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A Writ of Kalikasan is a legal remedy under Philippine law that provides protection of one's constitutional right to a healthy environment, as outlined in Section 16, Article II of the Philippine Constitution, which states that the "state shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the ...
Marine mammal habitats have been subject to degradation in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand. [15] It has been estimated that the Philippines has lost about 30-50% of its seagrass habitat in recent decades due to a combination of natural and man-made threats, of which shipping is a considerable one. [15]
A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. [1] Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a huge amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever ...
An example is the 2008 directive "on the protection of the environment through criminal law", [20] which ordered Member States to establish legal frameworks to prosecute maritime environmental offenses. [20] Subsequent amendments, such as in 2009, focused on the regulation of ship-source pollution levels and introducing penalties for violations ...
Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System; Fisheries Act of 1932; Philippine Environment Code; Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines; Water Code of the Philippines; Pollution Control Law (Presidential Decree 1181; 1977) Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System (Presidential Decree 1586; 1978) Food Security Act of 1985
The country where a ship is registered is responsible for certifying the ship's compliance with MARPOL's pollution prevention standards. Each signatory nation is responsible for enacting domestic laws to implement the convention and effectively pledges to comply with the convention, annexes, and related laws of other nations.
“The cruise ship industry is the fastest growing tourism sector in Australia right now and, in the last five years, the GBRMPA and state government have issued over 103 permits for cruise ships ...
The Canada–Philippines waste dispute was an international row over mislabeled Canadian garbage shipped to Manila by a recycling company. The 103 shipping containers that left from Vancouver in 2013–14 were labeled as recyclable plastics ; they instead contained household waste.