ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE 101

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK SECTION 16 ARTICLE II, 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature.

ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK

Philippine Development Plan: 2011-2016

1. Improved 2. Improved 3. Enhanced

conservation, protection and rehabilitation of natural resources

environmental quality for a cleaner and healthier environment

resilience of natural systems and improved adaptive capacities of human communities to cope with environmental hazards including climate related risks

DENR MANDATE

The DENR shall be the primary government agency responsible for the conservation, management, development and proper use of the countrys environment and natural resources

DENR CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY

Climate change is tackled within the mandate of conservation, management, development and proper use of the environment and natural resources. Climate Change measures are imbedded in the regular programs to ensure that the causes and impact of climate change are addressed in order to meet the mandates of the Department.

CLEAN AIR

Clean Air
Situationer Major urban centers are polluted
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) in Metro Manila is 166 micrograms/normal cubic meters ( g/Ncm) in 1st half of 2010  84% beyond standard of 90 g/Ncm (WHO) Air Quality in Bicol (69 g/Ncm) and Legazpi City (48 g/Ncm) are within standard in 2010.

Clean Air
Situationer Major urban centers are polluted
80% of pollution due to vehicular emissions Per WB, 18M Filipinos exposed to air pollution, with health cost & loss of income of P 7.6 B/year Burning of fossil fuels by motor vehicles and industries produces green house gas such as carbon dioxide, the most prevalent green house gas. Removing air pollution will mitigate climate change.

Clean Air
Government Actions:
Strengthened enforcement & regulations
 More stringent air emission standards for Compression & Spark-Ignition Engines (motorcycles & tricycles)  Agreement with Earth Day Network to make EDSA Linis Hangin Zone. (cellphone to catch smoke-belchers)

Clean Air
Government Actions:
Strengthened enforcement of regulations
 DENR, LTO, MMDA, etc. worked to reduce traffic & ensure compliance with emission testing to reduce vehicular emissions

Clean Air
Government Actions:
Strengthened enforcement of regulations
 Developed program with ADB to provide credit for conversion of tricycle engines to electric

Clean Air
Government Actions:
As of September 2011, pollution in Metro Manila reduced by 30% from 166 g/Ncm in 2nd Qtr 2010 down to 116 g/Ncm by 3rd Qtr of 2011
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Level 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 166 142 125 132 120 116 Actual Standard

TSp level (ug/Ncm)

2nd Qtr 2010

3rd Qtr 2010

4th Qtr 2010

1st Qtr 2011

2nd Qtr 2011

3rd Qtr 2011

CLEAN WATER/ SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Clean Water
Situationer Waterways/ Waterways/esteros in major urban centers unfit for human activity
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), or demand for oxygen in water, for 19 major rivers in 2010 at 27 milligrams/liter, 4x the standard at 7 mg/L

Decomposing wastes emit methane, the most potent greenhouse gas (21x more potent than carbon dioxide). Removing water pollution will mitigate climate change.

Clean Water
Situationer Waterways/ Waterways/esteros in major urban centers unfit for human activity Water quality in most major rivers in Bicol within standard.
River Anayan River (Class D) (Camarines Sur) Malaguit River (Class C) (Camarines Norte) Sagumayon River (Class C) (Legazpi City) Average BOD 4.28 4.00 17.00 Remarks Passed Passed Failed

Biochemical Oxygen Demand = < 7 mg/L for Class C < 10 mg/L for Class D

Clean Water
Government Actions: Initiated Adopt an Estero Program

Before

After

Estero de Paco, Manila

(ABS-CBN Foundation)

Clean Water
Government Actions: Adopt an Estero Program

Before Estero de Paco, Manila

After

Clean Water
Government Actions: Adopt an Estero Program

Before Estero de Paco, Manila

After

Estero de Paco

(Philippine Star, 5 August 2011)

Clean Water
Government Actions: Actions: Adopt an Estero Program
1. Tullahan River - Valenzuela, Malabon and Quezon City

Manila North Tollways Corporation San Miguel Corporation Caritas

2. Diliman Creek - Quezon City

Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association

Clean Water
Government Actions: Actions:

Adopt an Estero Program

3. Palico Creek - Muntinlupa, Makati AMKOR Technology Philippines Inc. 4. Maricaban Creek - Manila Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation 5. Tripa de Gallina - Paraaque Philippine Coastal and River Guards Agroupation

Clean Water
Government Actions : Adopt an Estero Program

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Major companies have adopted waterways nationwide (Examples: Jollibee, San Miguel Foundation, Toyota, Masinloc Power Corp.)

Clean Water
Government Actions : Adopt an Estero Program
13 companies in Bicol adopted waterways
NAME OF RIVER 1) PALANOG RIVER, Albay 2) YAWA RIVER, Albay 3) SAWANG CREEK, Albay 4) SAGOP CREEK, Cam. Sur 5) SAGOP CREEK, Cam. Sur 6) TUGOS CREEK, Cam. Norte 7) PASILAKDAY CREEK, Cam. Norte 8) CAWAYAN RIVER, Sorsogon 9) GOGON RIVER, Catanduanes 10) GOGN RIVER, Catanduanes 11) TUGBO RIVER, Masbate 12) RIO GUINOBATAN, Masbate 13) HUKBONG CREEK, Sorsogon COMPANIES Goodfound Cement Corp. Sunwest Corp. ALINDECO Bimbo Construction and Supply Coca-cola Bottlers Philippines Cam. Norte Small Scale Miners and Mineral Processors Service Coop. CNSSMMPSC VLJ Farms Catanduanes Power Generation, Inc. Powerzone Petroleum Products Corp. DMCI Filminera Resources Corp. Antonio Ocampo Small Scale Iron Ore Mining project

Clean Water
Government Actions:
Reduced solid wastes
 Required Philippine Plastic Industry to develop program for retrieval/collection/ recycling of plastics  Launched Reusable Bag Campaign for Greener Environment with major malls & supermarkets

Clean Water
Government Actions: Actions:
Reduced solid wastes  Agreement with 11 Metro Manila LGUs for solid waste management systems in subdivisions/ condominiums. Initially, 4,717 homeowners associations identified

 

Metro Manila LGUs encouraged to ban use of plastics Intensified anti-littering drive with MMDA

FOREST MANAGEMENT

Forest Management
Situationer: Situationer:
Philippine forest at 7.2 M ha or 24% of countrys land area 8 M ha of forestlands degraded (26% of land area) Deforestation and forest degradation contribute to greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide. Reforestion will mitigate impacts of climate change such as minimize flooding, landslides, control soil erosion and loss of biodiversity.

Forest Management
Situationer: Situationer:
1.178 M ha. planted past 50 years (19612010). Will take 340 years to reforest 8 M ha of degraded areas

Forest Management
Government Actions:
Total log ban in natural forests to conserve & protect (E.O. 23) Created National Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force

Forest Management
Government Actions:
Stopped all logging operations in natural forests nationwide. Confiscated 10.7 M bd. ft. of logs/lumber valued at P 317 M Filed 297 cases for illegal logging Closed 215 wood processing plants using illegal logs

Forest Management
Government Actions:
Established National Greening Program, reforestation in Philippine history (E.O. 26)
 Plant 1.5 B trees in 1.5 M ha in 6 years (27.8% higher than past 50 years).  For 2011, target is 50 M trees in 100,000 ha.  For 2012, target is at least 100M trees in 222,000 has.  Students/govt workers to plant 10 trees/year.

biggest

Forest Management
Government Actions:
Established National Greening Program, biggest reforestation in Philippine history (E.O. 26)
 2011 target for Bicol is 2.8 M trees in 5,584 has. For 2012 4.3 M trees in 7,401 has.  2011 target for Albay is 350,000 trees in 700 has. For 2012, 558,000 trees in 1,121 has.

BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION

Biodiversity Protection and Conservation

Situationer: Situationer:
Philippines among 18 mega diverse countries but hottest of hotspots 209 species of fauna (18% of 1,137 species) & 526 species of flora (3.2% of 16,223 species) are threatened About 20%-30% of plant and animal species may become extinct due to climate change

Biodiversity Protection and Conservation

Government Actions:
Expanded protection areas:
 Proclaimed Aliwagwag Protected Landscape in Davao Oriental  Declared as Critical Habitat an area in Bukidnon
Aliwagwag Protected Landscape

Biodiversity Protection and Conservation

Government Actions:
Total Number of Protected Area = 239 Area Coverage = 5,427,863 has. (18.1% of total land area)

GEOHAZARD MAPPING

Geohazard Mapping
Situationer: Situationer:
Philippines is prone to natural disasters due to geographical location & geological attributes: landslides, flooding, earthquakes, tsunami, etc., heightened by climate change.

Geohazard Mapping
Government Actions:
Completed geo-hazard mapping of all provinces/ cities/municipalities at 1:50,000 scale Distributed 65,000 map sheets to all LGUs More detailed mapping started for 88 landslide-prone cities/municipalities (scale of 1:10,000)

Geohazard Mapping
REGION 5
Government Actions:
Geohazard of entire Bicol completed (1:50,000 scale) Detailed mapping (1:10,000 scale) of landslide - prone municipalities / cities in Bicol started. Detailed mapping of Albay province (1:10,000 scale) to be completed in 1st half of 2012.

Samples of 1:50,000 scale geohazard maps generated for Bicol Province

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Good Governance

Dec. 2009 Pulse Asia survey: DENR is 8th most corrupt agency in the government

Good Governance
Government Actions:
Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
 Policy shift to donate confiscated logs/lumber to DepEd, instead of auction
o Donated 2.94 M bd. ft. of confiscated logs/lumber to DepEd, LGUs, and other government offices (additional 5.5 M bd.ft. for donation) o Produced 9,699 armchairs, 174 school desks, 171 tables, 55 cabinets & repaired 197 buildings.

Good Governance
Government Actions:
Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
 Rationalized and reduced DENR checkpoints from 274 to 118 or by 57%  Cancelled more than 1,000 speculative mining claims.  Stopped illegal titling in Boracay and charged erring DENR officials

Good Governance
Government Actions:
Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
 Installed 902 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras up to field offices operating 24/7.  Eliminated face-to-face transactions starting with National Water Resources Board (NWRB) where payments done through UCPB

Good Governance
Government Actions:
Strengthened prosecution and justice system
No. of Personnel Show cause issued Formally charged Fined/Suspended Dismissed from service 118 31 7 10

 Filed 297 cases for illegal logging

Good Governance
Government Actions:
Strengthened prosecution and justice system
 Created Internal Audit Office in Department and Anti-Corruption

 Strengthened capacities of DENR personnel, prosecutors & judges through trainings with the Supreme Court

PUBLIC ASSESSMENT

Public Assessment
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
(Pulse Asia Survey)

Efforts of government in stopping the destruction & abuse of environment

Period Approval Rating Disapproval Rating -39 -16 Net Approval Rating -12 +32

October 2009 March 2011

+27 +48

June 2011

+50

-14

+36

Public Assessment
From the 8th most corrupt in December, 2009,
DENR is now the 4th least in March 2011 (Pulse Asia Survey)

corrupt agency

Public Assessment
Environment ranked 4th in assessment of government performance by Movement for Good Governance (August 2011)