List of Environmental Laws in the Philippines

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 79

INSTITUTIONALIZING AND IMPLEMENTING REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINE MINING
SECTOR PROVIDING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AND RESPONSIBLE MINING IN THE UTILIZATION OF MINERAL
RESOURCES
Chain Saw Act of 2002
Republic Act No. 9175
Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act of 2002
Republic Act No. 9168
Mt. Kanla-on Natural Park (MKNP) Act of 2001
Republic Act No. 9154
Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act
Republic Act No. 9147
National Caves and Cave Resources Management and Protection Act
Republic Act No. 9072
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
Republic Act No. 9003
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
Republic Act No. 8749
Implementing Rules & Regulations of the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998
Republic Act No. 8550
Animal Welfare Act of 1998
Republic Act No. 8485
Agriculture & Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997
Republic Act No. 8435
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997
Republic Act No. 8371
An Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN)

Republic Act No. 8172

Coconut Preservation Act of 1995
Republic Act No. 8048
The Water Crisis Act of 1995
Republic Act No. 8041
Philippine Mining Act of 1995
Republic Act No. 7942
Amendment to the Agrarian Reform Code
Republic Act No. 7907
High-Value Crops Development Act of 1995
Republic Act No. 7900
Strategic Environmental Plan for Palawan Act
Republic Act No. 7611
National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992
Republic Act No. 7586
Seed Industry Development Act of 1992
Republic Act No. 7308
Tax Laws Incorporated in the Revised Forestry Code
Republic Act No. 7161
People's Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991
Republic Act No. 7076
Toxic Substances & Hazardous & Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990
Republic Act No. 6969
An Act Creating the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA)
Republic Act No. 4850
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 927
FURTHER DEFINING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE LAGUNA LAKE
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
LAGUNA LAKE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION NO. 33

Series of 1996
APPROVING
THE
RULES
AND
REGULATIONS
IMPLEMENTING
ENVIRONMENTAL USER FEE SYSTEM IN THE LAGUNA DE BAY REGION

THE

Lanao del Sur National Parks

Republic Act No. 4190
National Water & Air Pollution Control Commission Act
Republic Act No. 3931
Prohibition Against Cutting of Trees in Public Roads, Plazas, etc.
Republic Act No. 3571
An Act Amending Section Thirty-Six of P. D. No. 705, Otherwise Known as "The Revised
Forestry Code of the Philippines"
Batas Pambansa Bilang 701
An Act Amending R. A. No. 5474, As Amended by R. A. No. 6145 (Re: Prohibiting the
Catching, Selling, Offering to Sell, Purchasing any of the Fish Species Called "Gobiidae" or
"Ipon").
Batas Pambansa Bilang 58
Withdrawal of Lead in Gasoline
Presidential Decree No. 2001
Small-Scale Mining Law
Presidential Decree No. 1899
Amendment to the Revised Forestry Code
Presidential Decree No. 1775
Environmental Impact Statement System
Presidential Decree No. 1586
Plant Quarantine Law of 1978
Presidential Decree No. 1433
The Coral Resources Development & Conservation Decree
Presidential Decree No. 1219
Philippine Environment Code
Presidential Decree No. 1152

Philippine Environmental Policy

Presidential Decree No. 1151
The Water Code of the Philippines
Presidential Decree No. 1067
National Pollution Control Commission
Presidential Decree No. 984
Marine Pollution Decree of 1976
Presidential Decree No. 979
Code on Sanitation of the Philippines
Presidential Decree No. 856
Penalty for Improper Garbage Disposal
Presidential Decree No. 825
Amending Certain Sections of (R.A. 4850), Otherwise Known as the "Laguna Lake
Development Authority Act of 1966."
Presidential Decree No. 813
Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines
Presidential Decree No. 705
Philippine Fisheries Code of 1975
Presidential Decree No. 704
Revised Coast Guard Law
Presidential Decree No. 601
Pertaining to the Preservation, Beautification, Improvement and Gainful Utilization of the Pasig
River, Providing for the Regulation and Control of Pollution of the River and Its Banks in
Order to Enhance Its Development, Thereby Maximizing Its Utilization for Socio-Economic
Purposes.
Presidential Decree No. 274
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 54
CREATING THE PASIG RIVER REHABILITATION COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 65
AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 54, SERIES OF 1999

An Act to Reserve to the Philippine Legislature the Disposition of the Waters of the Public
Domain for the Utilization and Development of Hydraulic Power.
Act No. 4062
The Fisheries Act
Act No. 4003
An Act to Protect Wild Flowers and Plants in the Philippine Islands and to Prescribe Conditions
Under Which They May be Collected, Kept, Sold, Exported, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 3983
Prohibition Against Cutting of Tindalo, Akli & Molave Trees
Act No. 3572
Guidelines on Biological & Genetic Resources
Eexecutive Order No. 247 [1995]) - President Fidel V. Ramos
Task Force Pawikan
Executive Order No. 542 (President Ferdinand E. Marcos)
Environmental Impact Statement System - Areas/Types of Projects
Proclamation No. 2146
Subic Watershed Forest Reserve Law
Proclamation No. 926 (President Corazon C. Aquino)
Quezon National Park - Proc. No. 740|Proc. No. 594|Proc. No. 2
Preferential Treatment of Small Fisherfolks [15-km.Mun. Water]
DENR Administrative Order No. 03
Regulations for the Conservation of Marine Turtles
Bureau of Forest Development Circular No. 08
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