MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES BUREAU(MGB) - promulgate standards and operating procedures
MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES BUREAU(MGB) - pertaining to geology and mineral resources
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW - law works to protect land, air, and soil
PRINCIPLE OF PREVENTION - aim to stop environmental damage
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU (EMB) - formulate environmental quality
PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - recognize development economic exploitation
INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY - responsibility to leave and inheritance to the next generation
LANDS MANAGEMENT BUREAU (LMB) - advise land classification management
MINERAL AGREEMENT - provides the contractor the exclusive rights to conduct mining operations and to extract mineral resources found in the contract area
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE - should be used when there is a possibility that a hazard may exist
SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCE AND THE OBLIGATION NOT TO CAUSE HARM - the state has the responsibility not to cause harm beyond the limits of its national jurisdiction
RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH - responsibility to protect and improve the environment for present and future generations