Legal digest

Features

Global fisheries collapse to hit Africa first: African waters among most likely to experience collapsing fisheries due to overfishing and poor management. read...

CBCRM RC and NFR statement on the oil spill: The Petron/Solar 1 oil spill shows the failure of corporations to concretize their social responsibility and of government to perform its regulatory functions. read...

E-group discussion on learning communities plus summary: Blog records the postings of RC fellows and participants from the IASCP conference in Oaxaca, Mexico. read...

W-T-O spells emptier oceans: Resource Center's statement on the WTO HK Ministerial Meeting. read...

Post-tsunami regional consultation: Report on the Colombo post-tsunami regional consultation, 15-17 June 2005. read...

OD Research Report: Survey of frameworks and experiences of OD work in the Philippines. read...

On-line CBCRM Legal Digest

The On-line CBCRM Legal Digest makes available on the internet full versions or excerpts of Philippine legal instruments pertaining to various aspects of coastal and marine resources management. The web pages in the digest present html versions of these legal instruments, or provide links to the Tanggol Kalikasan website (www.tanggol.org) which contain downloadable copies of the said documents. The legal digest is a product of the collaboration between the CBCRM Resource Center and the Law and Governance Cluster of CBCRM Fellows, with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

General principles

  1. State duties to coastal communities
  2. The legislative process

Marine transportation

  1. Shipping
  2. Port industry

Protected species and habitats

  1. NIPAS Act
  2. Wildlife Conservation Act

Fisheries

  1. Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998
  2. Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

Pollution

  1. Marine pollution
  2. Air pollution
  3. Solid waste

Coastal land use

  1. The Forestry Code of 1975
  2. Mining laws of the Philippines
  3. Water Code
  4. IPRA
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