Philippine Constitution (Excerpts) (10K)
Summarizes areas specific to environmental protection.

Presidential Decree 704. (55K)
Covers fishery laws

Presidential Decree 705. (48K)
Covers forestry laws

Executive Order 240. (37)K
Covers Integrated Fishery Management

Local Goverment Code (Excerpts) (40K)

Presidental Decree 1151 (5K)
Covers Philippine Environmental Policy

Presidential Decree No. 1152 (50K)
The Philippine Environment Code

JOA Number 3. (4K)
Covers Implementing guidelines on the granting of preferential treatment to small fisherfolk relative to the 15K Muncipal Water.

Republic Act No. 7586 (NIPAS Act) (29K)
Establishment and Management of National Integrated Protected Areas System, Defining its scope and coverage

DENR Administrative Order No. 25 (83K)
Implementing Rules and Regulations for Republic Act No. 7586

Presidential Decree No. 1586 (7K)
Establishing an Environmental Impact Statement System, including other environmental management related measures.

Republic Act No. 7942 (Philippine Mining Act of 1995) (99K)
An Act instituting a new system of Mineral Resources Exploration, Development, utilization and conservation

DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40 Series of 1996 (429K)
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942

Republic Act No. 7907 (33K)
An Act Amending Republic Act No. 3844, as amended, otherwise known as the "Code of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines".

Republic Act No. 6657 (99K)
The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1998.

Presidential Decree No. 984 (33K)
Providing for the Revision of Republic Act No. 3931, commonly known as the Pollution Control Law.

Executive Order No. 542 (17K)
Covers the creation of the Task Force Pawikan

Executive Order No. 263(17K)
Adopts Community-Based Forest Management as the National Strategy to ensure the sustainable development of the country's forst lands.

City of Manila Ordinance 7695 (2K)
Covers proper garbage disposal.

City of Manila Ordinance 7849 (3K)
Amends Ordinace 7695 to provide stiffer penalties for improper garbage disposal.

City of Manila Ordinance 7853 (4K)
An Ordinace requiring that all Public Utility Vehicles provide trash receptacles in their vehicles.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 76
Regulations regarding the collecting and gathering of marine turtles

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 88
Regulations for the Conservation of Turtle, Turtle Eggs and Turtle Shells in the Philippines

Bureau of Forest Development Circular No. 8
Regulations for the Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Philippines

DANR General Administrative Order No. 2
Transferring the Administration and Control of Turtles to the Parks and Wildlife Office and for Other Purposes.

DENR Administrative Order No. 3, Series of 1995
Procedural and/or Documentary Requirements, Guidelines and/or Criteria to be observed and/or followed in the Selection of Local Government Units (LGUs). Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and People's Organizations (POs) to the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB)

DENR Administrative Order No. 5, Series of 1995
Guidelines in the selection, awards, monitoring and evaluationof host Non-Government Organization in the Conservation of Protected Areas Project

DENR Administrative Order No. 7, February 17, 1994
Revised Guidelines Governing the Issuance of Certificate of Origin for Logs, Timber, Lumber and Non- timber Forest Products.

DENR Administrative Order No. 13, Series of 1992
Regulation governing the establishment of buffer zone within forest lands.

DENR Administrative Order No. 142, Series of 1989
Guidelines on the Disposition of Confiscated Wildlife Species.

DENR Administrative Order No. 30, September 30, 1994
Implementing Guidelines for Non-Government Organization Assisted Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management (NGO- Assisted CBMFM) for the DENR.

DENR Memorandum Order No. 95-08
Clarification on the Provisions of the NIPAS Law regarding the modification of boundary of the Protected Area and its Buffer Zone.

DENR Administrative Order No. 08, February 17, 1994
Additional Requirements in the Issuance of New Sawmill Permits and Certificates of Registration as Lumber Dealers, Including Renewals Thereof.

DENR Administrative Order No. 32, September 07, 1994
Creation of an Office to Coordinate DENR Commitments to Inter-Agency Committees, Commission, Task Force and Special Projects.

DENR Administrative Order No.34, September 16, 1994
Amending Section 13 of DAO 58, Series of 1983, Providing for the Rules and Regulations Governing Narra Resources.

DENR Administrative Order No. 35, September 19, 1994
Guidelines Governing the Implementation and Monitoring of the DENR National Crime Reporting System.

DENR Administrative Order No.36, Series of 1991
Guidelines governing the confiscation, seizure, and disposition of wilf flora and fauna illegally collected, gathered, acquired, transported, and imported including paraphernalia.

DENR Administrative Order No. 37, Series of 1996
Revising DENR Administrative Order No. 21, Series of 1992, to further strengthen the implementation of the Environmental Impact Statement System

DENR Administrative Order No.55, Series of 1991
Declaring Dugong or sea cow (Dugong dugon) as Protected Marine Mammal of the Philippines

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 16, Series of 1993
Guidelines on the Establishment and Management of Buffer Zones for Protected Areas

DENR Memorandum Circular No.04, January 26, 1994
Implementing Guidelines for the Selection, Contracting, Monitoring and Evaluation of NGOs Under the ENR-SECAL Program.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 01, January 18, 1994
Guidelines for the Prosecution of Illegal Logging and Related Cases

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 20, Series of 1990
Guidelines on the Restoration of Open and Denuded Areas within National Parks and Other Protected Areas within National Parks and Other Protected Areas for the Enhancement of Biological Diversity.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 20, Series of 1995
Implementing Guidelines of DENR Administrative Order No. 95-9, Series of 1995, Regulation on Forest Tree Seed Production, Collection and Disposition.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 21, June 22, 1994
Supplementary Guidelines and Instructions on the Implementation of DAO No. 07, S. 1994. Anent Issuance of Certificates of Origin for Forest Products.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 22, October 7, 1994
Delegation of Authority Regarding the Implementation of Foreign Assisted Integrated Protected Area Projects (IPAS), etc.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 25, July 13, 1994
Guidelines on the Partial Turn-over of Contract Reforestation (CREF) Projects Qualified for Forestland Management Agreement (FLMA) Issuance

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 26, July 08, 1994
Flagship Program for the Indigenous Cultural Communities under the Social Reform Agenda.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 32, September 06, 1994
DENR Divers Who Could Assist in the Conduct of Coral and Fish Survey and Assessment.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 34, September 22, 1994
General Outline for the Formulation of Initial Protected Area Plan.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 38, October 18, 1994
Amending DENR Memorandum Circular No. 29, Series of 1993. Otherwise Known as"Guidelines and Procedures in the Cancellation of Reforestation Contracts and Recovery Proceedings."

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 45, December 22, 1994
Clarifications on Some Provisions of R.A. 7586, DAO No. 25, Series of 1992 and Other Related Guidelines.

DENR Memorandum Order No. 01, February 17, 1994
Adoption of Revised Procedures on the Issuance of Certificate of Origin Forms

DENR Memorandum Order No. 04, February 02, 1995
Creation and Constitution of the National Federation of Multisectoral Forest Protection Committees (NFMFPC)

Executive Order No. 192, June 10, 1987
Providing for the Reorganization of the Department of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Renaming it as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and for other Purposes

Executive Order No. 192
Authorizing the Establishment of the Clark International Airport Corporation to operate and manage the Clark Aviation Complex

Executive Order No. 446
Mandating the Phase-out of Leaded Gasoline as one of the means of solving air pollution.

Executive Order No. 708
Reorganizing the Office of the President and Creating the Office of the Prime Minister pursuant to the 1981 amendments to the Constitution.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 129
Ban on the taking or catching, selling, possessing, transporting Sabalo (full -grown bangus or milkfish)

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 125
Rules and regulations governing conversion of ordinary fishpond permits and ten (10) year fishpond lease agreements into twenty-five (25) year fishpond lease agreements and other related matters.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 144
Rules and regulations on commercial fishing.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 149
Adopting all existing rules and regulations on fisheries

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 155
Regulating the use of fine meshed nets in fishing

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 156
Guidelines and procedure in the effective implementation of LOI No. 1328

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 163
Prohibiting the operation of "Muro-Ami" and "Kayakas" in all Philippine waters.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 164
Rules and Regulations governing the operation of "Hulbot-Hulbot" in the Philippine waters.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 173
Banning the exportation of bangus fingerlings (hatirin)

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 18
Covers the protection and conservation of turtles in the San Miguel Islands, comprising the Manuc-manucan, Bancauan, and Bancoran Islets in the Sulu Sea

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 184
Guideline on the experimental collection of precious and semi-precious corals of the Philippine waters.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 185
Ban on the taking or catching, selling, purchasing and possessing, transporting and exporting of Dolphins.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 188
Regulations governing the operation of commercial fishing boats in Philippine waters using Tuna Purse Seine Nets.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 23
Regulations establishing a closed season period for the conservation of turtles, turtle eggs, and turtle shells in the Turtle Islands.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 29
Rules and regulations governing the gathering of aquatic turtle eggs.

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 29-1
Amending Sections 8 and 9 of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 29

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 36
To establish a closed season period for the gathering or killing of marine turtles, turtle eggs, or turtle shell.

Forestry Sector Administrative Order No. 15, May 10, 1995
Revised General Guidelines in the Implementation of the Sub-classification of Forestlands and Other Inalienable Lands of the Public Domain.

Forestry Sector Administrative Order No. 17, May 20, 1995
Institutionalization of the Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Communities Within The DENR System.

DENR Administrative Order No. 97-39
Covers chemical control order for cyanide and cyanide compounds.

DENR Administrative Order No. 97-05
Procedures in the retention of areas within certain distances along the banks of rivers, streams, and shore of seas, lakes and oceans for environmental protection.

Bureau of Forestry Administrative Order No. 1
Regulations Governing the collecting, gathering and/or disposing marine turtles, turtle eggs and its by-products

Ministry of Natural Resources Special Order No. 357
Created a council of deputy conservation officers in the province of Tawi-Tawi

Ministry of Natural Resources Special Order No. 201
Covers the creation of an implementing organization of the Pawikan Task Force to implement the pawikan conservation program of the Philippines.

Ministry of Natural Resources Memorandum Order No. 06
Declares a total ban on exploitation activities related to marine turtles.

Ministry of Natural Resources Memorandum, September 1, 1982
Management Authority over Marine Turtles.

Ministry of Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 34
Declare the municipality of Caluya as marine turtle sanctuary.

Ministry of Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 33
Regulations governing the collection of marine turtle eggs in the province of Tawi-Tawi and reiterating the duties and responsibilities of deputy conservation officers and deputy game wardens.

Ministry of Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 10
Deputizing the Governor and Vice-Governor of Tawi-Tawi, Municipal Mayor and Barangay Captain of the Municipality of Taganak of the Province of Tawi-Tawi as Deputized Conservation Officers.

Ministry of Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 08
Establishment of Certain Islands in the Province of Tawi-Tawi, Palawan and Antique Marine Turtle Sanctuaries.

Ministry of Natural Resources Administrative Order No. 01
Deputizing the Provincial Governors, Vice-Governors and Municipal Mayors, areas critical for the protection of Marine Turtles in the Philippines, as Conservation Officers

Fisheries Administrative Order No. 68
Amends Section 2 of Fisheries Administrative Order No. 36.

Revised Fisheries Administrative Order No. 60
Regulations governing the issuance of fishpond permits and/or leases on public forest lands.

Forestry Sector Administrative Order No. 03
Bans use of Highlead Yarding Systems in the Dipterocarp Forests

DENR Administrative Order No. 20, June 1, 1992
Created the Organizational and Management Structure for the implementation of the ENR Sector Adjustment Loan (SECAL) Program.

DENR Administrative Order No.02, January 13, 1992
Deals with the Annual Allowable Cut Determination to Second Growth Forest.

DENR Administrative Order No.12, April 01, 1992
Deals with the annual allowable cut computation and tree marking goal determination in the second growth dipterocarp forests

DENR Administrative Order No.34, July 14, 1992
Covers the rules and regulations to implement Republic Act No. 7076.

DENR Administrative Order No.16, April 20, 1992
Addendum to DAO 42 which provides the regulations and guidelines governing the establishment and development of IFPs

Presidential Decree 1067
The Water Code of the Philippines

Republic Act 8371
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997, provides for the recognition, protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous cultural communities / indigenous people.

Republic Act 8435
Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997

DENR Administrative Order No. 04, Series of 1992
Amending DENR Administrative Order No. 14, Series of 1991 "Establishing The El Nido Marine Reserves".

Republic Act 8550
The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998

DENR Administrative Order No.96-12
Prescribes organizational and Management Arrangement of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Program

DENR Administrative Order No.92-23
Institutionalizes the Master Plan for Forestry Development within DENR and Defines Functions of Offices for the purpose.

DENR Administrative Order No.92-27
Covers the Management of Mossy Forests

DENR Administrative Order No.92-30
Guidelines for the Transfer and Implementation of DENR Functions Devolved to the Local Government Units

DENR Administrative Order No.92-34
Rules and Regulations to Implement Republic Act No. 7076 Otherwise Known as "Peoples Small Scale Mining Act of 1991".

DENR Administrative Order No.92-35
Prescribes the Guidelines for Community Reforestation Contract Under the Low Income Upland Communities Project (LIUCP)

DENR Administrative Order No.92-36
Covers the Assignment and Supervision of the DENR-Non-Governmental/Peoples' Organization (NG/PO) Desk.

DENR Administrative Order No.92-37
Amending certain provisions of DENR Administrative Order No. 30, Series of 1992

Department of Agriculture Administrative Order No.98-03
Implementing Rules and Regulations Pursuant to Republic Act No. 8550

DENR Administrative Order No.92-50
Guidelines on the Disposition of Confiscated Logs, Lumber and Other Forest Products for Public Infrastructure Projects.

DENR Administrative Order No.97-04
Rules and Regulations Governing the Industrial Forest Management Program

DENR Administrative Order No.96-24
Rules and Regulations Governing the Socialized Industrial Forest Management Program

DENR Administrative Order No.93-60
Revised Regulations and Guidelines Governing the Establishment and Management of Industrial Forest Plantations (IFPs) and Management of Residual Natural Forests for Production Purposes

DENR Administrative Order No.93-68
Amendment to DAO No. 60, Series of 1993

DENR Administrative Order No.93-22
Revised Guidelines for Community Forestry Program

DENR Administrative Order No.93-16
Guidelines on the Implementation of the Forestry Sector Project

DENR Administrative Order No.92-56
Designation of Pagbilao Mangrove Swamp Experimental Forest as Genetic Resources Area and National Training Site for Mangrove

DENR & DILG Joint Memorandum Circular No. 98-01
Designation of Pagbilao Mangrove Swamp Experimental Forest as Genetic Resources Area and National Training Site for Mangrove

Republic Act No. 8041
An Act to Address the National Water Crisis

Republic Act No. 7161
Amends PD 705 by increasing the Forest Charges on Timber and other Forest Products.

Republic Act No. 4190
An Act Declaring Certain Places in the Province of Lanao Del Sur as National Parks

Republic Act No. 3571
An Act which prohibits destroying growing trees, flowering plants and other plants of scenic value in public areas

Quezon Proclamation No. 02, series of 1913
Sets apart a forest reserve in Atimonan, Quezon

Quezon Proclamation No. 740, series of 1934
Covers the establishment of the Quezon National Park

Quezon Proclamation No. 594, series of 1940
Modifies the boundaries of Quezon National Park

Proclamation No. 2146
Proclaiming Certain Areas and Types of Projects as Environmentally Critical and Within the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement System Established under Presidential Decree No. 1586.

Presidential Decree No. 979
The Marine Pollution Decree of 1976

Presidential Decree No. 856
Code on Sanitation in the Philippines

Presidential Decree No. 825
Provides penalties for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of uncleanliness.

Presidential Decree No. 601
The Revised Coast Guard Law of 1974

Presidential Decree No. 2001
Established a program phasing-out tetraethyl lead (TEL) in gasoline.

Presidential Decree No. 1899
Establishes small-scale mining as a new dimension in mineral development

Presidential Decree No. 1775
Amends section eighty of the Revised Philippine Forestry Code (PD 705)

Presidential Decree No. 1160
Gives authority to Barangay Captains to enforce Pollution and Environmental Control Laws

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 06, June 4, 1992
Covers the implementation of Project CARE Activities After Species Adoption by Each Barangay, Municipality, City and Province

Letter of Instruction No. 549
Instructs the National Environment Protection Council to establish an administrative system for the evaluation of environmental impact of projects.

Letter of Instructions No.1179
Instructions authorizing the National Environment Protection Council to issue Environmental Compliance Certificates.

Executive Order No. 247
Sets guidelines for the prospecting of biological and genetic resources

Executive Order No. 15
Created the Philippine Council for Sustainable Development

DENR Memorandum Order No. 10, series of 1991
Guidelines for the conduct of Resources Basic Inventory (RBI) within Protected Areas.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 35, November 17, 1993
Criteria and guidelines for the Categorization of the Protected Areas under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 17, May 13, 1993
Guidelines on the conduct of Protected Area Suitability Assessment (PASA).

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 22, Series of 1992
Guidelines on the preparation and submission of maps of areas covered by the National Integrated Protected Areas System.

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 17, October 15, 1992
Covers the delineation of functions and implementation of the Integrated Social Forestry Program after the Devolution of Functions to the Local Government Units (LGUs)

DENR Memorandum Circular No. 09, August 03, 1992
Requires Timber License Agreement/Timber Production Sharing Agreement holders to prepare and submit a Medium Term Forest Management Plan.

Forestry Sector Administrative Order No. 09
Covers the regulation of forest tree seed production, collection and disposition.

DENR Administrative Order No. 68, December 16, 1993
Amendment to DAO No. 60, Series of 1993, to encourage more investors in the IFP program of the government and to accelerate the establishment of industrial forest plantations.

DENR Administrative Order No. 62, October 15, 1993
Institutionalizes community organizing as an approach and atrategy in the planning and pImplementation of programs and projects in theDENR.

DENR Administrative Order No. 38, August 11, 1992
Prescribes Conditions for the Operation of Sawmills and Mini-Sawmills.

DENR Administrative Order No. 42, August 22, 1991
Revised Regulations and Guidelines Governing the Establishment and Development of Industrial Forest Plantations (IFPs)

DENR Administrative Order No. 48, September 13, 1991
Establishment of a national list of rare, endangered, threatened, vulnerable, indeterminate, and iInsufficiently known species of Philippine Wild Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles.

Parks and Wildlife Office Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 1964
Rules and Regulation for the Protection and Conservation of Flora in Public Grounds