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Story of the King Oceans – Seas: Flooding Issues and strategies

W. Story of the King Oceans – Seas: Flooding Issues and strategies A taste of what the Court has done And can do. The Story of the King. CRISIS. danger. opportunity. Story The first shoe, Crisis, Conservation of Life-sources, Mind-shift – a new norm of behavior

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Story of the King Oceans – Seas: Flooding Issues and strategies

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  2. Story of the King Oceans – Seas: Flooding Issues and strategies A taste of what the Court has done And can do.

  3. The Story of the King

  4. CRISIS danger opportunity

  5. Story • The first shoe, Crisis, Conservation of Life-sources, • Mind-shift – a new norm of behavior • from wasteful use to use that is wise and sustainable • “We cannot solve a problem using the same mindset that created the problem in the first place.”

  6. Two words reflecting the mindsets 1. Environment 2. Development

  7. ENVIRONMENT?

  8. Environment- is NOT about birds and bees, LIFE and Sources of Life Land, Air and Water (LAW) Vital Organs of LIFE - Trees and forests- Heart and Lungs • Land & soil - skin and flesh • Sea and waterways – blood and bloodstreams • Land, Air and Water (LAW) of LIFE

  9. Foundation of all economic activities • Economy is only a very minor subsidiary of the Life-Support Systems (Life Sources) • What will we do with money if you do not have water, air is dirty, and food is poisoned

  10. Development • Conventional paradigm of Consumption-based Economics • US, Britain, etc., Are they developed economies? • Economics- def. efficient use of scarce resources. • 5% of people- 30% of resources?

  11. Economic development Based on use, abuse and misuse of the life sources

  12. Following the wasteful lifestyle of the OCC • Need 9 earths to satisfy the consumption patterns • Is Waste Economical? • “Developed Economy” -- contradiction of terms?

  13. We cannot solve a problem using the same mindset that created the problem in the first place? Question: What is that mindset? Ex-con • Opposite : CPR - Conservation, Protection and Restoration

  14. Developed and Developing • Over-consuming Countries • Low consuming countries • Change words, meanings, mindsets

  15. CarpenASEANSeaster, K.E. and V.H. Niem (eds), 1998 - 2001 • 6 volumes, 4218 pp > 100 experts contributing Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes, sea turtles, sea snakes, estuarine crocodile, and marine mammals

  16. The Indo-Malay-Philippine Archipelago (IMPA) –Sulu-Sulawesi Marine TriangleThe CENTER OF MARINE Life-forms ON EARTH

  17. The “PHILIPPINES IS THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH” – Dr. Kent Carpenter/ UN FAO Study

  18. September 13, 2004

  19. Threats-Issues • Blast fishing • Cyanide fishing • Commercial fishing in prohibited municipal waters, Shark finning • Illegal trade of endangered marine species (corals, certain kinds of shells and fishes). • Climate Change-Ocean acidification

  20. Action Plan Insidious Threats Threat of a neighbor claiming exclusive ownership of the ASEAN Seas

  21. FISH Catch– 90 to 95%in some, facing total collapseCall it: Revenue, Income

  22. Revenue IncomeProfit, GNP

  23. The “PHILIPPINES IS THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH” – Dr. Kent Carpenter/ UN FAO Study

  24. Water Pollution: Manila Bay 1990s-200 MPN OF FECAL COLIFORM >1,000,000 MPN

  25. Almost 4 years Jan 1999- Dec 2008

  26. News articles

  27. Oral Argument in the Supreme Court August 12, 2008 • News articles: Fish is coming back to Manila Bay, 2012

  28. Criminal syndicates LARGEST IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY3 kms of detonating fuse

  29. Cebu 30,000 sticks, thank you IBP! Jovy

  30. CREATIVE PENOLOGY

  31. Flooding: A FORETASTE OF THINGS TO COME

  32. Telling Another Story: Floods

  33. Fast forward- 6 months later

  34. Water is Life

  35. Altered State of Nature A little review of basic science

  36. Picture in a state of the nature Altered surface of the land, and heavier rains

  37. MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government to answer a petition of a group of environmentalists seeking the creation of rainwater collectors in the country. SC spokesman Midas Marquez said the national government agencies led by Malacañang, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government representing the 80 provinces, 150 cities, 1,400 towns and 42,000 barangays were given 10 days to comment on the petition filed by the group. SC allowed the petition of the Global Legal Action on Climate Change calling on the national government to come up with a more effective nationwide flood control project by implementing a 1989 law for rainwater collectors in all barangays.

  38. Courts: • Tell a story in an orderly manner - Resolution • Trigger action—shield public officials from political pressure • Spark the needed mind-shift

  39. Global Warming and Climate Change High FEVER Crisis : Gravest threat to Mankind Greatest Opportunity

  40. CRISIS • SYMPTOMS OF A BIGGER DISEASE danger opportunity

  41. “After all is said and done, more is said than done”Doha and UNFCCC

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