Philippine Environment then and now.. how rich we are and how we destroy it in a blink of an eye....pass it on!!! Presentation of Atty. Antonio Oposa

6. Earth: The Only Planet which contains …. 4.5 Billion years Composed of the delicate mixtures of the basic elements of Life. Air, Water and Soil

9. ENVIRONMENT?

11. Applying the Mindset of Extraction and Consumption

14. BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS Air Pollution and Global Heating Development! Revenue; Profit; Progress, Development? DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY PRODUCED AND USED AND VOLUME OF WASTE GENERATED?

15. Used, used up, dirtied Waters

17. Mining: DISEMBOWELED THE EARTH, SCRAPE AWAY LIFE GIVING SOIL AND THROW AWAY WATER >Revenue? PARADOX OF DIAMOND AND WATER > Or Depletion of the natural capital?

25. NEW MAMMALS

27. BASED ON A PER UNIT OF AREA, OUR LAND IS THE RICHEST ON EARTH ( in endemicity)

28. 70% Paradigm of extraction and consumption

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

33. 3 Million Hectares

34. 0.2% INTACT Over-fishing Destructive Forms of Fishing

36. Used, used up, dirtied Waters

37. 16 Rivers are dead Violations of Laws!

40. Global Warming and Climate Change Accumulated consequences of our excessive extraction and consumption behavior What can we do? Crisis : Gravest threat to Mankind Greatest Opportunity

41. Philippines contributes ¼ of 1% of the global GHG (HTG) but is the most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change.

42. Climate change could have a devastating impact on the Philippines, leading to widespread destruction of the country's flora and fauna and flooding the capital Manila, a NASA scientist warned here Friday. The continued melting of Arctic ice caps, brought on by climate change, could cause sea levels to rise by seven metres (23 feet), said National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) physicist Josefino Comiso. He said the country's fish stocks would be depleted and many species of plant and animal life would die because of the change in ocean temperatures caused by climate change.

47. Infrastructure & Transport Can you afford economic dislocation? For how long?

49. A FORETASTE OF THINGS TO COME

50. Fast forward- 6 months later

51. danger opportunity CRISIS

52. The Story of the King

57. Healing the Lungs of the Earth

58. Banaue rice terraces: < 2000 years old Restore wealth of the Earth’s Flesh -- the soils- source of or food! Agricultural lands- Contour-SALT

60. CPR ECONOMICS restorative Economics

61. Restoring Marine Ecosystems

71. CAR-OUSEL? PEDAL? Use excess manpower

72. Discount Sense of fun Sense of community and human interaction Sometimes words have to be a little wild…,

78. Filipino Design Prototype of a CAROUSEL: Example is the best teacher

80. Prototype of Man-Powered Mini-Train PINOY Karusel -- U Tube RAIL

81. Before the power of the combustion engine -- ___ ? Before __ Power? was ____ power “ Sometimes words have to be a little wild… because they are the assault of thoughts upon the unthinking.”

82. Puerto Princesa-April 1 Marikina 60 kms of bike lanes

85. RAIL BUS

92. Focus on a bio-geographic unit CENTRAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS VISAYAN MARINE TRIANGLE/ WWF-thank you

93. Education: Informal education: In 2002: Bantayan Island SEA Camp Mission: To Teach by Example and Experience

95. SCHOOL OF THE SEAs S ea and E arth A dvocates Teach by Example and Experience: SHOWCASE Beauty and Bounty of the Philippine Islands, and Filipino ingenuity and artistry

97. LED Lights Natural ventilation Wind Circulation Multi-purpose Hall/ Dorm Hardly any nails

101. ELEVATED BATHING AREA Make it a little difficult to get water to make us better appreciate the value of fresh water- limited supply and fragile quality (Senior Citizens >65 exempted)

102. FLUSHING WATER;

103. Flushing Water

109. Water-proofed flowerpot AMMONIA COLLECTED AND USED FOR FLORA

110. METHANE CAPTURED IN A BIOGAS DIGESTER AND TURNED INTO COOKING GAS-INAUGURATED AND OPERATED ON MAY 2, ‘08

111. THE KEY TO SOCIETAL CHANGE

114. Students experiment to understand water pollution

116. Bebet G: as teacher

117. 3000 PLUS GRADUATES: Volunteer teachers of the Bantayan Island SEA Camp: Outreach – 7,000 THE BEST TEACHERS ARE? Ex… and Ex…

121. Design of School of the SEAs Reconstruction

124. Plant boxes at Windows for climbing Vegetables

125. FILIPINO Genius at work in the World Trade Center

131. 1 2007 expedition GEMS OF HOPE

132. Pan de Azucar Concepcion, Iloilo, 19 Apr 07 2 2 boats-toured the Visayan Sea April to May 2007 Physical Engineering 2006-2007 11°16'41.9&quot; N 123°11'10.4&quot; E

133. 36 SITES 3 SITES 16 SITES 18 SITES TOTAL: 110 sites Engineering: Physical Engineering Underwater Survey: 2006 Visayan Sea Expedition <www.thelawofnature.org>

134. DOT-PCSSD: Thank you

135. 36 SITES 3 SITES 16 SITES 18 SITES Control Marine Resources Criminality

139. DEC. 16, 2004: Cavite

140. 30,000 sticks, thank you IBP! Jovy

142. COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT OWNERS

146. Law enforcement must be swift, painful and public

147. CREATIVE PENOLOGY

148. Adversaries to Allies Program Our version of ‘Politics is addition’

149. De La Victoria earlier told reporters that he received information that there was a One Million reward for the person who could assassinate him and Oposa.

151. MORE RAIDS VS COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT OWNERS As we speak…

152. Anti-Fencing

153. January 27, 2009 Explosives Next week – Filing of Administrative and Anti-Graft Charges against ALL Barangay Officials – Gross and Inexcusable Negligence for allowing illegal activities to happen in their territorial jurisdiction

154. Enforcement FORESTS AND THE LAW

156. We lawyers are artists; Storytellers of the stories of our clients – people Trees: Law is thinking tool/medium of our art

158. March 1990 Enforce a Constitutional Provision

165. The “PHILIPPINES IS THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH” – Dr. Kent Carpenter/ UN FAO Study AMAZON OF THE SEAS, PHILIPPINE SEA OF THE FORESTS

169. Almost 4 years Jan 1999-Sept 2002

170. 2006, now in the Supreme Court Thank you, PSAF and OSG Pro bono …

173. Why revolutionary? It creates an upheaval. Turn their world upside down and light a match under their butts

177. 1 to 1million , done only one

178. GIVING THEM A REASON TO TAKE SERIOUS ACTION

180. 25 August 2009; Inquirer SEPT 5, 2009

187. 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.

195. TEAM COMPOSITION: Educator Marine biologists/Scuba divers Community organizer Law enforcement officer/s (pref also divers ) Crew (at least 2). Lawyers on board and on call

197. 36 SITES 3 SITES 16 SITES 18 SITES Control Marine Resources Criminality

204. WE ALL HAVE A ROLE – THE POWER OF ONE! Mosquito-Stopping in a highway:

205. FEW ELITE LEADERS INTEREST GROUPS VOTING POPULATION THE FILIPINO MASSES - No significant influence over important decisions especially on those critical to the Environment

206. 1. Educate and Empower 2. Enable to exercise power to effect real positive change beginning within each of us Our VISION: A REVOLUTION – Revolution defined: a TURN AROUND. NOT just that: Turn it Upside Down!

207. <www.thelawofnature.org>

212. THANK YOU: DENSO-DOLE-Green Working Environment you, share with you the new wave of economics. Catch it, or drown. Ordinary citizens, YOUTH … 20 yrs ago (right to speak and take action. Now … it is up to you to take action.) The time for talk is over, it is time for action A GREAT MOVEMENT MAY BE BORN IN THE MINDS OF THE FEW, BUT IT MUST BE SPOKEN BY THE MOUTHS OF MANY, AND CARRIED ON THE SHOULDERS OF ALL What light through yonder window breaks? oft-quoted

214. Story of a rich man

217. DURING OUR WATCH

219. Let it be said that in our time, And during our watch, We did our share,