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Environmental Management Reviewer

The Natural Resource Governance Framework aims to set standards to help decision makers use natural resources sustainably and distribute their benefits justly according to good governance principles. An environmental impact assessment is a process that predicts and evaluates the likely impacts of a project on the environment, community, and health during its lifetime. It also designs measures to mitigate negative impacts and protect the environment and community. The Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System requires projects in environmentally critical areas or sectors to obtain an Environmental Compliance Certificate through an EIA to balance development and environmental protection.

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Environmental Management Reviewer

The Natural Resource Governance Framework aims to set standards to help decision makers use natural resources sustainably and distribute their benefits justly according to good governance principles. An environmental impact assessment is a process that predicts and evaluates the likely impacts of a project on the environment, community, and health during its lifetime. It also designs measures to mitigate negative impacts and protect the environment and community. The Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System requires projects in environmentally critical areas or sectors to obtain an Environmental Compliance Certificate through an EIA to balance development and environmental protection.

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NRGF ( Natural Resource Governance Framework)


GOAL: to set standards and guidance for decision makers at all levels to
make better and more just decisions on the use of natural resources and the
distribution of nature’s benefits, following good-governance principles.

NRGF Principles:
1. Inclusive Decision Making
2. Recognition and Respect for Tenure Rights
3. Recognition of and Respect for Diverse Cultures, Knowledge, and Institutions
4. Devolution
5. Strategic Vision, Direction, and Learning
6. Coordination and Coherence
7. Sustainable and Equitably Shared Resources
8. Accountability
9. Fair and Effective Rule of Law
10. Access to Justice and Conflict Resolution

EIA
DEFINITION OF EIA

An Environmental Impact Assessment is a "process that involves predicting and


evaluating the likely impacts of a project (including cumulative impacts) on
the environment during construction, commissioning, operation and
abandonment. Also includes designing appropriate preventive, mitigating and
enhancement measures addressing these consequences to protect the
environment and the community's welfare"

Purpose of the EIA Process


EIA is use to enhance planning and guide decision making.
Environmental Critical Areas:
• national parks and sanctuaries • areas with critical slopes
• potential tourist spots • areas classified as pride
• habitat of any endangered species agricultural farms/ lands
• unique and historical archeological • recharge area of aquifers
• areas occupied of cultural communities • water bodies
and tribes • mangrove areas
• frequently visited by natural calamities

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF EIA


✓ can modify and improve design
✓ to ensure efficient resource use
✓ enhance social aspects
✓ identify key impacts and measure for mitigating them
✓ inform decision making and condition setting
✓ avoid serious and irreversible damage
✓ protect human health and safety

INTEGRATION WITH EIA


EIA Address:
• biophysical and resource use • economic and fiscal
• social and cultural • landscape and visual
• health and safety • indigenous peoples' right and traditional areas

US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT ( Proclaimed in 1970)


NEPA Called for:
• consideration of environmental values in decision making
• use of a systematic, interdisciplinary approach
• a detailed statement on:
-the environment impact of proposals
-any adverse effects which cannot be avoided
-alternatives to the proposed action
• making the statement available to the public
PEISS ( Philippine Environmental Impact
Statement System
-designed to safeguard the Philippine environment and natural resources
in the face of growing industrialization and urbanization.
-aims to rationale balance between socio-economic and environment

Presidential Decree 1586 Proclamation No. 803

-all persons, partnerships or


• golf projects
corporations are required to secure an
Environmental Compliance Certificate
(ECC) before undertaking any
environmentally critical project or
operate in an environmentally critical
area. article to have been completed
by 20% before an ECC was issued.

Proclamation No. 2146 of 1981


-Proclaiming Certain Areas And Types Of Projects
As Environmentally Critical And Within The Scope
Of The Environmental Impact Statement System

List of ECP (Environmental Critical Project)


• heavy industries
-iron and steel
-petroleum
-major mining and quarrying
-resource extractive industries
• logging
• infrastructure projects
EVOLUTION OF EIA

early 1970s ➤ initial development

1970s to 1980s ➤ increasing scope

mid to late 1980s ➤ process strengthening and policy integration

mid 1990s ➤ aims towards sustainability of EIA

3 CORE VALUES OF EIA


1. Integrity - the EIA process will conform to agreed standards

2. Utility - the EIA process will provide balanced, credible information


for decision making

3. Sustainability - the EIA process will result in safeguards environmental

EIA GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• purposive -meeting its aim and objectives


• focused -concentrating on the effects of that matter
• adaptive -responding to issues and realities
• participative -fully involving the public
• transparent -clear and easily understood
• rigorous -employing 'best practicable' methodology
• practical -establishing mitigation measures that work
• credible -carried out with objectivity and professionalism
• efficiënt -imposing least cost burden on proponents
KEY OPERATING PRINCIPLES OF GOOD EIA PRACTICE

EIA should:
• be applied to all proposals with significant impacts
• begin early in the project cycle
• address relevant environmental, social, and health impacts
• identify and take account of public views
• result in a statement of impacts and mitigation measures
• facilitate informed decision-making and making and condition setting

THE EIA PROCESS


The EIA Process compromises:
• screening -to decide if and at what level EIA should be
applied
• scoping -to identify the important issues and prepare
terms of reference
• impact analysis -to predict the effects of a proposal and
evaluate their significance
• mitigation -to establish measures to prevent, reduce or
compensate for impacts
• reporting -to prepare the information necessary for
decision making
• review -to check the quality of the EIA report
• decision making -to approved (or reject) the proposal and set
conditions
• follow up -to monitor, manage and audit the impacts of
project implementation
• public involvement -to inform and consult with stakeholders
BENEFITS OF EIA include:
✓ environmentally sound and sustainable design
✓ better compliance with standards
✓ savings in capital and operating costs
✓ reduced time and costs for approvals
✓ increased project acceptance
✓ better protection of the environment and human health

DELAYS ARE CAUSED DURING EIA when:

• when the EIA is commenced too late in the project cycle


• the terms of reference are poorly drafted
• the EIA is not managed to a schedule
• the EIA report is inadequate and needs to be upgraded
• there is lack of technical data

INSURING FAIRNESS IN THE EIA PROCESS


• register consultant's names and terms of reference
• name consultants and their expertise in the EIA report
• publish the terms of reference in the EIA report
• make EIA reports available to the public
• publish lists of screening and final decisions along with
conditions for approval

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