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