Plutomeo M. Nieves

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Sustainable DevelopmentA guiding principle
towards eco-industrial development

• Plutomeo M. Nieves
• Dean
• Bicol University Tabaco Campus
• Tabaco City

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If you are at this Training-Seminar You are
probable aware that in some way, something is
wrong with the way development is going. You
may have heard about Sustainable Development or
the Philippine Agenda 21.But chances
are Many things are not clear to you But,
dont worry, we shall be guiding you to a journey
towards understanding what Sustainable
Development is all about.
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Heres the guideline

• You must be willing the leave things behind like
  travelers.
• To be immersed in new ideas.
• Use what you will be learning to change things
  for better.

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• Historical Timeline
• Post WW II
• Late 1960s.
• 1972 UN Conference on Human Environment culture
  production in the gulf.
• Two decades after
• 1987, Our Common Future (WCED)
• 1992, UNCED
• The Philippines and Philippine Council for
  Sustainable Development

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The Philippine Agenda 21?

• National Agenda for Sustainable Development
• A milestone document done with exhaustive
  consultation and peoples participation.
• A development policy that reflects international
  commitments.
• Integrates Social Reform Agenda, Conference on
  Human Ecological Security, Anti-poverty Summit
  and the Manila International conference for the
  Operationalization of the Economics of
  Sustainable Development.
• Contains 3 major sections (1) The Principles of
  Unity (2) The Action Agenda and (3) The
  Implementing Mechanism.

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What is happening around
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Current development trends in the country today

• Demographic trends
• Cultural trends
• S T
• Economic trends
• Urbanization
• Human development
• Environmental trends
• Institutional trends
• Political trends

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So, all these have been happening, does it mean
development is bad? Or perhaps what we need is a
better development model

• And this is Sustainable Development. A
  development that meets the needs of today without
  compromising the ability of the future generation
  to meet their own needs. (Our Common Future)

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Sustainable development advocates that Society as
the Center of Development

• The Key Actors in SD

Civil Society
Government
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Business
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Roles in the process

• Government is the key actor in Polity, concerned
  mainly with participatory, democratic governance
  and in making rules to secure, equity and human
  rights for all citizens.
• Business is the key actor in Economy, mainly
  concerned with the mutually beneficial production
  and distribution of goods and services to meet
  the physical needs of the people.
• Civil Society is the key actor in Culture, mainly
  concerned with developing the social and
  spiritual capacities of the people in order to
  expand knowledge, have clearer values and to
  advocate public interest.

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The essence of Sustainable Development is the
harmonious integration of a sound and viable
economy, responsible governance, social
cohesion/harmony and ecological integrity to
ensure that development is a life-enhancing
process.
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So how should Eco-Industrial Development
done? It should always consider 1. Economic
2. Political 3. Cultural 4. S T 5.
Ecology 6. Social 7. Institutional
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Some of the pertinent laws, issuances and
administrative orders relevant to eco-industrial
developmentConstitution Art. ll, Sec 16.
Constitution Art. Xll, Sec 2. (The Regalian
Doctrine)Constitution Art. Xll, Sec 2.
Constitution Art. Xll, Sec 5.RA 6969 and DENR
AO No. 29RA 6975 (Dec. 13 , 1990)RA 7076RA
7160, Sec. 131, 138, 149RA 7161RA 7586 NIPAS
ActRA 7942 Philippine Mining Act of 1995RA
8435 AFMA LawRA 8550 The Philippine
Fisheries Code of 1998
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• Some of the pertinent laws, issuances and
  administrative orders relevant to eco-industrial
  development
• Commonwealth Act 141 Public Land Act of 1936
• PD 424 Creates the National Water Resources
  Council
• PD 564 (as amending PD 19 s 1973), The Philippine
  Tourism Authority Charter
• PD 705 The Forestry Code of 1975
• PD 825
• PD 856- Sanitation Code, Chap 7, Industrial
  Hygiene
• PD 979 and 984 - Marine Pollution Decree
• PD 1067 The Water Resources code of the
  Philippines
• PD 1151 Philippine Environmental Policy
• PD 1152 Philippine Environmental Code
• PD 1586 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
  System

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Thank you very much for your valued time and
attention.