1. STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT-
ENVIRONMENT-
Investment Prospects
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
2. ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK
SECTION 16 ARTICLE II,
1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
“The State shall protect and advance
the right of the people to a balanced
and healthful ecology in accord with
the h th
th rhythm and harmony of nature.”
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3. ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK
Philippine Development Plan: 2011-2016
1. Improved 2. Improved 3. Enhanced
conservation,
conservation environmental resilience of natural
protection and quality for a systems and
rehabilitation of cleaner and improved adaptive
natural healthier capac es of u a
capacities o human
resources environment communities to cope
with environmental
hazards including
climate related risks
5. Forest Management
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Situationer:
Situationer:
• Philippine forest at 7.2 M ha or 24% of country’s
land area
• 8 M ha of forestlands degraded (26% of land
area)
6. Forest Management
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Government Actions:
• Total log ban in natural forests to conserve &
protect (E.O. 23)
• Created National Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force
7. Forest Management
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Government Actions:
• Confiscated 10.6 M bd. ft. of logs/lumber
valued at P 317 M
• Filed 269 cases for illegal logging
• Closed 215 wood processing plants
8. Forest Management
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Government Actions:
• Established National Greening Program, biggest
reforestation in Philippine history (E.O. 26)
Plant 1.5 B trees in
1.5 M ha in 6 years
(27.8%
(27 8% higher than
past 50 years).
For 2011, target is
50 M trees in
100,000 ha.
10. Clean Air
Situationer – Major urban centers are polluted
• Total Suspended Particulates
(TSP) in Metro Manila is 166
micrograms/normal cubic meters
(μg/Ncm) in 1st half of 2010
84% beyond standard of 90
μg
μg/Ncm (WHO)
( )
Other polluted cities: San
Fernando, Calapan, Cebu,
Zamboanga, Davao
11. Clean Air
Situationer – Major urban centers are polluted
• 80% of pollution due to vehicular emissions
• Per WB 18M Filipinos exposed to air pollution
WB, pollution,
with health cost & loss of income of P 7.6
B/year
12. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• Strengthened enforcement & regulations
More stringent air emission standards for
Compression & Spark-Ignition Engines
(motorcycles & tricycles)
Agreement with
Earth Day Network to
make EDSA
“Linis Hangin Zone.”
(cellphone to catch
smoke-belchers)
13. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• Strengthened enforcement of regulations
DENR, LTO, MMDA, etc. worked to reduce traffic &
ensure compliance with emission testing to reduce
vehicular emissions
14. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• Strengthened enforcement of regulations
Developed program with ADB to provide credit
for conversion of tricycle engines to electric
15. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• As of June 2011, pollution reduced by 32%
from 166 to 113 μg/Ncm.
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Level
180
166
170
160
el (ug/Ncm)
)
150
140 133.5
130 Actual
TSp leve
120 113 Standard
110
100
90 90
80
1st Sem 2010 2nd Sem 2010 1st Sem 2011
17. Clean Water
Situationer – Waterways/esteros in major urban
Waterways/
centers unfit for human activity
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), or demand
for oxygen in water for 19 major rivers in 2010
water,
at 27 milligrams/liter, 4x the standard at 7 mg/L
18. Clean Water
Government Actions:
Initiated “Adopt an Estero Program”
Before After
Estero de Paco, Manila
(ABS-CBN Foundation)
21. Clean Water
Government Actions :
Adopt an Estero Program
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Major companies have adopted waterways
nationwide (Examples: Jollibee, San Miguel
Foundation Toyota Masinloc Power Corp )
Foundation, Toyota, Corp.)
22. Clean Water
Government Actions:
• Reduced solid wastes
Required Philippine Plastic Industry to
develop program for retrieval/collection/
recycling of plastics
Launched “Reusable
Bag Campaign for Greener
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Environment” with major malls
& supermarkets
23. Clean Water
Government Actions:
Actions:
• Reduced solid wastes
Agreement with 11 Metro Manila LGUs for solid
waste management systems in subdivisions/
condominiums. Initially, 4,717 homeowners
associations identified
26. Geohazard
Government Actions:
• Completed geo-hazard mapping of all provinces/
cities/municipalities at 1:50,000 scale
• Di t ib t d 65 000 map sheets t all LGU
Distributed 65,000 h t to ll LGUs
• More detailed mapping started for 88 landslide-prone
cities/municipalities (scale of 1:10,000)
• Conducted coastal
geohazard
assessment of 46
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coastal
municipalities
28. Mineral Reforms
Situationer:
Situationer:
• Started cleansing of idle mining applications under
“use it or lose it” policy. Additional 5.2 M ha have
been opened for new and serious investors, resulting
from cleansing/denial of 2 136 pending and idle
2,136
mining applications (97% of total)
• Suspended acceptance and processing of new
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mining applications to ensure successful
implementation of the on-going cleansing of mining
app cat o s
applications
31. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
Policy shift to donate confiscated logs/lumber to
DepEd, instead of auction
o Donated 2.282 M bd. ft. of confiscated logs/lumber
to DepEd, LGUs, and other government offices
(additional 5.5 M bd.ft. for donation)
o Produced 9,699 armchairs, 174 school desks, 171
tables, 55 cabinets & repaired 197 buildings (i.e.,
schools, chapel, mun. buildings & CENRO Offices),
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etc)
32. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Removed opportunities f graft and corruption
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Rationalized and reduced DENR checkpoints
from 274 to 118 or by 57%
33. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
Installed 902 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
cameras up to field offices
Eliminated face-to-face transactions
34. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Strengthened prosecution and justice system
No. of
Personnel
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Show cause issued 118
Formally charged 31
Fined/Suspended 7
Dismissed from service 10
Filed 297 cases for illegal logging
35. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Strengthened prosecution and justice system
Strengthened capacities of DENR personnel,
prosecutors & judges through trainings with the
Supreme Court
37. Public Assessment
• From one of the most corrupt in December, 2009,
DENR is now the 4th least corrupt agency in March
2011 (Pulse Asia Survey)
• Environment ranked 4th in assessment of government
performance by Movement for Good Governance
(August 2011)
38. Public Assessment
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
(Pulse Asia Survey)
• Efforts of government in stopping the destruction & abuse of
environment
Period Approval Rating
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pp Net Approval
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Rating Rating
October 2009 +27 -39 -12
March 2011 +48 -16 +32
June 2011 +50 -14 +36
41. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Potential Areas f I
P t ti l A for Investment
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• Industrial Tree Plantation
• Agroforestry
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Eco-tourism
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• Wood Pellet
• Bio-energy
42. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Potential Areas for
Tree Plantations
Region 10
Region 13
Region 9 Region 11
Region 12
43. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Policy Reforms Underway to Encourage
Private Sector Participation
• Identification of Clear investment zones – Forest Land
Use Planning process transparent and participatory
• Simplified procedures for investing that reduce
transaction costs
• Stable policy environment which guarantees the right
to harvest or benefit from investment
- Secured land tenure
- De-regulated policy especially in harvesting
planted trees
- Harmonized policies with LGUs, NCIP, NGAs
44. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Adoption of Investment Portfolio Approach
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Objectives
• To encourage public-private forestry investments
through reduction of transaction costs by
undertaking preparatory work relative to
completing documentary requirements and
securing necessary clearances
• To develop investment portfolio package options
for private investors on potential forestry
enterprises (industrial tree plantations agroforestry,
plantations, agroforestry
ecotourism , etc.)
45. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Investment Portfolio Approach
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Objectives
• T ensure forestry projects are i accordance
To f t j t in d
with national and LGU plans (Comprehensive
Land Use Plans (CLUP), Forest Land Use Plans
(FLUP)
• To allow synergy and convergence of
government agencies’ programs