Environmental

Management

PROF. ERIKA NICOLAS

 “
The earth is a fine
place and worth
fighting for.
- Ernest Hemingway

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 ENVIRONMENT

❧ Derived from the medieval French

“environnement” which is used to describe the
action of surrounding something and also refer to
conditions in which a person or other organism
lives and develops.

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 Environment
Two types of resources in the environment
1. Natural resources : This is found in nature that
man uses to meet their needs. Ex. Land , water,
air, plants, animals

2. Man Made or artificial resources : Anything that is

crafted by humans that does not transpire naturally.
Ex. Buildings, paper products, bottled water

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 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

PHYSICAL FACTORS: Climate, Geology

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS: Human population,

Flora and Fauna, Water

SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS: Employment,
Urbanization, Social conflicts
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 Management
In order to create man-made resources,
humans make use of raw materials, tools, and
skills. With this, through proper management and
utilization of all respective resources will humans be
able to sustain its needs and protect nature.
Management is the process of planning,
organizing, directing, and controlling resources to
achieve organizational goals.

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 The management of Resources

Management consists of the interconnecting tasks of designing corporate

policies and procedures toward the realization of an organization’s ventures.

People

MANAGEMENT Process

Discipline

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Environmental Management
 Definition

❧ Environmental Management can be defined as “the management

of the interaction and impact of human activities on the natural
environment”.
❧ It is an important part of sustainable development, which is development that
meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.

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 Why study Environmental Management?

❧ To discover, understand and be trained on the techniques for

evaluating and supervising the environmental consequences
of both public and private sector organization.
❧ To expand individual, specialized and research expertise on
how to contribute to the development of our environment.
❧ To implement certain management tools and methodology
that can be applied in relevance to perspective business in
accordance to the laws set by the government in all levels.

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 Environmental problems we are facing now

❧ The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful
stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to
destroy it for the sake of future generations.
~ John Paul II
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 How do we combat such barriers and impediments?

❧ Environmental planning: A decision making process aimed to

carry out development in consideration to the natural
environment. Its goal is to create sustainable outcome while
protecting and conserving natural resources.
❧ Conservation and Preservation of Resources: The ethical
allocation of indispensable resources in order to maintain natural
habitat for both present and future generations

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 How do we combat such barriers and impediments?

❧ Environmental Status Evaluation: Also known as

Environmental Assessment. This is the process of estimating
ang calculating significant short-term and long-term outcomes
and consequences of any implemented undertakings with
respect to its impact on the environment.
Impact assessment is based on Environmental Assessment.

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 CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION

Conservation of Preservation of
Resources Resources
Protection buildings,
Protection of Natural
Resources
objects and
landscapes

Seeks proper use of Seeks protection of

nature nature from use

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❧ Environmental Legislation and administration
The environmental Administration is defined by its legal content
The heart of environmental law management is directed toward
dealing with environmental pollution
The environmental policy centers on snags evolving from the
blows created by humans who triggered negative impact not only to
the environment but to our health.

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 Legal
Compliance
Continual
Pollution Improvement
Prevention

Environmental
Legislation and
Adminstration

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  Environmental Management
is a purposeful activity with the goal to
maintain
and improve the state of an
environmental resource affected by
human activities.

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The Seven Prinicples
of Environmental
Management

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 1. Polluter Pays Principle (PPP)

It states that if measures are adopted to reduce pollution, the

costs should be borne by the polluters. 

According to the OECD Council,

“The principle to be used for
allocating costs of pollution
prevention and control measures to
encourage rational use of scarce
environmental resources and to
avoid distortions in international
trade and investment is the so-
called Polluter Pays Principle.”

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2. The User Pays Principle (UPP)

The principle states that all

resource users should pay for
the full long-run marginal cost
of the use of a resource and
related services, including any
associated treatment costs. It is
applied when resources are
being used and consumed.

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 3.The Precautionary Principle (PP)

The main objective of the precautionary

principle is to ensure that a substance or
activity posing a threat to the environment is
prevented from adversely affecting the
environment, even if there is no conclusive
scientific proof of linking that particular
substance or activity to environmental
damage. The words ‘substance’ and ‘activity’
are the result of human intervention.

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 4. Principle of Effectiveness and Efficiency

It is essential that efficiency of resources use may

also be accomplished by the use of policy
instruments that create incentive to minimize
wasteful use. It also applies to various issues of
environmental governance by streaming processes
and procedures in order to minimize environmental
costs.

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 5. The Principle of Responsibility:

It is the responsibility of all persons, corporations and states to

maintain the ecological processes. Further, access to
environmental resources carries attendant responsibilities to
use them in an ecological sustainable economically efficient and
socially fair manner.

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 6. The Principle of Participation

It is the duty of all the persons to participate in collectively

environmental decision making activities.
Some participation areas are related to the use of trees and
other plants, minerals, soils, fish and wildlife for purposes
such as materials and food as well as for consumptive and
non-consumptive recreation.
The second issue concerns solid waste i.e. garbage,
construction and demolition materials and chemically
hazardous waste etc. The third issue of participation is
related to pollution generating activities.

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7. The Principle of Proportionality
The principle of proportionality is
based on the concept of balance. A
balance is to maintain between the
economic development on the one
hand and environmental protection on
the other hand. It cannot be disputed
that no development is possible
without some adverse effects on
ecology. Therefore, it is essential to
adjust the interest of the people as well
as the necessity to maintain the
environment. 
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