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Basic Needs
Foods
Air
Water
Oil
Natural Resources
Natural resources occur naturally within
environments that exist relatively
undisturbed by mankind, in a natural
form.
 A natural resource is anything people can
use which comes from nature. People do
not make natural resources, but gather
them from the earth. Examples of natural
resources are air, water, wood, crude oil,
solar energy, wind energy, hydro-electric
energy, and coal.

2 types of Natural Resources:
 Non-renewable
are
formed over very
long geological
periods or resources
that cannot be
replaced.
 Renewable
are
those that can be
replenished or
reproduced easily.
Depletion
 The
use or consumption of a
resource, especially a natural
resource, faster than it is
replenished.
Definition
It
is a term referring to
the exhaustion of raw
materials within a region
due to the use of these
resources beyond their
rate of replacement.
Causes
Excessive or unnecessary use of
resources
Overpopulation
Technological and industrial
development
Slash and Burn
Pollution
Forestry
Effects
 If
we continue to use these resources at
the current rate we are using them, the
resources that drive our economy will
one day be exhausted. Many people
don't realize the impact resources have
on our daily lives. The decline of
resource availability will cause real
limits to the quality of life. The prices to
acquire these materials are still
increasing drastically due to scarcity.
Solutions
Sustainable Development
meeting
the needs of the
present generation without
compromising the ability of
the future generations to
meet their own needs
MILLENUIM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS:
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 2. Achieve universal primary education
 3. Promote gender equality and empower
women
 4. Reduce child mortality
 5. Improve maternal health
 6.Combat HIV/AIDS
 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
 8. Develop a global partnership or development

Millennium Goal (United
Nations)
GOAL 7:
ENSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Target 7.A:
Integrate the principles of
sustainable development
into country policies and
programmes and reverse the
loss of environmental
resources
Target 7.B:
Reduce biodiversity
loss, achieving, by 2010,
a significant reduction in
the rate of loss
Target 7.C:
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of
the population without
sustainable access to safe
drinking water and basic
sanitation
Target 7.D:
By 2020, to have achieved
a significant improvement
in the lives of at least 100
million slum dwellers
Philippines Answer:
PHILIPPINE STRATEGY
FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Goal:
To achieve economic growth
with adequate protection of
the country's biological
resources and its diversity,
vital ecosystem functions, and
over-all environmental quality.
DENR

As provided for under Section 4 of E.O. 192, the
DENR is mandated to be the primary government
agency responsible for the conservation,
management, development and proper use of the
country’s environment and natural resources,
including those in reservations, watershed areas
and lands of the public domain, as well as the
licensing and regulation of all natural resources
utilization as may be provided by law in order to
ensure equitable sharing of the benefits derived
there from for the welfare of the present and
future generations of Filipinos.
Brown Environment

Today our country is already suffering from
water shortages and air pollution. The
situation is expected to get even worse in
the years to come. Likewise, the problems
on the collection and disposal of solid
wastes are continuously escalating
because the system of operations can
hardly cope with the increasing volume of
solid wastes.
Adjudication of pollution cases


The Pollution Adjudication Board, an attached
agency of the DENR, undertakes the
adjudication of pollution cases. This activity is
now under the direct supervision of the
Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). It
is authorized to issue orders or decisions to
enforce compliance with existing laws based
on investigations conducted.
Environmental Management and
Pollution Control

The program deals with the implementation of
policies, programs and projects for the effective
and efficient control and management of
industrial and domestic pollution. An important
component of this program is the development of
public awareness projects which are focused on
citizen participation in solving environmental
issues as well as the inclusion of environmental
concerns in school curricula.
Ecological Solid Waste
Management Program

This program operationalizes ecological
waste management in the country. The
activities include the identification and
assessment of possible sanitary landfill
sites and encourage waste segregation
at source, composting, re-cycling, and
re-use.
Global Environment Monitoring
Systems (GEMS)

This project aims to collaborate with the memberstates in the establishment of new water quality
monitoring systems and to strengthen existing
research; to improvise validity and comparability of
data within member-states; and to assess the
incidence and long-term trends of water pollution by
selected persistent and hazardous substances. The
DENR’s involvement in this project is the EMB’s
regular conduct of monitoring and analyses of water
samples from three (3) sampling stations of
Pampanga River in Central Luzon.
Integrated ENR Development
Project of Solsona, Ilocos Norte

The project of the Municipality of Solsona is a
Likas Yaman awardee in 1995, the Municipality
shall replicate/expand its winning project as a
model for other communities to follow. The
project has two major components namely, Urban
Greening and Ecological Waste Management.
Urban greening involves production and planting
of forest trees, fruit bearing trees, and bamboo
along the provincial, municipal and barangay
roads. Ecological Waste Management activities
include education, enforcement and engineering.
Foreign Assisted
Pasig River Rehabilitation Program
(River Rehabilitation Secretariat) Phase
II
 TA for Pasig River Environmental
Management and Rehabilitation Project
 Metropolitan Environmental
Improvement Programme (MEIP)
 The Prevention and Management of
Marine Pollution in East Asian Seas
 Ozone Depleting Substances Phase-Out
Investment Program

 Technical Assistance
for the
Evaluation of Environmental
Standards for Selected Industry
Subsector
 Waste Management Plan for Cebu
 Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement
Sector Development Program
 Private Sector Participation in
Managing the Environment (PRIME)
Green Environment

The Philippines has a total land area of 30
million hectares. About 15.88 million
hectares or 53% of the total land area have
been classified as forestlands and the
remaining 14.12 million hectares or 46% are
classified as Alienable and Disposable
Lands. However, as of 1996, there were only
around 5.493 million hectares of forestlands
with actual forest cover.

Figures depicted on the Philippine Forestry
Statistics showed that our forests are
disappearing at an alarming rate. From
1950-1978, deforestation claimed 204,000
hectares annually. For the period 1978-1988,
deforestation decreased to 199,000 hectares
annually. And from 1989-1995, the rate of
forest destruction decreased to an average
of 116,321.7 hectares per year.
Forest Management Services

The major concern of this program is to improve the
technical and managerial expertise in the sustainable
development of forest resources. It involves the
enforcement of selective logging methods (tree
marking, residual inventory and timber stand
improvement) in logging concessions. It provides
technical support to interested parties from the private
sector, non-government organizations and other
government agencies in the establishment of
plantations within private lands and industrial forest
plantations. It also promotes planting of trees and
regreening of highly urbanized areas such as school
compounds, streets, highways and island and the
establishment of mini-forests.
Plantation Establishment and
Maintenance and Protection

This program involves the establishment of
new forest plantations in selected areas.
Plantations under existing reforestation
contracts will also be maintained and
protected. Maintenance and protection would
cover the application of fertilizers and
pesticides, replanting of dead seedlings to
ensure survival rate of 80% upon turnover of
the plantation and protection from fire and
encroachment.
Forest Protection
 The
program's main objective is the
protection of the physical resources within
the forestlands from any form of forest
destruction and the enforcement of forest
laws, rules and regulations. The program's
activities include strengthening of the
DENR capacity on surveillance and
apprehension through the involvement of
Multi-sectoral Forest Protection
Committees in all provinces.
Community-Based Forestry
Program

This program aims to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the communities through
the promotion of social justice, equitable access
and sustainable development of forestland
resources. In order to carry out this objective, all
people-oriented forestry programs including
Integrated Social Forestry Program (ISFP),
Upland Development Program (UDP), Forest
Land Management Program (FLMP), Low
Income Upland Communities Projects (LIUCP),
Soil Conservation and Watershed
Management

The program's main concern is the
conservation, management and
development of water resources and
watershed areas in consonance with the
provisions of R. A. No. 8041. It also
involves the rehabilitation of the critical
watershed areas through the establishment
of vegetative measures, construction of
structural measures, plantation
establishment and other activities to
prevent soil erosion and sedimentation in
the area.
Forest Land Sub-Classification
Party

This program is intended to identify the
most appropriate use of a parcel of
forestland. Categories of uses include
protection and production forest, grazing
lands, agroforestry, resettlement and
such other categories.
Forest Protection and Development of
the Camp John Hay Reservation

The management and protection of the
forest reservations within the Camp John
Hay was turned-over to the DENR by the
American government in 1992. In line with
this, the Department is now responsible for
the census and management of forest
occupants in the area, deployment of patrol
and fire suppression crews, and the
rehabilitation of the degraded portions of
the reservations.
Protected areas and Wildlife
Resources Development

The main concern of the program is the
identification, delineation and management of
areas set aside as protected areas in line
with the provisions of the NIPAS Law. It
involves protection of resources within
national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and other
areas being considered for integration in the
system.
Operation and Maintenance of the
Ninoy Aquino Park and Wildlife Nature
Center, Quezon City

The project aims to develop and maintain the
Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center
(NAPWNC) as the transition between urban
ecosystem and natural forest ecosystem in order
to promote consciousness on the value and
importance of natural heritage. NAPWNC
houses a number of floral and faunal species
including confiscated wildlife. It also
install/maintain recreational park facilities and
amenities for use and enjoyment of park visitors.
Development and Rehabilitation
of Hinulugang Taktak National
Park in Antipolo, Rizal

Hinulugang Taktak in Antipolo, Rizal can be
considered by many, as one very important
landscape in Rizal with its once refreshing view
of its waterfall and legendary nature. Now
threatened by the perennial problems of
human encroachment and environmental
pollution caused by land estates development
and establishment of piggeries and factories
within the surrounding areas, the DENR with
the Philippine Tourism Authority is tasked to
rehabilitate the area and protect it from further
degradation.
 Development
and Rehabilitation of
the Mt. Apo National Park
 Philippine Eagle Conservation
Project
 Pawikan Conservation Project
 Tamaraw Conservation Project
 Operation and Maintenance of the
Crocodile Farm Institute Project in
Irawan, Palawan
Biodiversity Conservation Program
 Pilot Plantation Establishment of
Selected Forest Species
 Water Resource Development and
Management
 Tiger Grass and Forest Products
Development Project
 Support to the Pili Development Project
in the Bicol Region

Blue Environment

The Philippine waters cover ten times more area than
the total terrestrial environment. It, therefore, has great
potential as a major base for development. Ecosystems
present in the coastal zone, includes the coral reefs,
identified as the most biologically productive
environment second only to a tropical rain forests,
mangrove areas, seagrass beds and soft bottom
communities. Coral reefs have the potential of producing
more than 1 million three hundred twenty thousand
(1,320,000) metric tons of fish. The remaining mangrove
forests in this country produce an annual average of 633
kg/hectare or 107,610 metric tons of fish. BFAR (1990)
estimates the coastal zone harvest to be 2.5 million
metric tons. The coastal and marine ecosystem is
considered an important source of livelihood for about
70% of the country’s municipalities.

Today, our mangrove resources have
been extensively exploited. The original
estimate of 400,000-500,000 hectares of
mangrove forests has been reduced to
139,100 hectares in 1988. As of 1996,
the Philippine had a total of 115,100
hectares of remaining mangrove areas.
Coastal Environmental Program

The Coastal Environmental Program aims
to coordinate all activities on resource and
environmental management of coastal
ecosystems with the involvement of the
communities and immediate stakeholders
in the protection and management of
coastal zones. It relies heavily on
information, education and communication
(IEC) cum community organizing during the
early stages to achieve higher levels of
participation.
Integrated Mangrove Rehabilitation
and Seedling Production Project

The project has two (2) main components
namely; (a) Mangrove Rehabilitation and (b)
Seedling Production. The cost of labor for
plantation establishment and maintenance and
protection shall be the counterpart contribution
of the municipality. The project aims to establish
56 hectares of mangrove plantation for the first
phase. Seedling production shall be the main
activity for the second year targeting a total of
140,000 forest tree seedlings to support its clean
and green program.
Foreign Assisted
Study and Mapping and Land Cover
Assessment of Mangrove Areas
 Coastal Zone Environmental and
Resource Management Project
 Second Irrigation Systems Improvement
Project (Environment Control and
Monitoring Component)

Conclusion:
Buy depleted resources from other
countries that still have an abundant supply
of them, however this can be expensive.
 Explore the option of finding needed
resources in space on other planets.
 To find new ways to produce and made
these resources that we are loosing.
 To discover different resources that
produce the same actions and play the
same roles as the depleted did
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