A Reference on Philippine Laws for Environmental Planners

A Reference on Philippine Laws for Environmental Planners
Author: Beverly M Abad Enp
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2020-08-29
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ISBN:
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Foreword + + + + + This is a legal reference book on Philippine laws that are used by Environmental Planners in their practice.The compilers included as much laws as they think are relevant to the Scope of Practice of EnPs, as per Sec. 5 of R.A. 10587 on "plan preparation".NPFPs, RPFPS, PFPPs - "National, Regional or Local development and/or physical framework and comprehensive land use plans."ZOs - "Zoning and related ordinances, codes and other legal issuances, for the development and management, preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, regulation, and control of the environment, including all land, water, air and natural resources."CLUPs/CDPs - Planning and development of a barangay, municipality, city, region, or any portion or combination thereof"; and, MDPs - "Development of a site for a particular need or special purpose, such as economic or ecological zones, tourism development zones, and housing and other estate development projects, including the creation of any other spatial arrangements of buildings, utilities, transport and communications."In Part One of this book, the "Master Summary Matrix, the laws used frequently by EnPs are grouped together into "sectors" or "planning subjects" - such as, "Land Use", "Housing", "Transport", etc.The bulk of the EnP Scope of Practice consists of the formulation of CLUP/ZO/ CDP of cities and municipalities. The HLURB (CLUP/ZO) and the DILG (CDP) guidelines are cited in this reference.The second more important practice of EnPs concerns those defined by environmental laws - under the watch of the DENR, e.g., Philippine Environmental Impact System, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act. Solid Waste Management Act, etc.A third preoccupation of EnPs is the planning of "sectoral programs and projects". Each sector is covered by a law, e.g., a tourism development project must follow the Tourism Act, an Agrarian Reform Community Development Plan - the CARP/DAR law(s), Indigenous Peoples' Development Plan - the IPRA Law.Agricultural projects are guided by the CARP, AFMA/SAFDZ, NPAAD guidelines, etc.; industrial estates/Freeport zones by the EPZA law, protected areas and forestlands by the NIPAS law, Urban Billboards and Signages by the National Building Code, etc..

Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia

Governance Approaches to Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia
Author: H. Ha
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-11-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137325216
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Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for good governance regarding climate change, and the role of state and non-state actors in climate change governance, and explore different political-legal frameworks.

Access to Environmental Justice

Access to Environmental Justice
Author: Andrew Harding
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004157832
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Although it is commonly asserted that enhanced citizen participation results in better environmental policy and improved enforcement of environmental standards, this hypothesis has rarely been subject to testing on a comparative basis. The contributors to this book set out to study the extent to which citizens can and do exert influence over their urban environments through the legal (and extra-legal) 'gateways' in eleven countries spanning several continents as well as different climates, levels and type of economic development, and national legal and constitutional systems, as well as exhibiting a different set of environmental problems. One interviewee questioned about access to environmental justice, dryly remarked that in his city there was no environment, no justice and no access to either. Yet this view, as will be seen, requires to be nuanced. While few people will be surprised by the finding that legal gateways to environmental justice are largely ineffective, the reasons for this are revealing; but also the richness of detail and the comparisons between the different countries, and also the positive aspects which surfaced in several instances, were indeed both encouraging and sometimes surprising. This book presents the first comparative survey of access to environmental justice, and will be of considerable use to lawyers, policy-makers, activists and scholars who are concerned with the environmental issues which so profoundly affect and afflict our habitat and conditions of social justice throughout the world.

Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
Author: Barbara J. Lausche
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2011
Genre: Law
ISBN: 2831712459
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The central aim of this publication is to consider the key elements of a modern, comprehensive, and effective legal framework for successful management of protected areas. They provide practical guidance for all those involved in developing, improving, or reviewing national legislation on protected areas, be they legal drafters and practitioners, protected area managers, interested NGOs, or scholars. These guidelines include fifteen case studies, eight dealing with the protected area legislation of individual countries and six cases dealing with specific sites providing fundamental solutions that stand the test of time.

Greening Industry

Greening Industry
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780195211276
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Accompanying CD-ROM contains background and reference material for the text, including the text itself, as well as a slightly modified version of the World Bank's New ideas for pollution regulation (NIPR) web site, current as of 9/29/99. CD-ROM also includes Netscape, Adobe Acrobat, and Real Media audio/video player.

Assessing the Economic Impacts of Environmental Policies Evidence from a Decade of OECD Research

Assessing the Economic Impacts of Environmental Policies Evidence from a Decade of OECD Research
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2021-05-17
Genre:
ISBN: 926436711X
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Over the past decades, governments have gradually adopted more rigorous environmental policies to tackle challenges associated with pressing environmental issues, such as climate change. The ambition of these policies is, however, often tempered by their perceived negative effects on the economy.

Principles of International Environmental Law

Principles of International Environmental Law
Author: Philippe Sands
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1252
Release: 2003-10-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780521521062
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This second edition of Philippe Sand's leading textbook on international environmental law provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the subject, revised to December 2002. It considers relevant new topics, including the Kyoto Protocol, genetically modified organisms, oil pollution, chemicals etc. and will remain the most comprehensive account of the principles and rules relating to environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources. In addition to the key material from the 1992 Rio Declaration and subsequent developments, Sands also covers topics including the legal and institutional framework, the field's historic development and standards for general application. This will continue to be an invaluable resource for both students and practitioners alike.

Principles of Environmental Law

Principles of Environmental Law
Author: Ludwig Krämer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Environmental law
ISBN: 9781785365652
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Environmental law principles, such as the polluter pays, the precautionary principle or the common but differentiated responsibilities, have had a very important function in the shaping and evolution of the young sector of environmental law which has developed over the last fifty years. Yet, their status, content, binding force and functions in law remain largely uncertain. Forming a key part of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, this book examines the facets of environmental principles in international, national and regional law, as applied in different parts of the world and by a variety of courts. It assembles more than fifty contributions from all continents which clarify that, as the environment itself has no voice and cannot express its concerns, there is an overriding importance of scholars' active discussion of environmental principles. The book demonstrates that the necessity to preserve this planet requires a continuous, democratic discussion of values, objectives and concepts which are expressed in the numerous and continuously evolving environmental principles.