Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Environmental Management Bureau

1987 Philippines Constitution
Section 16 Article II “ The state shall protect and advance
the right of the people to a balance and healthful
ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of
nature”
Section 15 Article II “To protect and promote the people
‘s right to health”
 MISSION
To protect, restore and enhance environmental
quality towards good public health, environmental
integrity and economic viability.

 VISION
A nation empowered to protect our finite natural
resources, attuned to the pursuit of sustainable
development, for a clean and healthy environment
that enhances the Filipino Quality of life for present
and future generations.
 Ensure Attainment of an Environmental Quality that is
conducive for present and future generations
- Air, Water and Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals
Management

 Pursue Cooperation and Partnership

- Environmental Impact Assessment System Implementation
- Solid Waste Management
- Secretariat assistance to the Pollution Adjudication Board

 Lead by Example
- Environmental Compliance and Organizational
Performance
1. A line Bureau by virtue of Section 34 of the
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (or RA 8749) and
mandated to implement on a nationwide scale the
said Act and other environmental laws to wit:
1. RA 8749 (Clean Air Act of 1999)
2. PD 984 (Pollution Control Law)
3. RA 9275 (Philippine Clean Water Act)
4. PD 1586 (Environmental Impact
Statement System)
5. RA 6969 (Toxic Substances and
Hazardous Waste Control Act)
6. RA 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act)
7. RA 9279 (Climate Change Act)
8. RA 9512 (Environmental Awareness
and Education Act)
Requires all government agencies, government-
owned or controlled corporation and private
companies to prepare an environmental impact
assessment for any project and undertaking that will
significantly affect the quality of the environment.
This assessment is essential in obtaining an
Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) issued
by DENR.
It measures resource allocation and
utilization in terms of costs associated with
environmental conservation.
Adverse environmental impacts of
proposed actions are considerably
reduced through a reiterative review
process of project site selection, design and
other alternatives, and the subsequent
formulation of environmental management
and monitoring plans.
This law requires private corporations,
firms or entities including agencies and
instrumentalities of the government to
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) for every proposed
project and undertaking which
significantly affect the quality of the
environment.
Provides for a comprehensive air
quality management policy and
program which aims to achieve and
maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.
a) Protect and advance the right of people to a
balanced and healthy ecology in accord with
the rhythm and harmony of nature;
b) Attain and maintain a balance between
development and environmental protection;
and
c) Maintain a quality of air that protects human
health welfare.
The Clean Air Act covers all potential
sources of air pollution:
(1) Mobile Sources (eg. Motor vehicles);
(2) Point or Stationary Sources (eg.
Industrial plants); and
(3) Area Sources (eg. Wood or Coal
burning)
Prohibits the throwing, running,
draining or otherwise disposing into
any of the water, air and/or land
resources any organic or inorganic
matter or any substance in gaseous or
liquid form that shall cause
pollution thereof.
The law aims to protect the
country’s water bodies from
land-based pollution sources
(industries and commercial
establishments, agriculture and
community/household activities)
It provides for a comprehensive
and integrated strategy to prevent
and minimize pollution through a
multi-sectoral and participatory
approach involving all the
stakeholders.
Under the Act, discharges of
wastewater shall be controlled.
Owners or operators of facilities that
discharge wastewater are required to
secure a permit to discharge from
the EMB or the Laguna Lake
Development Authority.
The Act provides the legal framework for
the Philippines to control and manage the
importation, manufacture,
processing, distribution, use,
transport, treatment and disposal of
toxic substances and hazardous and
nuclear wastes.
It provides the legal framework for the
country’s systematic, comprehensive, and
ecological solid waste management
program that shall ensure
protection of public health and the
environment.
RA 9729 aims to systematically integrate
the concept of climate change in the policy
formulation and development plans of all
government agencies and units, to the
end that the government will be
prepared for the impact of
climate change.
It is an Act to promote environmental
awareness through Environmental
Education (EE) and covers the integration
of EE in the school curricula at all levels, be
it public or private, including daycare,
preschool, non-formal, technical,
vocational, indigenous learning and out-of-
school youth courses or programs.
 Abide with the commitments and agreements and remain the national
focal point agency of the ff:
 Montreal Protocol on the Protection of Ozone Layer
 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movement of Hazardous Waste
 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs)
 Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent (PIC)
 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto
Protocol
 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the
Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty
designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the
production of numerous substances that are responsible for
ozone depletion.
 September 16, 1987, and entered into force on January 1,
1989

 Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is an organic compound that contains carbon,

chlorine, and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of methane and
ethane.
 A common subclass is the hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which
contain hydrogen, as well.
 Build awareness of the problem of ozone
depletion
 Convert to phase out of halons
 Reduce unnecessary emissions and uses of
halons
 Switch to alternative fire protection method
 Develop halon bank management and recycling-
eliminate need for newly manufactured halons
 End halon production
 Department of Environment and Natural Resources-
Environmental Management Bureau
 Signatory to the Montreal Protocol
 May, 1993- First Philippine Country Program for the
Phase-out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) was
prepared
 This Program specified the Philippine ODS phase-out
schedules and laid out the plans, programs, and activities
that the country would undertake in phasing out ODS.
 As a developing country, the Philippines was provided
with financial assistance from the Multilateral Fund for
ODS phase-out projects.
The uncontrolled movement and dumping of
hazardous wastes

Also includes the incidents of illegal dumping in

developing nations by companies from developed
countries.
 A global agreement, ratified by several member
countries and the European Union, for
addressing the problems and challenges posed
by hazardous wastes

 The Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, facilitates

the implementation of the Convention related
agreements (administered by UNEP)

 It also provides assistance & guidelines on legal

& technical issues, gathers statistical data, and
conducts training on the proper management of
hazardous wastes
 Adopted on March March 22, 1989 in Basel,
Switzerland
Entered into force on May 5, 1992
Having 169 parties who signed
Philippines signed March 22, 1989 and ratified
October 21, 1993
Thailand signed March 22, 1990 and was ratified
November 11, 1997
Signatories of the Basel Convention which have
not yet ratified: Afghanistan, Haiti, United States of
America
To minimize the generation of hazardous wastes in
terms of quantity and hazardousness;

To dispose of them as close to the source of

generation as possible;

To reduce the movements of hazardous wastes.

 These are interrelated international agreement
wherein the Philippines is a signatory
 The UNFCCC was ratified and came into effect
in 1994 while Kyoto Protocol was ratified in
November 2003 and came into effect in 2005.
 Two international agreements whereby all
parties - seeking international cooperation to
address the issue on Climate change.
 The UNFCCC aims to stabilize the concentration of GHG
(Green House Gases; CO2, N2O, CH4, SF6, CF4)
concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would not
interfere with the climate system within a given time-frame
that would allow the ecosystem to adapt naturally to climate
change

 The UNFCCC recognizes that change in the Earth’s climate

is due to human activities that have substantially increased
the concentration of the so called GHG resulting to the
warming of the earth’s surface and atmosphere.

 The Framework also recognizes that such change in the

climate would adversely affect the natural ecosystems.
 The UNFCCC aims to stabilize the concentration of GHG
concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would not
interfere with the climate system within a given time-frame
that would allow the ecosystem to adapt naturally to climate
change

 The UNFCCC recognizes that change in the Earth’s climate

is due to human activities that have substantially increased
the concentration of the so called GHG resulting to the
warming of the earth’s surface and atmosphere.

 The Framework also recognizes that such change in the

climate would adversely affect the natural ecosystems.
 To stabilize GHG emissions
 To mitigate climate change
 To promote sustainable development
- Philippines one of the 6 countries that
proposed the inclusion of Sustainable
Development in Kyoto Protocol
 Environmental Management Bureau

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