SURVEY LISTING OF BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS 1

1. Presidential Decree No. 1151 (Environment Policy)

- declared urgent the need to formulate an intensive, integrated program on
environmental protection
2. Presidential Decree No. 1152 (Environment Code)
Air Quality Management This is revised by R.A. No. 8749
Water Quality Management Water Code
Land Use Management
Natural Resource Management and Conservation:
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The policies on fisheries and
aquatic resources are further reiterated and amplified by the
Fisheries Code of 1998 R.A. No. 8550.
Wildlife. The provisions of this section is deemed modified by R.A.
No. 9147, the new comprehensive law on the conservation and
protection of wildlife.
Forestry and Soil Erosion.
Flood.
Energy Development. The provisions are deemed modified and
amplified by the creation of the Department of Energy, R.A. No.
7638.
Conservation and Utilization of Surface and Ground Waters.
Mineral Resources. The provisions on mineral resources are
deemed amplified by the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, R.A. No.
7942.
Waste Management. The provision on waste management are
deemed amplified by the Solid Waste Management Act of 2001,
R.A. No. 9003.
3. Presidential Decree No. 1586 (Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement
System) -Introduced the concept of Environmentally Critical Project (ECP) and
Environmentally Critical Areas
4. Proclamation No. 2146 (Environmentally Critical Areas and Projects)
5. E. O. No. 291, s 1996 (Improving the Environmental Impact Statement System)
6. LOI No. 1179 (Authorization of NEPC to Issue Environmental Compliance
Certificate to Any Entity/Firm with the Requirements of EIS System)
7. Presidential Decree No. 984 (Pollution Control Law)
8. R.A. No. 6969 (Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes)
9. Executive Order No. 192 (The Creation of the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources)
RELATED LAWS
LAND:
R.A. No. 7586 (National Integrated Protected Areas System)
PALAWAN:
R.A. No. 7611 (The Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan)
FORESTS:
Presidential Decree No. 705 (Revised Forestry Code)
E.O. No. 263 (Adopting Community-Based Forest Management)
PROTECTED AREA/SPECIES:
R.A. No. 9147 (Conservation and Protection of Wildlife Resources)
R.A. No. 6147 (Protection of the Philippine Eagle)
Act No. 3983 (Protection of Wild Flowers)
Act No. 3572 (Protection of Special Trees)

E.O. No. 247 (Guidelines for the Prospecting of Biological and Genetic
Resources)
P.P. No. 953 (Requiring the Planting of Trees in Certain Places)
AGRICULTURE:
R.A. No. 8435 (Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization)
R.A. No. 7900 (High-Valued Crops)
P.D. No. 1144 (Act Creating the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority)
R.A. No. 8048 (Regulating the Cutting of Trees)
R.A. No. 8485 (Promoting Animal Welfare in the Philippines)
E.O. No. 626 (Regulating the Slaughter of Carabaos)
P.D. No. 1433 (Plant Quarantine Law of 1978)
LAND TENURE:
Commonwealth Act No. 141 (The Public Land Act)
R.A. No. 6657 (The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program)
MINERALS:
P.D. No. 1889 (Small-scale Mining)
R.A. No. 7076 (Creating a Peoples Small-scale Mining Program)
R.A. No. 7942 (Mining Act of 1995
ENERGY:
R.A. No. 7638 (Department of Energy)
R.A. No. 7196 (Mini-Hydroelectric Power Incentive Act)
P.D. No. 1068 (Development of Non-Conventional Energy)
P.D. No. 1442 (Geothermal Resources)
E.O. No. 223 (Jurisdiction Over Watershed Areas with Geothermal Reservations)
P.D. No. 87 (Indigenous Petroleum Development)
R.A. No. 1815 (Philippine Nuclear Energy Commission)
R.A. No. 5207 (Atomic Energy Regulatory And Liability Act)
R.A. No. 8479 (Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998)
R.A. No. 7832 (Pilferage of Electricity)
AIR:
R.A. No. 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act)
P.D. No. 96 (Unauthorized Use of Sirens)
P.D. No. 78 (Atmospheric Administration)
WATERS:
R.A. No. 3046 (Baselines of Philippine Islands)
P.D. No. 1599 (Exclusive Economic Zone)
R.A. No. 8550 (Fisheries Code of 1998)
MNR A.O. No. 12 Series of 1979 (Conservation of Marine Turtle)
FAO No. 185 Series of 1992 (Protection of Dolphins)
FAO No. 193 Series of 1998 (Protection of Whale Sharks and Manta Rays)
DENR A.O. No. 55-91 (Sea Cow)
B.P. BLG. 265 (Seashore and Beach Protection)
P.D. No. 979 (Marine Pollution)
FRESHWATERS:
P.D. No. 1067 (The Water Code)
R.A. No. 4850 (Creating the Laguna Lake Development Authority)
R.A. No. 6234 (Manila Waterworks Sewerage System)
R.A. No. 2056 (Demolition of Structures in Navigable Waterways)
P.D. No. 296 (Directing Persons to Renounce Possession of Riverbanks)
C.A. No. 383 (Dumping Wastes That Cause Rising Riverbeds)
R.A. No. 8041 (The National Water Crisis Act)
R.A No. 6716 (Rainwater Collection and Spring Protection)
R.A. No. 6978 (Irrigation)
HUMAN HABITAT:
R.A. No. 9003 (Solid Waste Management)
P.D. No. 825 (Improper Garbage Disposal)

P.D. No. 856 (Sanitation Code)

R.A. No. 7279 (Urban Development and Housing)
P.D. No. 1096 (Environmental Provisions of the Building Code)
B.P. BLG. 220 (Standards for Socialized Housing Projects)
R.A. No. 4846 (Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act)
R.A. No. 8492 (National Museum Law)
R.A. No. 7356 (National Commission for Culture and the Arts)
P.D. No. 260 (Sites and Shrines)
R.A. No. 4368 (National Housing Commission)
R.A. No. 8371 (Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997)