AN ACT PROCLAIMING THE CHOCOLATE HILLS AS NATIONAL PATRIMONY AND GEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THEIR PILLAGE, DEFACEMENT AND DESPOIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO HASTEN TITLING OF RESIDENTIAL LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN BY EXTENDING THE GRANT OF FREE PATENT TO RESIDENTIAL LANDS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE OF PHILIPPINE MARINE RESOURCES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROVIDING ADEQUATE TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY TO FISHERFOLKS AND THE ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED 'GREEN' POLICY ON MARINE UTILIZATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INQUIRE, LOOK INTO AND INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED LARGE-SCALE ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS IN LA FRATERNIDAD, TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE BY A CERTAIN SR METALS, INC. WITHOUT FIRST SECURING THE REQUIRED CONSENT FROM THE AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE (IP) WITHIN THE COVERED ANCESTRAL DOMAIN LAND BEING EXPLOITED AS EMBODIED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF R.A. NO. 8371 OR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE REFORM ACT (IPRA), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING IF THERE WERE EXPLICIT VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AND DEPRIVATION OF THE RIGHTFUL SHARE OF CONCERNED INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITY (ICC) TO THE MINERAL RESOURCES EXTRACTED FROM THE TRIBE'S ANCESTRAL DOMAIN

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUMMARY TITLING OF REAL PROPERTIES USED AS SITES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TEACHING OF ECOLOGY IN ALL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE BAKUD REEF IN KIAMBA, SARANGANI AFTER A STRANDED CARGO SHIP DAMAGED A PORTION OF A DECLARED PROTECTED SEASCAPE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REINFORCING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT REGULATES OUR COUNTRY'S MARINE WEALTH

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED POSSIBLE DELISTING OF THE IFUGAO RICE TERRACES AS A UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) WORLD HERITAGE SITE

AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN LAND ADMINISTRATION

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED POACHING THAT RAVAGED 7,000 HECTARES OF SEA BED WITHIN THE MORO GULF AND SULU SEA, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INTRODUCING REMEDIAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF MARINE RESOURCES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE UNABATED INCIDENCE OF FOREIGNERS POACHING IN PHILIPPINE WATERS AND THE APPARENT COLLUSION OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND AGENCIES THEREBY CAUSING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY'S DIVERSE MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND RESOURCES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

AN ACT PROVIDING A BAN ON DUMPING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE INTO THE SEA

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MOUNTAINS OF BANAHAW AND SAN CRISTOBAL IN THE PROVINCES OF LAGUNA AND QUEZON AS A PROTECTED AREA, UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PROTECTED LANDSCAPE PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATE OF SIBUYAN ISLAND IN THE LIGHT OF THE REPORTED MINING ACTIVITIES THREATENING THE LOCALE, WITH THE END-OBJECTIVE OF PRESERVING THE RICH FAUNA AND FLORA OF 'ASIA'S GALAPAGOS' AND MAKING SIBUYAN ISLAND THE GEM OF PHILIPPINE ECO-TOURISM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE BRUTAL SLAYING OF ENVIRONMENTALIST COUNCILOR ARMIN MARIN OF SAN FERNANDO, ROMBLON, AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INQUIRE INTO THE ISSUANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AD NATURAL RESOURCES, UNDER FORMER SECRETARY ANGELO REYES, OF ALL LOGGING PERMITS IN THE ISLAND OF SIBUYAN, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF CAUSING THE CANCELLATION OF THESE PERMITS

AN ACT REGULATING SHIPPING VESSELS COASTING PHILIPPINE WATERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF SHORES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE APO REEF IN SABLAYAN, OCCIDENTAL MINDORO AS PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL PARK AND ITS PERIPHERAL WATERS AS BUFFER ZONES, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED INDISCRIMINATE PLUNDER OF PHILIPPINE CORAL REEFS AND ENDANGERED TURTLES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STOPPING THIS DASTARDLY ACT AND PRESERVING, RESTORING AND RETURNING SAID MARINE WEALTH TO PHILIPPINE WATERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE RECENT LANDFILL CONTROVERSY INVOLVING THE MUNICIPALITY FO RODRIGUEZ, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, WHICH THREATENED TO CAUSE GARBAGE CRISIS IN METRO MANILA

AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE TUBBATAHA REEFS NATURAL PARK IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN UNDER THE NIPAS ACT (RA 7586) AND SEP LAW (RA 7611), PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ON CLIMATE CHANGE, TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CAUSE OF THE MASSIVE FISHKILL IN TAAL LAKE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ESCALATING MINING OPERATIONS IN SIBUYAN ISLAND, DUBBED THE 'GALAPAGOS OF ASIA' BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY, INCLUDING THE 'MIDNIGHT APPROVAL' BY THEN OUTGOING DENR SEC. ANGELO REYES TO CUT DOWN AN ESTIMATED 69,709 TREES TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR MINING AND THE KILLING OF ANTI-MINING ADVOCATE AND ROMBLON COUNCILOR ARMIN MARIN ON OCTOBER 3, 2007 DURING A LOCAL PROTEST ACTION

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AVIATION NOISE MANAGEMENT AND REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES IMPOSED AGAINST FAILURE TO SECURE AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FOR UNDERTAKINGS IN ANCESTRAL DOMAINS AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS OR FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF, THEREBY AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1586 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REPORTED FISHKILLS TO FISHERFOLKS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF HAVING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE AND FORMULATE POLICY MEASURES FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THE RURAL POPULATION DEPENDENT ON THE FISHING INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ALBAY DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MAINSTREAMING OF GLOBAL WARMING CONCERNS INTO THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL PLANNING, ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING SYSTEMS AND TO SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

AN ACT PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH ADEQUATE NOTICE AND EDUCATION ON THE EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO MERCURY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH ADVISORIES AND BY REQUIRING THAT SUCH APPROPRIATE ADVISORIES BE POSTED, OR MADE READILY AVAILABLE, AT ALL BUSINESSES THAT SELL FRESH, FROZEN, AND CANNED FISH AND SEAFOOD WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR MERCURY EXPOSURE EXISTS

AN ACT DEFINING THE PROHIBITED ACTS IN WATERSHED RESERVATIONS AND PROTECTED AREAS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PREVIOUSLY DECLARED WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS; AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DETERIORATING WATER QUALITY OF THE LAGUNA LAKE THAT RESULTS IN LOSSES OF SOURCES OF LIVELIHOOD FOR FISHERFOLK FAMILIES LIVING WITHIN THE LAGUNA DE BAY REGION

AN ACT SEEKING TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN GARBAGE COLLECTION, WORKING IN DUMPSITES OR ASSIGNED IN DISASTER AREAS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OWNERSHIP OF RESIDENTIAL LANDS, ESTABLISHING FOR THAT PURPOSE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR THE TITLING OF RESIDENTIAL LANDS THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF A RESIDENTIAL PATENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PHILIPPINE NATURAL RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE COUNTRY'S RICH BIODIVERSITY

RESOLUTION URGING HER EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO TO ADOPT THE ALBAY DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MAINSTREAMING OF GLOBAL WARMING CONCERNS INTO THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL PLANNING, ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING SYSTEMS AND TO SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

AN ACT TO RATIONALIZE THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ALL LAWS ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 91 AND 97 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON EDGY AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN ECO-TOURISM THAT CAN REVITALIZE THE PHILIPPINE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND HELP DRAW A RECORD NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEREBY GENERATE JOBS AND OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PEOPLE

RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ALBAY DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AS A FRAMEWORK FOR THE MAINSTREAMING OF GLOBAL WARMING CONCERNS INTO THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL PLANNING, ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING SYSTEMS AND TO SUPPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

AN ACT TO IMPOSE STIFFER PENALTY FOR THE FALSIFICATION OF TORRENS CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 171 AND 172 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) SYSTEM, TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THEREIN, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO ASSESS THE CURRENT MEASURES EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE BIODIVERSITY IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING SPECIES UNIQUELY ENDEMIC IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7076 OR THE PEOPLE'S SMALL-SCALE MINING ACT OF 1991, PARTICULARLY THE USE OF LARGE-SCALE MINING PRACTICES BY SMALL-SCALE MINING COMPANIES

AN ACT TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS BY DECLARING JUNE 5 OF EVERY YEAR AS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY AND PRESCRIBING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT SERVE DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND COMMERCE, AND COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY AND THE PITFALLS, IF ANY, OF THE REPUBLIC ACT 7942 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995, WITH THE INTENTION OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE MINING OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE IMPENDING DISPLACEMENT OF THE MANOBO CULTURAL COMMUNITY FROM SAMAR ISLAND BY REASON OF THE RECENT EXTENSION OF THE TIMBER LICENSING AGREEMENT OF BASEY WOOD INDUSTRIES INC. COVERING PORTIONS OF THE DECLARED PROTECTED AREA OF SAMAR ISLAND NATURAL PARK

AN ACT INSTITUTING INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR ALL MINING PROJECTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995”

AN ACT TO PREVENT AND CONTROL POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, PROVIDE PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES