality and Noise CONTROL COMMISSION
Standards (NPCC) + government
agencies

Aircraft Noise Civil Aeronautics

Administration + NPCC

Vehicular Emissions Land Transportation

Commission + NPCC

Philippine Atomic Energy

Radioactive Emissions Commission + government
agencies

Philippine Atmospheric,
Weather Modification Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration
Title II: Water Quality Management:
Purpose:
To prescribe management guidelines aimed to protect and
improve the quality of Philippine water resources through:

Classification of Philippine NPCC, shall classify Philippine waters

Waters according to their best usage

Establishment of Water
Upgrading Water Quality; NPCC shall
Quality Standards
prescribe quality and effluent standards

Protection and improvement

of the Philippine water
resources
Responsibilities for
surveillance and mitigation of
pollution incidents
Enforcement and Coordination with the
National Environmental Protection
Council ; Clean-up Operations
The various government agencies
concerned with environmental protection
Title III: Land Use Management
Purpose:
a)To provide a rational, orderly and efficient acquisition, utilization and
disposition of land and its resources in order to derive therefrom maximum
benefits
b)Toencourage the prudent use and conservation of land resources in order to
prevent and imbalance between the nations needs and such resources.

National Land Use Scheme

The Human Settlements Commissions, in coordination with the

appropriate agencies of the government, shall formulate and
recommend to the National Environment Protection Council a land
use scheme consistent with the purpose of this Title.
National Land Use Scheme

a) A science-based and technology-oriented land inventory and classification

system
b) A determination of present land uses, the extent to which they are utilized,
underutilized, rendered idle or abandoned
c) A comprehensive and accurate determination of the adaptability of the land
for community development, agriculture, industry, commerce and other
fields of endeavor

Location of Industries

The regulating or enforcing agencies of the government shall take into

consideration the social, economic, geographic and significant environmental
impact.
Title IV: Natural Resources Management and
Conservation

Purposes:
a)Toprovide the basic policy on the management and conservation of the
countrys natural resources to obtain the optimum benefits therefrom
and to preserve the same for the future generations.
b)To provide general Measures through which the aforesaid policy may be
carried our effectively.
Chapter I: Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Management Policy

The National Government, through the Department of Natural Resources,

shall establish a system of rational exploitation of fisheries and aquatic resources
within the Philippine territory and shall encourage citizen participation therein to
maintain and/or enhance the optimum and continuous productivity.

Measures for Rational Exploitation

a) Undertaking manpower and expertise development

b) Acquiring the necessary facilities and equipment
c) Regulating the marketing of threatened species of fish or other aquatic resources
d) Reviewing all existing rules and regulations on the exploitation of fisheries and
other aquatic resources
e) Conserving vanishing species of fish and aquatic resources such as turtles, sea
snakes, crocodiles, corals, as well as maintaining the mangrove areas, marshes,
coral reef areas and islands serving as sanctuaries for fish and other aquatic life.
Chapter II: Wildlife
Management Policy

The National Government, through the Department of Natural Resources, shall

establish a system of rational exploitation and conservation of wildlife resources and
shall encourage citizen participation in the maintenance and/or enhancement of
their continuous productivity.

Measures for Rational Exploitation

a) Regulating the marketing of threatened wildlife resources

b) Reviewing all existing rules and regulations on the exploitation of wildlife
resources
c) Conserving the threatened species of fauna, increasing their rate of reproduction,
maintaining their original habitat, habitat manipulation and banning of
indiscriminate and /or destructive means of catching or hunting them.