Chapter 2

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  • Environmental law refers to a variety of protections that share a common goal on protecting the environment
  • Environmental law laws that address the effects of human activity on the natural environment
  • There are 16 principles related to human rights
  • The No harm principle recognizes that a state's activities may be transboundary in nature which can affect or harm the environment of another state
  • Principle of prevention aims to stop environmental problems before it even occurs
  • Precautionary principle hard should be addressed even with minimal predictability at hand. If there is a strong suspicion that a certain activity may have environmentally harmful consequences, it is better to control that activity now rather than to wait for incontrovertible scientific evidence
  • Sustainable development process of developing lands to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, seeks to achieve exploitation of natural resources while leaving the environment intact for future generations to use.
  • Intergenerational equity each generation's responsibility to leave inherited wealth no less than what they themselves inherited
  • Universal declaration of human rights provides the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being
  • EO 192 is otherwise known as Reorganization act of the department of environment and natural resources
  • DENR primary agency responsible for the conservation and proper use of the country's environment and natural resources.
  • DENR is headed by secretary of environment and natural resources which is appointed by the President
  • Secretary is assisted by 5 undersecretaries which is appointed by the president upon recommendation of the DENR secretary
  • They are also assisted with 7 assistant secretaries
  • Fmb forest management bureau
  • Lands management bureau LMB
  • Mines and geo-sciences bureau mgb
  • Ecosystems research and development bureau ERDB
  • Biodiversity management bureau Bmb
  • Environmental management bureau Emb