Laws and Administrative Issuances

LAWS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES
1. Philippine Environmental Policy mandated the formulation of an intensive,

integrated program of environmental protection.
2. Philippine Environment Code provides for the development of standards and
management framework for the following areas of concern: air quality
management, water quality management and land use management.
3. National Integrated Protected Areas System provides for the integrated
management of all declared protected areas in the country.
4. The Revised Forestry Code it is the governing law on forestry, the basic
policy of which is that the multiple uses of forest lands shall be oriented to the
development and progress requirements of the country.
5. Philippine Fisheries Code the basic law on fisheries management and
utilization.
6. The Philippine Mining Act the principal law on mining in the Philippines.
7. The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act embodies the policy of the State to
recognize, promote, and protect the rights of indigenous people to their ancestral
land and domains and ensure their cultural integrity.
8. Philippine Clean Air Act the law provides for a national program of air
pollution management and prevention, and active public participation in air
quality planning and monitoring.
9. Philippine Clean Water Act to revive the quality of fresh, brackish, marine
waters in the country.
10. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act aims to adopt a systematic,
comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program to ensure
protection of public health and environment.
11. Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act policy of the State to
conserve the countrys wildlife resources and their habitats for sustainability, with
the objective of promoting ecological balance and biological diversity.
12. Chain Saw Act regulates the ownership, possession, sale, importation and use
of chain saws.
13. Laguna Lake Development Authority governments policy to lead, promote,
and accelerate the development and balanced growth of the Laguna Lake area.
14. Environmental Impact Statement System planning tool to avoid or minimize
adverse environmental impacts of projects of government and private entities.
15. The Biofuel Act provides for the mandatory use of biofuels to help lessen
emission of greenhouse gases that greatly contributes to global warming.
16. Climate Change Act of 2009 policy-making body of the government tasked to
coordinate, monitor and evaluate the programs and action plans of the
government relating to climate change.
17. The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
institutionalizes arrangements and measures for reducing disaster risks.
18. Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990
seeks to regulate or prohibit the importation, use and disposal of chemical
substances that present unreasonable risk to health or the environment.
REGALIAN DOCTRINE
Sec. 2, Art. XII of the Constitution embodies the concept of Regalian Doctrine
which states that all lands and other natural resources of the public domain
belong to the State.
With the exception of agricultural land, all other natural resources shall not be
alienated.
The exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources shall be under
the full control and supervision of the State.
The State may direct undertake such activities, or it may enter into co-production,
joint venture, or production-sharing agreements with Filipino citizens, or
corporations or associations at least 60% of whose capital is owned by such
citizen. Such agreements may be for a period not exceeding 25 years,
renewable for not more than 25 years, and under such terms and conditions as
may be provided by law.
ANCESTRAL LANDS refers to lands occupied by individuals, families and clans who
are members of indigenous cultural communities including residential lots, rice terraces
or paddies, private forests, swidden farms and tree lots. These lands are required to
have been occupied, possessed, and utilized by them or through their ancestors since
time immemorial, continuously to the present.
ANCESTRAL DOMAINS areas generally belonging to indigenous cultural

communities, including ancestral lands, forests, pasture, residential and agricultural
lands, hunting grounds, worship areas, and lands no longer occupied exclusively by ICC
but to which they had traditional access.
NATIVE TITLE
DOCTRINE OF PRIMARY JURISDICTION courts cannot and will not resolve a

controversy involving a question which is within the jurisdiction of an administrative
tribunal, especially where the question demands the exercise of sound administrative
discretion requiring the special knowledge, experience and services of the
administrative tribunal to determine technical and intricate matters of fact.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANDS

1. Lands of Public Dominion lands owned by the State in its public capacity.
These lands are outside the commerce of man and cannot be leased, donated,
sold or be the object of any contract; they cannot be acquired by prescription;
they cannot be registered under the Land Registration Law and be the subject of
Torrens Title; they cannot be levied upon by execution, nor can they be attached.
a. For Public Use may be used by any body;
b. For Public Service may be used only by duly authorized persons;
c. For the Development of National Wealth like our natural resources.
2. Patrimonial Property lands owned by the State in its private capacity which is
not devoted to public use, public service, or the development of the national
wealth. These are lands that may be acquired by private individuals or
corporations through prescription.
3. Lands of Private Ownership lands particularly owned by private individuals or

private entities.
CLASSIFICATION OF LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

1. Agricultural
2. Forest or Timber
3. Mineral Lands
4. National Parks
PUBLIC LANDS they are that part of government lands which are thrown open to
private appropriation and settlement by homestead and other like general laws.
GOVERNMENT LANDS includes not only public lands, but also other lands of the
government already reserved or devoted to public use or subject to private right. In
other words, the government owns real estate which is part of the public lands and other
real estate which is not part thereof.
SPECIFIC MODES OF DISPOSITION

1. Public lands suitable for agricultural purposes can be disposed of only as
follows:
a. For homestead settlement;
b. By sale;
c. By lease; and
d. By confirmation of imperfect or incomplete titles:
1) By judicial legalization
2) By administrative legalization (free patent).

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LAWS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCES

1. Philippine Environmental Policy mandated the formulation of an intensive,

ANCESTRAL DOMAINS areas generally belonging to indigenous cultural

DOCTRINE OF PRIMARY JURISDICTION courts cannot and will not resolve a

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF LANDS

3. Lands of Private Ownership lands particularly owned by private individuals or

CLASSIFICATION OF LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

SPECIFIC MODES OF DISPOSITION

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