This document contains summaries of several Philippine laws related to environmental protection and natural resource management. It includes laws establishing regulations for new plant varieties, mining sector reforms, ecological solid waste management, cave resources management, protected areas like Mt. Kanlaon, and chain saw ownership. It also discusses the establishment of a UN body to advance environmental law, justice and governance through international cooperation.

1. REPUBLIC ACT NO.
9168
June 7, 2002
AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO
NEW PLANT VARIETIES, ESTABLISHING A
NATIONAL PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
BOARD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

2. EXECUTIVE ORDER
NO. 79
-INSTITUTIONALIZING AND IMPLEMENTING
REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINE MINING SECTOR
PROVIDING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES TO
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
RESPONSIBLE MINING IN THE UTILIZATION
OF MINERAL RESOURCES : CHAN ROBLES
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3. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9003
(ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
OF 2000)
ANACT PROVIDING FOR AN ECOLOGICAL
SOLID WASTE, MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM, CREATING THE
NECESSARY, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS AND
INCENTIVES, DECLARING CERTAIN ACTS
PROHIBITED AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS

4. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9072
(National Caves and Cave
Resources Management and
Protection Act)
AN ACT TO MANAGE AND PROTECT
CAVES AND CAVE RESOURCES AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

5. REPUBLIC ACT NO.
9154 August 11, 2001
 ANACT ESTABLISHING MT. KANLA-ON LOCATED IN THE
CITIES OF BAGO, LA CARLOTA, AND SAN CARLOS AND IN
THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LA CASTELLANA AND
MURCIA, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL, AND IN THE CITY OF CANLAON AND
MUNICIPALITY OF VALLEHERMOSO, BOTH IN THE
PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, AS A PROTECTED
AREA AND A PERIPHERAL AREA AS BUFFER ZONE
PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

6. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9175
November 7, 2002
ANACT REGULATING THE
OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, SALE, IMPOR
TATION AND USE OF CHAIN
SAWS, PENALIZING VIOLATIONS
THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

7. UNEP Establishes New Body to Advance
Environmental Law, Justice and
Governance Fri, Dec 7, 2012
The World Congress on Justice, Governance
and Law for Environmental Sustainability
saw representatives of over 60 countries
calling for the creation of an international
network to support efforts to achieve
sustainability through stronger legal
responses to environmental pressures.