RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE REPORT THAT THE PHILIPPINES IS THE SECOND MAJOR OCEAN POLLUTER IN THE WORLD

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO JOINTLY HOLD A PUBLIC INQUIRY THAT WILL LEAD TO THE PHILIPPINES' PARTICIPATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO CREATE A TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PHILIPPINE RAINFORESTS, ENDANGERED SPECIES AND BIODIVERSITY WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF SUBMITTING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM POLICY MEASURES GEARED TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GIVING MEANING TO THE SO-CALLED 'INTERGENERATIONAL JUSTICE AND RESPONSIBILITY' IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND URBAN PLANNING, HOUSING AND RESETTLEMENT, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON A NATIONAL SCALE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF PREVENTING OR MINIMIZING THE ILL-EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY HUMAN CASUALTIES, BROUGHT ABOUT BY NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS TYPHOONS, EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR) AND OTHER CONCERNED STATE AGENCIES THE IMMEDIATE REHABILITATION AND CLEAN UP OF THE MANILA BAY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND TOURISM, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED DISPLACEMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS ATI TRIBE OF BORACAY ISLAND, MALAY, AKLAN, DUE TO THE REPORTED RAMPANT SELLING OF PARCELS OF LAND FORMING PART OF THEIR ANCESTRAL BORACAY ISLAND AS A PRIME TOURIST ZONE

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF BAGUIO CITY WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF MAKING THE SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENT A HEALTHY ECOLOGICAL SITE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE WELL BEING OF THE VARIOUS INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR RIGHTS ON THEIR ANCESTRAL DOMAIN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RAPIDLY INCREASING NUMBER OF JANITOR FISHES INFESTING OUR MAJOR WATER BASINS THAT SERIOUSLY THREATEN THE LIVELIHOOD OF THOUSANDS OF FISHING FAMILIES WHO DEPEND ON THESE WATERS FOR THEIR SUBSISTENCE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO LOOK INTO THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 45 OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT VIS-A-VIS FARMERS' AND FISHERMEN'S ACCESS TO AND OWNERSHIP OF ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL MEASURES THAT WILL ENSURE ITS CONTINUED AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER CONCERNED STATE AGENCIES THE IMMEDIATE REHABILITATION OF THE PASIG RIVER BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL WATER SYSTEM IN METROPOLITAN MANILA AND THE INSIGNIA OF THE COUNTRY'S ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRESERVATION OF CETACEAN ECOTOURISM HOTSPOTS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DISMAL STATE OF BATAAN CORAL REEFS AND TO CRAFT LEGISLATION INTENSIFYING COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS OF THE GOVERNMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED URBAN DECAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION THREATENING TO DEVASTATE THE CITY OF PINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE HEALTH HAZARDS POSED BY ASBESTOS, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF IMPLEMENTING SAFER AND GREENER ALTERNATIVES TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATE OF PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ON THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHILIPPINE EAGLE (PITHECOPHAGA JEFFERYL), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP SAVE THE NATIONAL BIRD

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF TREE-CUTTING IN MACARTHUR HIGHWAY IN PAMPANGA DUE TO ROAD EXPANSION

RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE THE FEASIBILITY OF MAINTAINING ECO-PRECINCTS IN MAJOR ECO-TOURISM AREAS, NATIONAL HERITAGE SITES, MAJOR RIVERS OR ENVIRONMENTAL SITES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTIONALIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE BRIGADE OF RIVER WARRIORS AND ECO POLICE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO FAST-TRACK THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM PHASING OUT THE USE OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB) IN CERTAIN EQUIPMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNTRY'S ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS TO ENSURE ITS MEANINGFUL IMPLEMENTATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED LEASE BY A SOUTH KOREAN FIRM OF 94,000 HECTARES OF FARMLAND IN MINDORO

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CONSISTENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE UNABATED PRACTICE OF DYNAMITE FISHING IN THE COUNTRY WHICH INDISCRIMINATELY KILL LARGE NUMBERS OF FISHES AND OTHER MARINE ORGANISMS, DAMAGE AND DESTROY OUR VULNERABLE MARINE AND CORAL ECOSYSTEM, AND CAUSE NUMEROUS INJURIES AND DEATH TO OUR FISHERMEN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FURTHER ENACTING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WILL PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AND SAFE FISHING PRACTICES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000', PARTICULARLY THE PROVISIONS ON THE COLLECTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTORS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DWINDLING STATE OF CORAL REEFS IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING LOCAL INITIATIVE AND INVOLVEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF OUR CORAL REEFS AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE ECOSYSTEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO REVIEW AND RECOMMEND CHANGES IN THE WATER DISCHARGE PROTOCOL OF DAMS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE AWARDING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OF A COAL MINING CONTRACT WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION AND DEGRADATION IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UTILIZING E-CARS FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR SAVING FUEL, AND FOR USING OUR OWN, PINOY-MADE VEHICLES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AIMED AT ENSURING THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO LOOK INTO THE ALLEGED REPORTS OF ILLEGAL LOGGING AND TRANSPORT OF LOGS FROM THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING THE SAME AND PRESERVING THE REMAINING FOREST COVER OF THE SAID MOUNTAIN RANGE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT IMPINGE ON LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF FORMULATING POLICIES THAT AIM TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEES ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FEASIBILITY AND ECONOMICS OF UTILIZING WASTE VEGETABLE OIL (WVO) WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROVIDING FOR ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR AUTOMOBILES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PERSISTENCE OF ILLEGAL LOGGING DUE TO THE RAMPANT AND UNREGULATED USE OF CHAINSAWS

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL COMMUNITIES, AND AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED DISAPPEARANCE OF RARE SPECIES DOJO OR RARE EEL, THE MOST VALUED BIRD TALA, AND OTHER ENDAGERED SPECIES IN THE CORDILLERA AS A RESULT OF COMMERCIAL FARMING DESTROYING THUS THE BIODIVERSITY OF THE REGION'S RICE TERRACES CULTURE WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FORMULATING STRATEGIES TO PROTECT OUR ECOSYSTEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONTINUED VIOLATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS WITH REGARD TO THE SHOOTING OF A PHILIPPINE EAGLE IN TRENTO AGUSAN DEL SUR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INCREASE OF STRANDED MARINE MAMMALS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEPLETION OF MANGROVES IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF IMPROVING STRATEGIES IN MANGROVE FOREST MANAGEMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE FUEL SPILLAGE PARTICULARLY OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (FPIC) PIPELINE IN BARANGAY BANGKAL IN MAKATI, DETERMINE THE CAPABILITY OF THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL GUARANTEE FUNDS TO RESPOND TO FUEL SPILLAGE AND TO CRAFT COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO FUEL SPILLAGE AND SIMILAR ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PARTNER WITH CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS IN FORMULATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON THE PROPER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF MERCURY-CONTAINING COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS THAT WILL ADEQUATELY PROTECT OUR CONSUMERS FROM TOXIC HARM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STRICTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WILDLIFE ACT TO PREVENT THE EXTINCTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD; ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO REVIEW THE 1997 PHILIPPINE BAMBOO MASTER PLAN FOR PURPOSES OF CRAFTING LEGISLATION THAT WILL ADVANCE THE GROWTH OF OUR BAMBOO INDUSTRY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, AND TO LOOK INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, PARTICULARLY THE COMPLIANCE OF EXISTING GRANTEES OF EXPLORATION PERMITS AND CONTRACTORS UNDER MINERAL AGREEMENTS TO SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, AND THE IMPACT OF THESE MINING AGREEMENTS TO THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON URGING THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE SENATE BILLS CALLING FOR THE PHASE OUT OF INCANDESCENT BULBS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF STUDYING THE POPULARIZATION OF THE USE OF LAMPS WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODES, AND OF THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED RISE OF ILLEGAL FISHING IN THE COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY IN THE PALAWAN AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF HALTING THE CONTINUING DESTRUCTION OF CORAL REEFS, A DIVERSE MARINE HABITAT AND EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC WELL BEING OF LOCAL FISHERFOLKS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS

RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL AND OTHER ALLIED AGENCIES TO FORMULATE A COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HEALTH HAZARDS POSED BY MOUNDS OF UNCOLLECTED GARBAGE AS A RESULT OF NATURAL CALAMITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS THAT THE ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS AND TRICLOCARBAN ARE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON STRENGTHENING FOREST PROTECTION LAWS IN LIGHT OF THE ALLEGED CONTINUED ILLEGAL LOGGING ACTIVITIES IN SIERRA MADRE, AND IT BEING A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE FLOODS BROUGHT BY TROPICAL STORM ONDOY

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON MEASURES TO PROTECT CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES UNIQUE TO THE PHILIPPINES AND TO FORMULATE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING BIOSECURITY AND CAPTIVE BREEDING TO PREVENT THEIR EXTINCTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF BIRD WATCHING DESTINATIONS IN ORDER TO BOOST LOCAL TOURISM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED INCIDENTS OF DEATH AND HARASSMENT AGAINST GOVERNMENT ANTI-ILLEGAL LOGGING AGENTS COMMITTED BY ARMED MEN ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO ILLEGAL LOGGING OPERATORS