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Support services

Support services

include the cycling of vital nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus— minerals that are essential for survival and can only be derived in their usable forms through the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, respectively

Provisioning services

provide the basic needs for survival— air, water, shelter, food and energy.

Regulating Services

benefits obtained by regulating the climate, hazards, and disease through processes such as sequestration— removal of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and storage in plants

Cultural Services

include nonmaterial benefits such as spiritual enrichment, cultural heritage, recreation, tourism, and the aesthetic experience that nature provides for humans

Municipal Waste

materials that people in a community no longer want because they are broken, spoiled, or no longer useful

Agricultural Waste

waste derived from farming and poultry

Industrial Waste

from industrial sources other than mining. It includes a variety of materials such as demolition waste, scraps from manufacturing processes, and ash from combustion

Mining Waste

large amounts of rock and soil removed from extracted valuable ores; mine tailings from grinding and sorting which are then dumped and stored in ponds near milling site; water pumped from mines that flows from piles of waste rock or tailings that contain hazardous materials

Water Pollution

occurs when harmful substances—often chemicals or microorganisms—contaminate a stream, river, lake, ocean, aquifer, or other body of water, degrading water quality and rendering it toxic to humans or the environment

Air Pollution

refers to the release of pollutants into the air—pollutants which are detrimental to human health and the planet as a whole

Climate Change

refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns

Republic Act No. 8749

Also called The Clean Air Act of 1999

The Clean Air Act of 1999 (June 23)

The Act provides for the creation of a national program of air pollution management focusing primarily on pollution prevention; for the promotion of mass media communication in order to create social awareness and active participation in air quality planning and monitoring

Republic Act No. 6969

this program of the DENR-EMB covers the sound and proper management of industrial chemicals and hazardous wastes in all aspects of its life cycle, from importation, manufacture, distribution, transportation, use and disposal

Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990

this program of the DENR-EMB covers the sound and proper management of industrial chemicals and hazardous wastes in all aspects of its life cycle, from importation, manufacture, distribution, transportation, use and disposal

Republic act no. 9003

Also called Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

act providing for an ecological solid waste management program

Republic act 9275

Also called Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

aims to protect the country’s water bodies from pollution from land-based sources (industries and commercial establishments, agriculture and community/household activities

Presidential Decree No. 1586

Also called Environmental Impact Statement System

Environmental Impact Statement System

an act to attain and maintain a rational and orderly balance between socio-economic growth and environmental protection

Republic act no. 9512

Also called National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008

National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008

articulates that the state shall promote national awareness of the role of natural resources in economic growth and the importance of environmental conservation and ecological balance towards sustained national development