Sec Ramon Paje's OSAC Presentation STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Investment Prospects Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

1. STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT-
ENVIRONMENT-
Investment Prospects
Department of Environment and Natural Resources

2. ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK
SECTION 16 ARTICLE II,
1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
“The State shall protect and advance
the right of the people to a balanced
and healthful ecology in accord with
the h th
th rhythm and harmony of nature.”
dh f t ”

3. ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK
Philippine Development Plan: 2011-2016
1. Improved 2. Improved 3. Enhanced
conservation,
conservation environmental resilience of natural
protection and quality for a systems and
rehabilitation of cleaner and improved adaptive
natural healthier capac es of u a
capacities o human
resources environment communities to cope
with environmental
hazards including
climate related risks

4. FORESTRY

5. Forest Management
g
Situationer:
Situationer:
• Philippine forest at 7.2 M ha or 24% of country’s
land area
• 8 M ha of forestlands degraded (26% of land
area)

6. Forest Management
g
Government Actions:
• Total log ban in natural forests to conserve &
protect (E.O. 23)
• Created National Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force

7. Forest Management
g
Government Actions:
• Confiscated 10.6 M bd. ft. of logs/lumber
valued at P 317 M
• Filed 269 cases for illegal logging
• Closed 215 wood processing plants

8. Forest Management
g
Government Actions:
• Established National Greening Program, biggest
reforestation in Philippine history (E.O. 26)
Plant 1.5 B trees in
1.5 M ha in 6 years
(27.8%
(27 8% higher than
past 50 years).
For 2011, target is
50 M trees in
100,000 ha.

9. CLEAN AIR

10. Clean Air
Situationer – Major urban centers are polluted
• Total Suspended Particulates
(TSP) in Metro Manila is 166
micrograms/normal cubic meters
(μg/Ncm) in 1st half of 2010
84% beyond standard of 90
μg
μg/Ncm (WHO)
( )
Other polluted cities: San
Fernando, Calapan, Cebu,
Zamboanga, Davao

11. Clean Air
Situationer – Major urban centers are polluted
• 80% of pollution due to vehicular emissions
• Per WB 18M Filipinos exposed to air pollution
WB, pollution,
with health cost & loss of income of P 7.6
B/year

12. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• Strengthened enforcement & regulations
More stringent air emission standards for
Compression & Spark-Ignition Engines
(motorcycles & tricycles)
Agreement with
Earth Day Network to
make EDSA
“Linis Hangin Zone.”
(cellphone to catch
smoke-belchers)

13. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• Strengthened enforcement of regulations
DENR, LTO, MMDA, etc. worked to reduce traffic &
ensure compliance with emission testing to reduce
vehicular emissions

14. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• Strengthened enforcement of regulations
Developed program with ADB to provide credit
for conversion of tricycle engines to electric

15. Clean Air
Government Actions:
• As of June 2011, pollution reduced by 32%
from 166 to 113 μg/Ncm.
Total Suspended Particulates (TSP) Level
180
166
170
160
el (ug/Ncm)
)
150
140 133.5
130 Actual
TSp leve
120 113 Standard
110
100
90 90
80
1st Sem 2010 2nd Sem 2010 1st Sem 2011

16. CLEAN WATER

17. Clean Water
Situationer – Waterways/esteros in major urban
Waterways/
centers unfit for human activity
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), or demand
for oxygen in water for 19 major rivers in 2010
water,
at 27 milligrams/liter, 4x the standard at 7 mg/L

18. Clean Water
Government Actions:
Initiated “Adopt an Estero Program”
Before After
Estero de Paco, Manila
(ABS-CBN Foundation)

19. Clean Water
Government Actions:
Adopt an Estero Program
Before After
Estero de Paco, Manila

20. Clean Water
Government Actions:
Adopt an Estero Program
Before After
Estero de Paco, Manila

21. Clean Water
Government Actions :
Adopt an Estero Program
226
Major companies have adopted waterways
nationwide (Examples: Jollibee, San Miguel
Foundation Toyota Masinloc Power Corp )
Foundation, Toyota, Corp.)

22. Clean Water
Government Actions:
• Reduced solid wastes
Required Philippine Plastic Industry to
develop program for retrieval/collection/
recycling of plastics
Launched “Reusable
Bag Campaign for Greener
g p g
Environment” with major malls
& supermarkets

23. Clean Water
Government Actions:
Actions:
• Reduced solid wastes
Agreement with 11 Metro Manila LGUs for solid
waste management systems in subdivisions/
condominiums. Initially, 4,717 homeowners
associations identified

24. GEOHAZARD

25. Geohazard
Situationer:
Situationer:
• Philippines is prone to natural disasters due to
geographical location & geological attributes:
landslides, fl di
l d lid flooding, earthquakes, t
th k tsunami, etc.
i t

26. Geohazard
Government Actions:
• Completed geo-hazard mapping of all provinces/
cities/municipalities at 1:50,000 scale
• Di t ib t d 65 000 map sheets t all LGU
Distributed 65,000 h t to ll LGUs
• More detailed mapping started for 88 landslide-prone
cities/municipalities (scale of 1:10,000)
• Conducted coastal
geohazard
assessment of 46
t f
coastal
municipalities

27. MINERAL REFORMS

28. Mineral Reforms
Situationer:
Situationer:
• Started cleansing of idle mining applications under
“use it or lose it” policy. Additional 5.2 M ha have
been opened for new and serious investors, resulting
from cleansing/denial of 2 136 pending and idle
2,136
mining applications (97% of total)
• Suspended acceptance and processing of new
p p p g
mining applications to ensure successful
implementation of the on-going cleansing of mining
app cat o s
applications

29. Mineral Reforms
Government Actions:
• Cleansing the remaining idle mining applications
under the “use it or lose it” policy
policy.

30. GOOD GOVERNANCE

31. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
Policy shift to donate confiscated logs/lumber to
DepEd, instead of auction
o Donated 2.282 M bd. ft. of confiscated logs/lumber
to DepEd, LGUs, and other government offices
(additional 5.5 M bd.ft. for donation)
o Produced 9,699 armchairs, 174 school desks, 171
tables, 55 cabinets & repaired 197 buildings (i.e.,
schools, chapel, mun. buildings & CENRO Offices),
, p , g ),
etc)

32. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Removed opportunities f graft and corruption
for f
Rationalized and reduced DENR checkpoints
from 274 to 118 or by 57%

33. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Removed opportunities for graft and corruption
Installed 902 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
cameras up to field offices
Eliminated face-to-face transactions

34. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Strengthened prosecution and justice system
No. of
Personnel
P l
Show cause issued 118
Formally charged 31
Fined/Suspended 7
Dismissed from service 10
Filed 297 cases for illegal logging

35. Good Governance
Government Actions:
• Strengthened prosecution and justice system
Strengthened capacities of DENR personnel,
prosecutors & judges through trainings with the
Supreme Court

36. PUBLIC ASSESSMENT

37. Public Assessment
• From one of the most corrupt in December, 2009,
DENR is now the 4th least corrupt agency in March
2011 (Pulse Asia Survey)
• Environment ranked 4th in assessment of government
performance by Movement for Good Governance
(August 2011)

38. Public Assessment
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
(Pulse Asia Survey)
• Efforts of government in stopping the destruction & abuse of
environment
Period Approval Rating
pp g Disapproval
pp Net Approval
pp
Rating Rating
October 2009 +27 -39 -12
March 2011 +48 -16 +32
June 2011 +50 -14 +36

39. INVESTMENT PROSPECTS

40. INVESTING in the
FORESTRY SECTOR in the
PHILIPPINES

41. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Potential Areas f I
P t ti l A for Investment
t t
• Industrial Tree Plantation
• Agroforestry
• E
Eco-tourism
t i
• Wood Pellet
• Bio-energy

42. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Potential Areas for
Tree Plantations
Region 10
Region 13
Region 9 Region 11
Region 12

43. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Policy Reforms Underway to Encourage
Private Sector Participation
• Identification of Clear investment zones – Forest Land
Use Planning process transparent and participatory
• Simplified procedures for investing that reduce
transaction costs
• Stable policy environment which guarantees the right
to harvest or benefit from investment
- Secured land tenure
- De-regulated policy especially in harvesting
planted trees
- Harmonized policies with LGUs, NCIP, NGAs

44. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Adoption of Investment Portfolio Approach
p pp
Objectives
• To encourage public-private forestry investments
through reduction of transaction costs by
undertaking preparatory work relative to
completing documentary requirements and
securing necessary clearances
• To develop investment portfolio package options
for private investors on potential forestry
enterprises (industrial tree plantations agroforestry,
plantations, agroforestry
ecotourism , etc.)

45. Investing in the
Forestry Sector
Investment Portfolio Approach
pp
Objectives
• T ensure forestry projects are i accordance
To f t j t in d
with national and LGU plans (Comprehensive
Land Use Plans (CLUP), Forest Land Use Plans
(FLUP)
• To allow synergy and convergence of
government agencies’ programs