Philippine Institute Of Environmental Planners

Northern Mindanao Chapter

The Professional Practice of

Environmental Planning
EnP Casimira “Myra” V. Balandra, CESO II
President
Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners - Northern Mindanao

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CONTENT Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Evolution of Planning (and Governance) in the Philippines

• Environmental Planning as a Regulated Profession
• The Environmental Planner
• The Professional Practice
• Code of Ethics
• RA 10587 Implementing Rules and Regulations

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Northern Mindanao Chapter

Evolution of Planning

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The Philippine Commonwealth Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Philippine Economic
Association/Commonwealth Act
– with the National Economic
Council as the implementing
body, it planned the
development of the agriculture,
fisheries, mining, transport and
trade

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The Philippine Republic Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Capital City Planning Commission – RA 333 (1948)

- for the master planning of Manila, including preparation of necessary
zoning and subdivision regulations
• National Planning Commission – EO 367 in 1950 by Quirino
- inter-provincial and inter-regional trunk roads, waterways and other
transport facilities
- ports and harbors, wharves and other port facilities
- airports and other air terminals
- national parks, forest reserves, seashore and other recreational and
health resort facilities

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The Philippine Republic Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Government Survey and Reorganization Commission in 1955 to 1956

- RP divided into 8 regions
- first basis for regional planning
- based on provincial contiguity and geographical features, transportation
and communication facilities, cultural and language groupings and
population size
• Local Autonomy Act of 1959
- granted LGUs the power to enact zoning and subdivision regulations
• Regional Development Authorities
- various Republic Acts creating the Regional Development Authorities in
1961 to 1965
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The Philippine Republic Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• UP Institute of Environmental
Planning
- established through RA 4341 in
1965
- with a long-term vision of
training planners to work in the
government in planning-heavy
endeavors
- it remains to this day the only
formal planning school in the
country
- now known as the UP School of
Urban and Regional Planning
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Martial Law Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• National Regional Physical Framework Planning 1971

- first Physical Framework Planning Strategy Studies for the areas
National, Metro Manila Bay Region and Mindanao
• Metro Manila Commission
- KKK of Imelda Marcos (Katotohanan, Kagandahan, Kabutihan)
- Focused on housing, tourism, transportation, industrial land uses
that are used until today

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Martial Law Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Ministry of Human Settlements

- a superbody that placed under its umbrella several agencies and
corporations
- institutionalizing the basic needs approach like water, medical services,
mobility
- Rise of “new towns” like Dasmarinas, Sapang Palay, SJDM, Lungsod Silangan
• National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation
• National Housing Corporation (now the National Housing Authority)
• National Coordinating Council for Town Planning, Zoning and Housing
• Human Settlements Development Corporation
• Urban and Rural Bagong Lipunan Sites and Services (BLISS) Program and
BLISS Development Corporation
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Martial Law Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

- Housing shortages were beginning, housing agencies were

established
- Rise of the slums and informal settlements
- Establishment of ecozones groundwork for regional expansion
- Environmental Planning Profession Law PD1308

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PD 1308: Regulating the Practice Northern Mindanao Chapter

of the Profession of Environmental Planning

in the Philippines
“In recognition of the significant role and substantial contribution that
the science of environmental planning has made to the country, there
appears a need to professionalize and regulate practice in the
Philippines.”

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1986 onwards Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Metro Manila Authority (now the Metro Manila Development

Authority) EO392
- delivery of basic services requiring coordination and consolidation
like:
- land use, planning and zoning, traffic management and control;
and sanitation and waste management
• Local Government Code of 1991 (RA7160)
- landmark legislation that gave local governments immense
planning, financial and governance powers
- devolution of major government functions

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1986 onwards Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• EO 72 of June 1993
- establishment of the Provincial Land Use Committee in every
province
- providing for the Preparation and Implementation of the
Comprehensive Land Use Plans of LGUs
• Establishment of the Board of Environmental Planners by the
Professional Regulation Commission in fulfillment of the PD 1308

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Environmental Planning
as a Regulated Profession

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The Professional Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards

of a profession
• Person formally certified by a professional body by virtue of having
completed a required course of studies and/or practice, and whose
competence can be measured against an established set of standards
• Person who has achieved an acclaimed level of proficiency

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Declared State Policy Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. Importance of Environmental Planning (EP). The State recognizes

the importance of EP in nation-building and development
2. Development of Environmental Planners (EnPs). The State shall
develop/nurture/competent/virtuous/productive/well-rounded
professional EnPs, excellent, world class, and globally competitive.

The EP Ultimate Goal

To promote the welfare of people and their communities by creating
convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, attractive, ecologically
sustainable environment that contributes to prosperity of the present
and future generations.
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RA 10587: The EnP Law Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Environmental Planning Act of 2013 – An Act Regulating the Practice

of Environmental Planning, Repealing for the Purpose Presidential
Decree 1308, entitled “Law Regulating the Environmental Planning
Profession in the Philippines”, and for Other Purposes

• Implementing Rules and Regulations – October 2014

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Definition of Terms Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Environmental Planning
• Also known as urban and regional planning, city planning, town
and country planning, and/or human settlements planning
• The multi-disciplinary art and science of analyzing, specifying,
classifying, harmonizing, managing and regulating the use and
development of land and water resources, in relation to their
environs, for the development of sustainable communities and
ecosystems.

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Definition of Terms Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Environmental Planner
Person who is licensed and registered to practice environmental
planning and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and a valid
Professional Identification Card from the PRC

• Accredited Professional Organization

Registered and accredited professional organization of EnPs

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The Total Planning Doctrine Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Trinity of relationships
a) Man and his Creator
b) Man and his fellow Humankind
c) Man and his Environment
• Planning philosophy - Six-pronged planning elements:
a) Human being as focus of development
b) Holistic approach
c) Multi-dimensional activities
d) Wise/sustainable resources utilization
e) Equitable distribution of benefits
f) Qualitative/quantitative changes
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Purpose of EP Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. Society/Community
a) Respond to problems/needs of society
b) Balance of private needs and command collective demands
c) Ensure sustainable development
2. Economic/Financial Resources
a) Avoid unnecessary implementation expenditures (money/effort/time)
b) Facilitate sourcing of funds for program/project implementation
3. Planning/Management
a) Provide national basis for reclassifying/control of land uses
b) Serve as basis for enacting zoning ordinances for balanced/orderly spatial development
c) Allow introduction of new planning/management trends for dynamic/responsive to
needs of the place.
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Vision and Mission Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Vision
Society. Citizens enjoying high quality of life/economic growth in
harmony with nature
Profession. A vibrant/globally competitive professional practice
nationally/globally
• Mission
To capacitate and guide communities and stake-holder group make
rational plans as basis for decision-making on the sustainable
development and management of the country’s physical (land,
water, air); and to nurture internationally competitive
Environmental Planners.
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Environmental Planners -
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The Environmental Planner

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The EnP: Roles and Types Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. Techno-physical
a) Technocrat/ technical analyst/researcher
b) Social engineer/social scientist
c) Economic planner/economist
d) Physical planner/land use planner
- Site development/redevelopment
- Preservation/conservation
- Rehabilitation/revitalization
- Management/regulation
e) Environmental watchdog

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The EnP: Roles and Types Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

2. Adviser/Manager/Educator
a) Administrator/legal adviser
b) Corporate manager/educator
3) Design/program developer
4) Umpire/referee/arbitrator/mediator/facilitator
5) Agent of change

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The EnP: General Functions/ Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Concerns
1. Plan formulation/preparation/ implementation
2. Project planning/ management/ evaluation
3. Community development/ management
4. Coordination/ review
5. Budgeting
6. Programming (plan selection)
7. Policy analysis
8. Research
9. Public participation
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The Professional Practice

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Scope of Practice (RA 10587) Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

a) Provide professional services in the form of technical consultation, rendering

technical advice, plan preparation, capacity building and M&E involving the
following:
• National, regional, local development and/or physical framework and CLUPs
• Zoning and related ordinances, codes and legal issuances for the development
and management, preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, regulation and
control of the environment, including all land, water, air and natural resources
• Planning and development of a barangay, municipality, city, province, region,
or any portion or combination thereof
• Development of a site for a particular need or special purpose, such as
economic or ecological zone, tourism development zone, housing and other
estate development projects, including the creation of any other spatial
arrangement of buildings, utilities, transport and communications
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Scope of Practice (RA 10587) Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

b) In relation to any of the activities in (a), preparing the following studies

• Pre-FS, FS and other related concerns
• Environmental assessments
• Institutional, administrative of legal systems
c) Curriculum and syllabi development in licensure exams
d) Serving as expert witness, resource person, lecturer, juror or arbiter in hearings,
competitions, exhibitions and other public fora; conduct of in hearings,
competitions, exhibitions and other public fora
e) Ensuring compliance with environmental laws including the acquisition of
regulatory permits
f) Perform other activities that may be determined by the Board

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Licensing of EnPs Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. Qualifications
a) Basic
• Filipino citizen/foreigner with country reciprocity
• Good moral character
• No conviction of moral turpitude
b) Degree holder
• EP graduate degree (Master’s/PhD): No experience required
• EP post-graduate diploma plus one year experience
• BSEP plus two years experience
• Master/doctorate(Arch/Eng/Ecology/Eco/Geog/Geol/PA/BA/Soc/Soc Sci/Law/
ES/EM/NRP/Dev plus three years experience (until 2018)
• BS (Arch/Eng/Eco/PA/Law/SWCD/Soc plus five years experience (until 2018)
c) Incumbent planners (until 2018)
• Holder of CSC professional eligibility
• 80 hours of in-service training/distance learning
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Licensing of EnPs Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

2. Exam Subject Areas

a) Area I - History/ foundation/ concepts/ theories/principles (20%)
b) Area II - Planning processes/ methods/strategies (45%)
c) Area III - Plan implementation/administration/legal aspects (35%)

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Responsibilities of EnPs Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. Certificate of registration
2. Professional ID cards
3. Membership in good standing of APO
4. EP Partnerships/corporations/associations to be registered by the
Board and PRC
5. CPE/CPD compliance
6. Signing of EP plans: CoR, PRC/ID card, APO COGS, PTR
7. Positions in government to be registered EnPs (within three years)
8. Civil liability for plans prepared within 10 years

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Code of Ethics for EnPs

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BoEP Resolution No. 3, 2015 Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. Need for a Code to

• Govern personal/professional conduct of EnPs
• Promote/protect public interest
• Ensure that only competent/qualified EnPs practice EP Profession
2. General principles
• Service to God/country/humankind
• Advancement of EP art/science; balanced ecology
• Highest degree of professionalism/excellence/
• competence/integrity
• Uphold the Constitution/laws/regulations/legal orders

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BoEP Resolution No. 3, 2015 Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

3. Responsibility to profession/EnP’s organization

• Devote time effort/talent/resources for advancement of
professionals and students
• Actively participate in professional organization’s activities/affairs
• Adhere to highest standards of integrity/transparency
- Professional qualifications
- Appropriate means of advertising
- Serve as resource persons/speakers in public for a
- Pursue CPD program

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BoEP Resolution No. 3, 2015 Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

4. Responsibility to co-professionals
• Give due respect to professional image of co-professionals
• Share results of experience/research
• Broaden opportunities for involvement/development of co-professionals
5. Responsibility to clients
• Honesty in professional credentials/competence
• Provide services within the scope of EP practice
• Avoid activities causing conflict of interest
• Fees commensurate with extent/quality of services
• Information kept confidential except with clients permission

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BoEP Resolution No. 3, 2015 Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

6. Responsibility country/society
• Sustainable development as planning strategy
• Priority to needs of disadvantages/marginalized
• Natural environment protection/conservation
• Participatory planning/implementation
• Objective/accurate reporting/evaluation of EP issues/concerns
• Reduction of administrative/geographical disparities

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Code of Ethics for EnPs Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

• Code of Good Governance (EO 220/2003)

• Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and
Employees of the Republic of the Philippines (RA 6713/1989)
• PRC Code of Good Governance for the Professions in the Philippines
(PRC/17 June 2002)

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Code of Good Governance Northern Mindanao Chapter

for the Profession (EO 220/2003)

1. General principle of professional conduct. To have an ethical commitment,
a personal resolve to act ethically, have ethical awareness/competency.
2. Specific principles of professional conduct
• Service to others
• Integrity/objectivity
• Professional competence
• Solidarity/Teamwork
• Global Competitiveness
• Equality of all professions
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for the Profession (EO 220/2003)

3. Life/work
• Lead a clean/frugal life
• Be industrious for economic security; rely on own efforts for
progress/happiness
• Work cheerfully/thoroughly/well
4. Environment
• Use/develop natural resource
• Conserve natural resource for posterity

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Ethical Principles in EP Practice Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

1. On earth/environment
• Respect/care/protect from damage
• Share benefits equitably
• Apply golden rule
• Protect/restore places of outstanding/aesthetic/spiritual/scientific significance
• Cultivate sense of shared responsibility
2. Sustainable living
• Adopt models of consumption/production/reproduction
• Justice in provision of potable water/clean air/food security
• Promote social development/eradicate poverty
• Apply scientific knowledge in sustainable living/environmental protection
• Ensure opportunities to acquire knowledge/skills/values
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Ethical Principles in EP Practice Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

3. People participation/empowerment
• Strengthen processes of all sectors’ path
• Reaffirm vital roles of indigenous peoples in care/protection of Mother Earth
• Secure right to sexual/ reproductive health (especially for women)
• Promote youth participation as agents of change
4. Peace/protection/non-violence
• Practice non-violence -- create harmonious relationship with people/earth
• Treat all creatures with compassion/protect from cruelty or destruction

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Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards Northern Mindanao Chapter

for Public Officials and Employees

of the Republic of the Philippines (RA 6713/1989)
1. Conduct
a) Commitment to public interest
b) Professionalism
c) Justness/sincerity
d) Political neutrality
e) Responsiveness to the public
f) Nationalism/patriotism
g) Commitment to democracy
h) Simple living
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Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards Northern Mindanao Chapter

for Public Officials and Employees

of the Republic of the Philippines (RA 6713/1989)
2. Duties of public officials/employees
a) Act promptly on letters/request
b) Submit annual performance reports
c) Process documents/papers expeditiously
d) Act immediately on public’s personal transactions
e) Make documents available to the public

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PRC Code of Good Governance for the Northern Mindanao Chapter

Professions in the Philippines (PRC/ 17 June 2002)

1. General Principles of Professional Conduct
a) Act ethically
b) Discern between right and wrong
c) Engage in sound moral reasoning
2. Specific Principles of Professional Conduct
a) Service to others
b) Integrity and objectivity
c) Professional Competence
d) Solidarity and teamwork
e) Social civic responsibility
f) Global competitiveness
g) Equality of all professions
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Enforcement

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IRR: Enforcement Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Section 37. Enforcement by Government Officials and Officers of the

Law Code of Good Governance
It is the duty of the Commission, the Board, all government officials and
duly constituted law officers of the national, provincial, city or
municipal level to enforce the provisions of RA 10587 and the IRR

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IRR: Enforcement Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Section 38. Positions in Government with Environmental Planning Functions

The Civil Service Commission shall set qualification standards for
environmental planners at various levels of government service, including
government-owned and controlled corporations and other entities. After a
lapse of five years from effectivity of RA 10587, only registered and licensed
environmental planners shall be appointed to the positions of heads and
assistant heads of groups, departments, divisions in government offices,
agencies, bureaus and instrumentalities thereof, including government owned
and controlled corporations, provinces, cities and municipalities, and such
other positions which require the knowledge, skills and competence and
qualifications of registered and licensed environmental planner. Appointments
made thereafter in violation hereof shall be considered null and void.
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PD 1308 Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Section 25. Enforcement by Government Officials and Officers of the Law

It shall be the duty of all government officials and duly constituted law
officers of the national, provincial, city and municipal governments, to
assist the Board and the Commission in enforcing the provisions of this
Decree and to prosecute any person violating the same.
In this connection, heads of government offices, departments, bureaus,
government-owned or controlled corporation, provincial governors, and
city and municipal mayors shall appoint only qualified and/or registered
environmental planners to positions requiring the knowledge, skill, and
competence of environmental planners.

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IRR: Enforcement Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Sec 29. Civil Liability of Environmental Planners

The environmental planner in charge of the preparation of an
environmental plan and related documents, as well as members of the
planning team involved in the preparation thereof, may be held civilly
liable in cases of serious, large-scale or wholesale damage, failure or
destruction of any project subject of or covered by an environmental plan,
that result in significant adverse impact on affected stakeholders or the
concerned ecosystem, within a period of 10 years from the time of the
implementation of such plan…

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IRR: Enforcement Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Sec 29. Civil Liability of Environmental Planners (continued)

These are, in cases, where it is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such damage, failure or destruction was foreseeable and
could have been anticipated, and are directly caused by gross negligence
on the part of the environmental planner and/or the environmental
planning team member or members, or to highly deficient or inappropriate
environmental planning methods, strategies, tools or techniques at
variance with generally accepted environmental planning principles,
methods and standards.

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IRR: Transitory Provisions Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Within a period of 3 years, LGUs may continue to issue appointment to

persons who are not registered and licensed EnPs only on a temporary
status or acting capacity

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RA 10587 - IRR Environmental Planners -

Northern Mindanao Chapter

Section 36. All registered and licensed environmental planners shall

organize themselves into one national organization that is duly registered
All EnPs whose names appear in the Registry Book shall automatically
become members of the APO and shall receive all the benefits and
privileges upon payment of membership fees and dues.

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Northern Mindanao Chapter

End of Presentation
Source:
Dr. Josefina Ramos, Chair of the Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning
EnP Larisa De Castro, President of the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners
(Presented by Dr. Ramos during the PIEP-NM Regional Planners’ Forum on August 23-24, 2017 in
Cagayan de Oro City)

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