Environmental Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ECOLOGY
gy, wetland management, natural

resource management city planning, community health, economics, basic and applied
science, and human social interaction.
TYPES OF ECOLOGY
• Behavioral Ecology
• Community Ecology
• Ecosystem Ecology
• Global Ecology
• Human Ecology
• Microbial Ecology
• Population Ecology
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
society
with its natural environment for the benefit of both.
ENVIRONMENT
, or plant lives or operates.
TYPES OF ENVIRONMENT
1. Natural Environment
activities
2. Manmade Environment
m built by humans from time-to-time.
Humans knew how to adjust in the environment they live with, finding solutions with
certain computations and manpower. These includes infrastructures, sewage systems,
housing energy, utilities and institutions.
3. Social and Cultural Environment
affect
others and influence the whole society within. These includes customs, and ethics.
4. Business Environment
includes
economics, government activities, and internal / external business.
5. Environmental Engineering
of science and engineering knowledge and concepts to care for and/or
restore our natural environment and/or solve environment problems.
tivities affecting the physical
environment such as air pollution, soil pollution, and shortage of resources.
IMPORTANCE OF PHILIPPINES ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

Without sufficient regulations and laws, environmental conservation will be impossible
to achieve. In order to ensure that humans do not harm the environment, but rather
conserve it for the future, it is necessary to raise environmental consciousness and
promote environmental education programs.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS

1. Republic Act No. 9275: Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based sources
(industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household
activities)
trategy to prevent and minimize pollution
through a multi-sectoral and participatory approach involving all the stakeholders.
2. Republic Act No. 8749: Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
achieve and
maintain air quality that meets the National Air Quality Guidelines for criteria pollutants
and their emissions standards while minimizing the possible associated negative impacts
on the country’s economy
nt that prohibit the
vehicular and industrial sources from emitting pollutants in amounts that cause
significant deterioration of air quality.
3. Republic Act No. 6969: Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
late, restrict or prohibit the importation, manufacture, processing, sale,
distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures that present
unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the environment; to prohibit the entry, even
in transit, of hazardous and nuclear wastes and their disposal into the Philippine territorial
limits for whatever purpose; and to provide advancement and facilitate research and
studies on toxic chemicals.
4. Presidential Decree No. 1586: Environmental Impact Statement of 1978
-balanced order between the
socio-economic growth and environmental safety shall be restored with the requirements
of environmental-friendly value.
officials, the advocates and the community to address
the adverse results or dangers on the environment. Amidst the increasing demand of
natural resources, the protection in the state includes monitoring of environmental media
such as the water, air, soil, and other innovative program for the community. With this
law, the hope of a positive ecological impact will help the progress of a better nation for
all citizens.
5. Republic Act No. 9512: National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008
rights
of the citizens to have a safe environment.
-building and the job of education to
cultivate enthusiasm and patriotism in hopes of having social development that is
significant to the state.
6. Republic Act No. 9003: Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
program,
making the essential institutional systems and motivating forces to provide certified
protection among the public health and environment.
ansport, assortment, treatment, and
removal of wastes through the plan and reception of the best natural practice in
environmental waste administration excluding the utilization of burning
ing on strong waste evasion and
volume decrease through waste minimization measures which includes fertilizing the soil,
reducing, re-use, recycling, green charcoal cycle, and other targeted guidelines.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

gy, wetland management, natural

IMPORTANCE OF PHILIPPINES ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS

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