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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is responsible for creating, supporting, and enforcing policies on environmental protection by the Philippine government. The department is also tasked with ensuring sustainable management of the Philippines' natural resources. [73]
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.
According to environmental group Alyansa Tigil Mina, the law "legitimizes the plunder of our national patrimony," and that the "situation will only worsen if ChaCha prospers and transnational corporations are allowed to act with impunity." [27] Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [28] and intensifies flood damage in some areas. [29]
Philippine activists have, for example, taken part in the global climate strike, joining demands for political leaders to urgently address the climate emergency. [52] [53] Below are some protest actions and social movements associated with climate change in the Philippines.
The Philippines has a 53% renewable, 66.8% green, and self-sufficient electricity generation mix. Environmental organisations like Greenpeace are dissatisfied with these numbers, however, because coal still accounts for 37% of power generation. The economic gains of renewable energy usage in the Philippines have not benefited the rural poor ...
The Philippines rejected on Tuesday China's accusation that its grounded warship on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China had damaged the coral reef ecosystem in the area, laying ...
The Marcopper mining disaster is one of the worst mining and environmental disasters in Philippine history. [1] [2] [3] It occurred on March 24, 1996, on the Philippine island of Marinduque, a province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The disaster led to drastic reforms in the country's mining policy. [1]
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