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Sustainable Development: A guiding principle towards eco-industrial development

Sustainable Development: A guiding principle towards eco-industrial development. Plutomeo M. Nieves Dean Bicol University Tabaco Campus Tabaco City.

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Sustainable Development: A guiding principle towards eco-industrial development

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  1. Sustainable Development:A guiding principle towards eco-industrial development Plutomeo M. Nieves Dean Bicol University Tabaco Campus Tabaco City

  2. 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 areMany things are not clear to you But, don’t worry, we shall be guiding you to a journey towards understanding what “Sustainable Development is all about.

  3. Here’s 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.

  4. Historical Timeline: • Post WW II • Late 1960’s. • 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

  5. The Philippine Agenda 21? • National Agenda for Sustainable Development • A milestone document done with exhaustive consultation and people’s 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.

  6. What is happening around

  7. Current development trends in the country today: Demographic trends Cultural trends S & T Economic trends Urbanization Human development Environmental trends Institutional trends Political trends

  8. 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)

  9. Sustainable development advocates that Society as the Center of Development • The Key Actors in SD Civil Society Government SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Business

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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

  13. Some of the pertinent laws, issuances and administrative orders relevant to eco-industrial development:Constitution – 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

  14. 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

  15. Thank you very much for your valued time and attention.

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