Earth Day Quiz

• The Kyoto protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan


  December 1997
• The Kyoto protocol entered into force

  16 February 2005
• The Kyoto protocol is an international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention Climate Change
• The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefits-sharing came into force


  12th October 2014
• The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefits-sharing is an international agreement which aims at sharing the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way
• The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur supplementary protocol came into force

  5 March 2018
• The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur supplementary protocol is majorly on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• The international committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICC) was established in decision EM-1/3 adoption the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to undertake the preparations necessary for the first meeting of the parties to the protocol
• R.A. 8749 "Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999"
• R.A. 8485 "Animal Welfare Act of 1998"
• R.A. 7942 "Philippine Mining Act of 1995"
• Presidential Decree 1067 "The Water Code of the Philippines"
• Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act of 2002 (Republic Act No. 9168) AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO NEW PLANT VARIETIES, ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION BOARD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
• Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (Republic Act No. 9147) - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND THEIR HABITATS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
• Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 9003)
• Act No. 3983-an act to protect wild flowers and plants in the Philippines islands and to prescribe conditions under which they may be collected, kept, sold, exported, and for other purposes
• Prohibition Against Cutting of Trees in Public Roads, plazas, etc. (Republic Act No. 3571) -An act to prohibit the cutting, destroying or injuring of planted or growing trees, flowering plants and shrubs or plants of scenic value along public roads, in plazas, parks, school premises, or in any other public ground
• Coconut Preservation Act (Republic Act No. 8048) - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE CUTTING OF COCONUT TREES, ITS REPLENISHMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES
• Clean Water Act (RA 9275) n act providing for a comprehensive strategy to address the degradation THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. of our water bodies
• Ecological Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003) an act that providing for a systematic, comprehensive, and ecological waste management program to health and environment ensure the protection of public
• Toxic Substances and Hazardous Waste Control Act (RA 6969) Management of industrial chemicals and hazardous wastes in all aspects of its life cycle, "cradle to grave"-generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal
• National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (Republic Act No. 7586) - An act providing for the establishment and management of national integrated protected areas system, defining its scope and coverage, and for other purposes
• AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997 (Republic Act No. 8435) - An Act Prescribing Urgent Related Measures to Modernize the Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors of the Country in Order to Enhance Their Profitability, and Prepare Said Sectors for the Challenges of the Globalization Through an Adequate, Focused and Rational Delivery of Necessary Support Services, Appropriating Funds Therefor and For Other Purposes
• THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998 (Republic Act No. 8550) AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, INTEGRATING ALL LAWS PERTINENT THERETO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
• High Value Crops Development Act of 1995 (Republic Act No. 7900) An act to promote the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of high valued crops, providing funds, therefor, and for other purposes
• Vienna Convention adopted for the protection of ozone layer
• The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants came into exist

  17 May 2004
• The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants and thus helps to maintain the health of humans and environment
• The Basel Convention was adopted

  22 March 1989
• The main aim of the Basel Convention is to control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and its disposals
• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came into exist


  June 1992
• The reason behind the UNFCCC is to achieve stabilization in greenhouse gases concentration in atmosphere
• The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development met at the Rio de Janeiro Convention


  3rd to 14th June 1992
• During the Rio de Janeiro Convention, they proclaimed 27 principles with the goal of establishing a new partnership
• The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) came into force


  October 5th 1978
• The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) is an international treaty for prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques
• The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources
• The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity treaty outlined the importance of preserving diversity on a global scale
• Earth Day


  An annual event celebrated on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection
• Earth Day


  • Falling between spring break and final exams on college campuses
  • First celebrated in 1970
  • Recognized by 20 million people in the first year
  • Inspired by protests against the Vietnam War