LAW ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Atty. Nina Araneta-Alana

Saturday, 9:00 am 11:00 a.m.

I.

SCHEDULE

Session 1:

Introduction

Session 2:

Republic Act No. 9729 (Climate Change Act of 2009)

La Vina & Guiao, Climate Change and the Law: Issues and Challenges in
the Philippines, 58 Ateneo L.J. 612 (2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-XW8_PAE50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2euBvdP28c
Session 3:

1987 Philippine Constitution

Article I
Article II, Sections 15, 16
Article XII, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
Oposa vs. Factoran, 224 SCRA 792 (1993)
Resident Marine Mammals of the Protected Seascape Taon Strait v.
Reyes, G.R. No. 180771 (21 April 2015)
Henares v. LTFRB, G.R. No. 158290 (23 October 2006)
Gatmaytan-Magno, Judicial Restraint and the Enforcement of
Environmental Rights in the Philippines

Session 4:

Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended (Public Land Act)

Krivenko v. The Register of Deeds, G.R. No. L-630 (15 November 1947)
Villaflor vs. Director of Lands, 280 SCRA 292 (1997)

Session 5:

Republic Act No. 7942 (Philippine Mining Act of 1995)

La Bugal-Blaan Tribal Association vs. Ramos, 421 SCRA 148 (2004)
Republic Act No. 7076 (Peoples Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991)
Republic Act No. 8371 (Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997)

Session 6:

Republic Act No. 7586 (National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of
1992)
PICOP Resources, Inc. vs. Base Metals Minerals Resources Corp., 510
SCRA 400 (2006)
Presidential Decree No. 1586 (Establishing an Environmental Impact
Statement System, Including Other Environmental Management Related
Measures and for Other Purposes)
Boracay Foundation, Inc. v. Province of Aklan, G.R. No. 196970 (26 June
2012)
Special People Inc. Foundation v. Canda, G.R. No. `160932 (14 January
2013)

Session 7:

Republic Act No. 9136, Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001
Republic Act No. 9513, Renewable Energy Act of 2008
ERC Resolution No. 16 Series of 2010

Session 8:

Midterms -

Republic Act No. 8550 (Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998)

Araneta vs. Gatmaitan, 101 Phil 328 (1987)
Presidential Decree No. 705 (Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines)
Ysmael vs. Deputy Executive Secretary, 190 SCRA 673 (1990)
Yngson vs. Secretary of Agriculture, 123 SCRA 441 (1983)

Session 9:

Presidential Decree No. 1067 (Water Code of the Philippines)

Remman Enterprises vs. Court of Appeals, 330 SCRA 145 (2000)
Sta. Rosa Realty Devt Corp. vs. Court of Appeals, 367 SCRA 175 (2001)

Session 10: Republic Act. No. 8749 (Philippine Clear Air Act)
Ortigas & Co. Limited vs. Feati Bank & Trust Co., 94 SCRA 533 (1979)
Technology Developers, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, 193 SCRA 147 (1991)
Session 11: Republic Act No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act)
Province of Rizal vs. Executive Secretary, 477 SCRA 436 (2005)
MMDA vs. Concerned Residents of Manila Bay, 643 SCRA 90 (2011)

Session 12: Pollution Adjudication Board (Republic Act No. 3931, Presidential Decree
No. 984, Executive Order No. 192)
Session 13: Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases
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Finals

II.

GRADING SYSTEM
1/3 recitation and group work
1/3 midterms
1/3 finals

III.

RULES on absences, late, dress code, etc. Law school manual