RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WELL BEING OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS ON THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAINS, IN THE LIGHT OF ALLEGED ILLEGAL AND ABUSIVE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE PROVINCE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THEREIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO EXAMINE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE CONDITIONS OF ALL THE LAKES AND WATERSHEDS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE WORSENING GARBAGE PROBLEM IN THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINE RESORT ISLAND OF BORACAY, WITH THE END VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO DEAL WITH THE GARBAGE PROBLEM AND RETAIN BORACAY'S IMAGE AS A PRISTINE PARADISE FOR FOREIGN AND LOCAL TOURISTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINE CITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE WORSENING WATER CRISIS IN CENTRAL LUZON

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE REHABILITATION OF THE OLD SMOKEY MOUNTAIN DUMPSITE AND THE HARMFUL EMISSIONS FROM THE NEW SMOKEY MOUNTAIN DUMPSITE, WHICH POSES A DANGER TO THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE AREA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE TRUST INTERNATIONAL PAPER CORPORATION (TIPCO) COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN BARANGAY BUNDAGUL, MABALACAT, PAMPANGA

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPACT OF THE OPERATION OF THE NAVOTAS CONTROLLED DISPOSAL FACILITY TO THE WELL-BEING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE AFFECTED AND NEIGHBORING AREAS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE ALARMING VOLUME OF HAZARDOUS WASTES FROM HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN RIVERS AND DUMPSITES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE COMPOSTELA MINE BLAST

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, PARTICULARLY THE MANOBOS IN THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAIN IN NORTHERN SAMAR, IN THE LIGHT OF THE ACTION MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES IN LIFTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE TIMBER LICENSE AGREEMENT OF SAN JOSE TIMBER CORPORATION DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE AREA COVERED BY THE SAID AGREEMENT IS A FOREST RESERVE AND A PROTECTED AREA IN THE ISLAND OF SAMAR, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THEREIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED VIOLENT INCIDENTS DURING A DEMONSTRATION BY MEMBERS OF GREENPEACE AT THE MASINLOC COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN ZAMBALES

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SEMIRARA OIL SPILL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF THE 'TABOYS', A VANISHING INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITY FROM THE ISLAND OF RAPU-RAPU, AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF RAMPANT MINING ACTIVITIES ON THEM, PARTICULARLY ON THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION CONSISTING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOUTION URGING THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL TO CONVENE TO ADDRESS THE OIL SPILL IN SEMIRARA, ANTIQUE AND CONSIDER THE SAME AS URGENT AND OF NATIONAL CONCERN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO PREPARE FOR AND MITIGATE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS THE RECENT LANDSLIDE IN SOUTHERN LEYTE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF A 59 HECTARE PORTION OF THE LA MESA RESERVATION AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING HOUSING UNITS THEREIN, WHICH POSES CLEAR AND IMMINENT DANGER TO THE WATER SUPPLY OF METRO MANILA, AND EXPOSE THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION CONSISTING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO WATER CONTAMINATION, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PHILIPPINES' PREPAREDNESS FOR TSUNAMI THREATS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO MITIGATE A TSUNAMI'S DISASTROUS EFFECTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS PERPETRATED BY TORONTO VENTURES, INC. UPON MEMBERS OF THE SUBANEN CULTURAL COMMUNITY IN ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUING DISPLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PROVINCES OF SURIGAO DEL SUR AND AGUSAN DEL SUR DUE TO THE RAMPANT LOGGING OPERATIONS OF PICOP RESOURCES, INC., WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED PRESENCE OF HEAVY METALS IN THE BODIES OF RESIDENTS OF SIX VILLAGES IN SORSOGON AND ALBAY ALLEGEDLY DUE TO EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED MATERIALS FROM MINING OPERATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING RISK OF LEAD POISONING AMONG VISAYAN CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE USE OF DYNAMITES BY FISHERMEN TO SCAVENGE FOR SCRAP METALS

RESOLUTION TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED TAKEOVER, USING ARMS AND VIOLENCE, AND IN DEFIANCE OF A LEGITIMATE COURT ORDER, OF THE OPERATION OF THE SAN FERNANDO SEAPORT AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE DENR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU, AND MEMBERS OF THE LA UNION PNP AND COAST GUARDS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE DUMAGAT TRIBE AND THE DESECRATION OF THEIR CULTURAL BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS DUE TO LARGE-SCALE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE OPERATION OF ROSEMOOR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITHIN THE HISTORIC BIAK-NA-BATO NATIONAL SHRINE AND PARK IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE GUIMARAS OIL SPILL WITH THE END VIEW OF FORMULATING LEGISLATION TO PREVENT SIMILAR CALAMITIES FROM REOCCURRING

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO GUIMARAS OIL SPILL WITH THE END VIEW OF DETERMINING THE CAUSE AND THE WAYS TO COMBAT THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE OIL SPILL AND RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO PREVENT SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED PRESENCE OF ILLEGALLY HARVESTED LOGS IN THE PREMISES OF A PRIVATE RESORT AND FISHPOND ALLEGEDLY OWNED BY LINGIG, SURIGAO DEL SUR MAYOR ROBERTO LUNA JR.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE OIL SPILL IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF GUIMARAS ISLAND THAT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE CHARTERED SHIP OWNER - SUNSHINE MARITIME DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CHARTERING PARTY - PETRON CORPORATION TO OBSERVE DUE DILIGENCE AND EXERCISE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO PREVENT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL TRAGEDY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES BEING CONDUCTED IN THE CAVES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE OF BIAK-NA-BATO, A PLACE OF PRIDE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICIES TO AID IN ITS FURTHER PRESERVATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RESPECTIVE LIABILITIES OF, AND CONFLICT IN JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY BETWEEN, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, IF ANY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE GRANT OF A MINING PERMIT TO ROOSEMOOR DEVELOPMENT MINING CORPORATION (RDMC), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REHABILITATION OF THE COUNTRY'S DAMAGED CORAL REEFS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED CONTINOUS AND RAMPANT ILLEGAL LOGGING OPERATIONS OF DACON CORPORATION WITHIN THE ANCESTRAL DOMAIN OF THE SIRAWAI KALIBUGAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF POACHING IN THE WATERS OF THE PHILIPPINES AS WELL AS THE SO-CALLED MARICULTURE HIGHWAY PROGRAM OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE PLUNDER AND DESTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY'S DIVERSE MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND RESOURCES AND PREJUDICE AS WELL ITS TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S PREPAREDNESS FOR POSSIBLE DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN LUZON AND SOME AREAS OF THE VISAYAS IN THE COMING MONTHS DUE TO THE EL NINO PHENOMENON, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING POLICY MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE EL NINO'S DISASTROUS EFFECTS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEW THREAT OF `EL NINO PHENOMENON' INCLUDING ITS EFFECTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND TO THE PROBLEM OF WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN URBAN CENTERS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENT USE OF WATER RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO PREPARE FOR AND MITIGATE THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE EL NINO PHENOMENON, WHICH THE PHILIPPINE ATMOSPHERIC, GEOPHYSICAL AND ASTRONOMIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (PAG-ASA) FORECASTS TO OCCUR IN THE COMING MONTHS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS THE VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY FROM THE LA NIÑA CRISIS IN THE WAKE OF THE SOUTHERN LEYTE TRAGEDY THAT LEFT 1,800 PEOPLE MISSING AND FEARED DEAD

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PLANTING OF TREES IN OPEN SPACES OF SUBDIVISION PROJECTS DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE BIGBIGA SPRING WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN BARANGAY CADACAD, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NARVACAN, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, AS A PROTECTED AREA, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT GRANTING INCENTIVES TO SUBDIVISION HOME-OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN FORESTED AREAS WITHIN THEIR SUBDIVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SIMBAHAN-TALAGAS RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINALUNGAN, PROVINCE OF AURORA, AS A PROTECTED AREA, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY IN TERRESTRIAL, AQUATIC AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND CREATING THE INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MAULAWIN SPRING WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUINAYANGAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, AS A PROTECTED AREA, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND THEIR HABITATS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE TALIBON GROUP OF ISLANDS LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL AS A PROTECTED AREA, UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PROTECTED LANDSCAPE/SEASCAPE, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC FORESTS, MANGROVES AND WILDLIFE THEREIN THROUGH A PROGRAM OF RENEWAL, REFORESTATION AND REPLANTING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE TALAYTAY WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINALUNGAN, PROVINCE OF AURORA, AS A PROTECTED AREA, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING FOREST MANAGEMENT, UTILIZATION, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION CENTERS IN PROVINCES INHABITED PREDOMINANTLY BY MEMBERS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND UPLAND FAMILIES