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[8] [9] [10] One of the most devastating typhoons to hit the archipelago was Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, in 2013 that killed 6,300 people and left 28,689 injured. [11] Congress passed the Clean Air Act of 1999, the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004, the Climate Change Act of 2009 to address environmental issues.
The amount of available potential water resources in the Philippines is relatively high, however, only 9 in every 10 Filipinos can access general households’ basic water supply. The Philippine government plans to invest about 1.07 trillion Philippine pesos from 2020 to 2030 to ensure that everybody can access clean water.
On March 11, 2024, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Toni Yulo-Loyzaga and the European Union launched the €60 million (P3.67 billion) "Green Economy Programme for the Philippines" in the form of a grant from 2023 to 2028 to mitigate environmental degradation and combat climate change to foster economic growth and social ...
Water pollution is an environmental issue that affects many water bodies. This photograph shows foam on the New River as it enters the United States from Mexico. Environmental issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. [1] Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) [2] or they can be natural ...
Environmental issues are harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. This alphabetical list is loosely divided into causes, effects and mitigation, noting that effects are interconnected and can cause new effects.
Pollution in the Philippines (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Environmental issues in the Philippines" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08921-9. Magno, Francisco (April 2001). "Forest Devolution and Social Capital: State-Civil Society Relations in the Philippines". Environmental History. 6 (2): 264– 286. doi:10.2307/3985087. JSTOR 3985087. S2CID 73544321.
Agricultural water management in the Philippines is primarily focused on irrigation. The country has 3.126 million hectares of irrigable land, 50% (1.567 million hectares) of which already has irrigation facilities. 50% of irrigated areas are developed and operated by the government through the National Irrigation System (NIS). 36% is developed by the government and operated by irrigators ...