Transcript Evaluating Mariculture Opportunities in Lagonoy Gulf

Sustainable Development:
A guiding principle
towards eco-industrial
development
Plutomeo M. Nieves
Dean
Bicol University Tabaco Campus
Tabaco City
If you are at this Training-Seminar:
You are probable aware that in some way,
something is
wrong with the way
development is going.
You may have heard about “Sustainable
Development or the Philippine Agenda 21.
But chances are
Many things are not clear to you
But, don’t worry, we shall be guiding you
to a journey towards understanding what
“Sustainable Development is all about.
Here’s the guideline
• You must be willing the leave things
behind like travelers.
• To be immersed in new ideas.
• Use what you will be learning to change
things for better.
Historical Timeline:
 Post WW II
 Late 1960’s.
 1972 UN Conference on Human
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Environment culture production in the
gulf.
Two decades after
1987, Our Common Future (WCED)
1992, UNCED
The Philippines and Philippine Council
for Sustainable Development
The Philippine Agenda 21?
• National Agenda for Sustainable Development
• A milestone document done with exhaustive consultation
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and people’s participation.
A development policy that reflects international
commitments.
Integrates Social Reform Agenda, Conference on Human
Ecological Security, Anti-poverty Summit and the Manila
International conference for the Operationalization of the
Economics of Sustainable Development.
Contains 3 major sections: (1) The Principles of Unity;
(2) The Action Agenda; and (3) The Implementing
Mechanism.
What is happening
around
Current development trends in the country
today:
Demographic trends
Cultural trends
S&T
Economic trends
Urbanization
Human development
Environmental trends
Institutional trends
Political trends
So, all these have been happening,
does it mean development is bad?
Or perhaps what we need is a better
development model
And this is “ Sustainable Development.
A development that meets the needs
of today without compromising the
ability of the future generation to
meet their own needs”. (Our Common
Future)
Sustainable development advocates that
Society as the Center of Development
• The Key Actors in SD
Civil
Society
Government
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Business
Roles in the process
• Government is the key actor in Polity, concerned
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mainly with participatory, democratic governance
and in making rules to secure, equity and
human rights for all citizens.
Business is the key actor in Economy, mainly
concerned with the mutually beneficial
production and distribution of goods and
services to meet the physical needs of the
people.
Civil Society is the key actor in Culture, mainly
concerned with developing the social and
spiritual capacities of the people in order to
expand knowledge, have clearer values and to
advocate public interest.
The essence of Sustainable
Development is the harmonious
integration of a sound and viable
economy, responsible governance,
social cohesion/harmony and
ecological integrity to ensure that
development is a life-enhancing
process.
So how should Eco-Industrial
Development done?
It should always consider:
1. Economic
2. Political
3. Cultural
4. S & T
5. Ecology
6. Social
7. Institutional
Some of the pertinent laws, issuances and
administrative orders relevant to eco-industrial
development:
Constitution – Art. ll, Sec 16.
Constitution – Art. Xll, Sec 2. (The Regalian Doctrine)
Constitution – Art. Xll, Sec 2.
Constitution – Art. Xll, Sec 5.
RA 6969 and DENR AO No. 29
RA 6975 (Dec. 13 , 1990)
RA 7076
RA 7160, Sec. 131, 138, 149
RA 7161
RA 7586 – NIPAS Act
RA 7942 – Philippine Mining Act of 1995
RA 8435 – AFMA Law
RA 8550 – The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998
Some of the pertinent laws, issuances and
administrative orders relevant to ecoindustrial development:
Commonwealth Act 141 – Public Land Act of 1936
PD 424 Creates the National Water Resources Council
PD 564 (as amending PD 19 s 1973), The Philippine
Tourism Authority Charter
PD 705 – The Forestry Code of 1975
PD 825
PD 856- Sanitation Code, Chap 7, Industrial Hygiene
PD 979 and 984 - Marine Pollution Decree
PD 1067 – The Water Resources code of the Philippines
PD 1151 – Philippine Environmental Policy
PD 1152 – Philippine Environmental Code
PD 1586 – Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System
Thank you very much for your
valued time and attention.