ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
Water resources
are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful.
The Philippine Forest
are the most diverse and complex in the world and are also among the most endangered.
Uses of water
include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental
Environment management
is the process of allocating natural and man-made resources so as to make optimum use of the environment in satisfying not only the existing basic human needs but of the coming generations also.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEFINED
► "Environmental management is concerned with the man-environment interface, the complex boundary where bio-physical and socio-cultural systems interact". (Hare, 1970) ► "The process of allocating natural and artificial resources so as to make optimum use of the environment in satisfying basic human needs, at the minimum, and more, if possible, on a sustainable basis". (Jolly, 1978) ► "Environmental management - a generic description of a process undertaken by systems oriented professionals with a natural science, social science or less commonly, an engineering ,law or design background, tackling problem of human altered environment on an interdisciplinary basis from a quantitative and/or futuristic viewpoint". (Downey, 1989). ► "An approach which goes beyond natural resources management to encompass the political and social as well as the natural environment". (Clarke, 1999)
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AREAS OF CONCERN
► Air and Water Quality ► Global Climate Change ► Agriculture ► Biodiversity and Species Protection ► Pesticides and Hazardous Chemical ► Waste Management and Remediation and Contaminated Land; and ► Management of Public Lands and Natural Resources
Objectives of Environmental Education
► Awareness ► Knowledge ► Attitudes ► Skills ► Evaluation Ability ► Participation
The Goals of Water Conservation Efforts
► Sustainability. ► Energy Conservation. ► Habitat Conservation.
Significance of Environmental Management
► To prevent and solve environmental problems. ► To establish limits. ► To develop research institutions and monitoring systems. ► To warn threats and identify opportunities ► To suggest measures for resource conservation. ► To develop a strategy for the improvement of quality. ► To suggest long-term and short-term policies for sustainable development. ► To identify new technology for future development
PRINCIPLES INFLUENCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
► Volunteerism ► Ecology Conservation ► Stewardship, Responsibility and Sustainability
Environmental Law
- a complex and interlocking body of statutes, common law, treaties, convention, regulations and policies;
Six (6) Types of Philippine Forests
1. Mangrove Forest - The mangrove forest has trees that have special root formations. 2. Beach Forest - The beach forest can be found along the beach; this kind of forest forms a narrow strip along the sandy coast of the beach. 3. Molave Forest - Molave forests are tree that grows with a crooked trunk. 4. Dipterocarp Forest - The dipterocarp forest covers the largest forest areas in the Philippines. 5. Pine Forest - The Pine forest is usually developed in the country's high plateau regions. 6. Mossy Forest - The Mossy Forest can be found along the mountains in about 1200 altitude high.
Seven (7) Principles of Environment
1. Nature knows best. This is the most basic principle of all the principles featured in this blog. We humans have to understand nature and follow its rules 2. All forms of life are important. Each organism plays a fundamental role in nature. It is easy to appreciate the beautiful organisms like butterflies, 3. Everything is connected to everything else. In an ecosystem, all biotic and abiotic components interact with each other to ensure that the system is sustained. 4. Everything changes. The environment is constantly changing. Organisms also develop through time. 5. Everything must go somewhere. Everything ends up elsewhere 6. Ours is a finite earth. Earth's resources can be classified as either renewable or nonrenewable. 7. Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God's creation! Among all creatures, humans are the only ones made in God's image and have been given the right to have dominion over all His creations.
Features of Environmental Management
Features of Environmental Management ► It deals with world affected by humans; ► It supports sustainable development; ► It demands a multidisciplinary approach; ► It has to integrate different development view-points; ► The time-scale involved extends the short term and concern ranges from local to global; and ► It seeks to integrate natural and social science, policy making and planning.
