10. TRAGEDY
• very sad event: an event in life that
evokes feelings of sorrow or grief
• disastrous event: a disastrous
circumstance or event, e.g. serious
illness, financial ruin, or fatality
11. DISASTER
• damaging or destructive event: an
event that causes serious loss,
destruction, hardship, unhappiness, or
death
12. • An environmental disaster is
a disaster to the natural
environment due to human activity,
which distinguishes it from the
concept of a natural disaster.
13. • Environmental disasters can have an
effect on agriculture, biodiversity, the
economy and human health. The
causes include pollution, depletion of
natural resources, industrial activity or
agriculture.
14. • The Philippines is prone to natural disasters,
particularly typhoons, floods, landslides, volcanic
eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis, lying as it
does astride the typhoon belt, in the active
volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of
Fire,” and in the geologically unstable region
between the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic
plates.
15. • The Philippines also suffers major human-
caused environmental degradation aggravated
by a high annual population growth rate,
including loss of agricultural lands, deforestation,
soil erosion, air and water pollution, improper
disposal of solid and toxic wastes, loss of coral
reefs, mismanagement and abuse of coastal
resources, and overfishing.
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17. CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PHILIPPINES
• Recent scientific studies reveal that human activities
have contributed significantly to the increase of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that causes
climate change.
• Scientists warned the Philippines could experience
famine by 2020, as the adverse impact of global
warming takes its toll on natural resources. Thousands
will be displaced from their homes especially in low-
lying coastal communities.
18.
19. DECLINE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND
BIODIVERSITY
• The Philippines is suffering from
degradation of the natural environment. It
has fifty major rivers now polluted due to
abuse and neglect. Approximately two-
thirds of the country's original mangroves
have been lost.
20.
21. ALARMING WASTE PROBLEM IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• The Philippines is looming with garbage problems
despite the passage of the Ecological Solid Waste
Management Act or the Republic Act (RA) 9003.
• 2007 first quarter data from the National Solid Waste
Management Commission shows that there are 677
open dumpsites, 343 controlled dumps, and 21 landfills
in the country. An additional 307 dump sites are subject
for closure or rehabilitation plans but without definite
schedules for enforcement. About 215 additional
landfills are being proposed to be set up nationwide.
22. PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOR TOWARD WASTE
• Resources, Environment and Economics
Center for Studies, Inc.’s (REECS) 2002
study on household waste management
systems and the attitudes and behavior of
the communities in two barangays in Metro
Manila ( Bennagen, Nepomuceno, Covar,
2002) showed that::
23. • 1. Waste management is still perceived by many
as the responsibility of government.
2. Public participation in waste management,
especially in segregation at source, remains
limited.
3. More extensive awareness- raising activities
and training on ecological waste management are
needed, together with stricter enforcement of the
Law and local ordinances must be observed.
• 4. There is lack of community empowerment and
political will to resolve the problem.
24. PHILIPPINE DISASTERS
• World's 4th Most Accident-Prone Country
• 313 Disaster Incidents in 2002
• Worst Disaster in History (Payatas Tragedy)
• Worst Sea Accidents (Dona Paz owned by Sulpicio Lines)
• Worst Air Accidents (Airplane from Manila crashed in Samal Island)
• Worst Terrorist Attacks (Abu Sayyaf)
25. • Worst Fires (Ozone Disco)
• Worst Volcanic Eruptions (1991 Mount Pinatubo)
• Worst Typhoons and Flashfloods (Typhoon Thelma 1991)
• Worst Earthquakes (1990 – 7.7 scale)
• Worst Festival Tragedy (1993 Pagoda Festival in Bocaue)
• Coastal Areas Sinking
