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Canino Legal Research July 28, 2016

List of Environmental Laws in the Philippines

1. Executive Order No. 79

Institutionalizing And Implementing Reforms In The Philippine Mining Sector
Providing Policies And Guidelines To Ensure Environmental Protection And
Responsible Mining In The Utilization Of Mineral Resources
2. Chain Saw Act of 2002 or Republic Act No. 9175
3. Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act of 2002 or Republic Act No. 9168
4. Mt. Kanla-on Natural Park (MKNP) Act of 2001 or Republic Act No. 9154
5. Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act or Republic Act No. 9147
6. National Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act or
Republic Act No. 9072
7. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 or Republic Act No. 9003
8. Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 or Republic Act No. 8749
9. Implementing Rules & Regulations of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
10. Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998 or Republic Act No. 8550
11. Animal Welfare Act of 1998 or Republic Act No. 8485
12. Agriculture & Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 or Republic Act No. 8435
13. The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 or Republic Act No. 8371
14. An Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN) or Republic Act No. 8172
15. Coconut Preservation Act of 1995 or Republic Act No. 8048
16. The Water Crisis Act of 1995 or Republic Act No. 8041
17. Philippine Mining Act of 1995 or Republic Act No. 7942
18. Amendment to the Agrarian Reform Code or Republic Act No. 7907
19. High-Value Crops Development Act of 1995 or Republic Act No. 7900
20. Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan Act or Republic Act No. 7611
21. National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 or Republic Act No.
7586
22. Seed Industry Development Act of 1992 or Republic Act No. 7308
23. Tax Laws Incorporated in the Revised Forestry Code or Republic Act No. 7161
24. People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991 or Republic Act No. 7076
25. Toxic Substances & Hazardous & Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990 or
Republic Act No. 6969
26. An Act Creating the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) or Republic Act
No. 4850

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 927

FURTHER DEFINING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE LAGUNA
LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

 RESOLUTION NO. 33
Series of 1996
APPROVING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL USER FEE SYSTEM IN THE LAGUNA DE BAY REGION

27. Lanao del Sur National Parks or Republic Act No. 4190
28. National Water & Air Pollution Control Commission Act or Republic Act No. 3931
29. Prohibition Against Cutting of Trees in Public Roads, Plazas, etc. or Republic Act
No. 3571
30. An Act Amending Section Thirty-Six of P. D. No. 705, Otherwise Known as "The
Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines" or Batas Pambansa Bilang 701
31. An Act Amending R. A. No. 5474, As Amended by R. A. No. 6145 (Re: Prohibiting
the Catching, Selling, Offering to Sell, Purchasing any of the Fish Species Called
"Gobiidae" or "Ipon") Or Batas Pambansa Bilang 58
32. Withdrawal of Lead in Gasoline or Presidential Decree No. 2001
33. Small-Scale Mining Law or Presidential Decree No. 1899
34. Amendment to the Revised Forestry Code or Presidential Decree No. 1775
35. Environmental Impact Statement System or Presidential Decree No. 1586
36. Plant Quarantine Law of 1978 or Presidential Decree No. 1433
37. The Coral Resources Development & Conservation Decree or Presidential
Decree No. 1219
38. Philippine Environment Code or Presidential Decree No. 1152
39. Philippine Environmental Policy or Presidential Decree No. 1151
40. The Water Code of the Philippines or Presidential Decree No. 1067
41. National Pollution Control Commission or Presidential Decree No. 984
42. Marine Pollution Decree of 1976 or Presidential Decree No. 979
43. Code on Sanitation of the Philippines or Presidential Decree No. 856
44. Penalty for Improper Garbage Disposal or Presidential Decree No. 825
45. Amending Certain Sections of (R.A. 4850), Otherwise Known as the "Laguna
Lake Development Authority Act of 1966."
Presidential Decree No. 813
46. Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines or Presidential Decree No. 705
47. Philippine Fisheries Code of 1975 or Presidential Decree No. 704
48. Revised Coast Guard Law or Presidential Decree No. 601
49. Pertaining to the Preservation, Beautification, Improvement and Gainful
Utilization of the Pasig River, Providing for the Regulation and Control of
Pollution of the River and Its Banks in Order to Enhance Its Development,
Thereby Maximizing Its Utilization for Socio-Economic Purposes.
Presidential Decree No. 274;
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 54 CREATING THE PASIG RIVER REHABILITATION
COMMISSION;
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 65
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 54, SERIES OF 1999
50. An Act to Reserve to the Philippine Legislature the Disposition of the Waters of
the Public Domain for the Utilization and Development of Hydraulic Power. or Act
No. 4062
 51. The Fisheries Act or Act No. 4003
52. An Act to Protect Wild Flowers and Plants in the Philippine Islands and to
Prescribe Conditions Under Which They May be Collected, Kept, Sold, Exported,
and for Other Purposes or Act No. 3983
53. Prohibition Against Cutting of Tindalo, Akli & Molave Trees or Act No. 3572
54. Guidelines on Biological & Genetic Resources or Executive Order No. 247
[1995]) - President Fidel V. Ramos
55. Task Force Pawikan or Executive Order No. 542 (President Ferdinand E.
Marcos)
56. Environmental Impact Statement System - Areas/Types of Projects or
Proclamation No. 2146
57. Subic Watershed Forest Reserve Law or Proclamation No. 926 (President
Corazon C. Aquino)
58. Quezon National Park - Proc. No. 740|Proc. No. 594|Proc. No. 2
59. Preferential Treatment of Small Fisherfolks [15-km.Mun. Water] or DENR
Administrative Order No. 03
60. Regulations for the Conservation of Marine Turtles or Bureau of Forest
Development Circular No. 08
Reference:
"PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT LAWS - CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW
LIBRARY".Chanrobles.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 July 2016.
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