Natural Resources and Environmental Law Arellano University School of Law Second Semester SY 2018-2019 Atty. Claudie M. Mendoza I. COURSE OBJECTIVE To provide students with a general picture of the nature and challenges of environmental law and give them a bird’s eye view of the different environmental laws in the Philippines and how they actually affect the Philippine environment. Il. LEARNING MODULES A. MODULE 1 - Introduction 1. PART 1 a) Objective: To make the class understand the class administrative policies, the nature and scope of the course, its requirements, and the grading system to be adopted. b) Methodology: Lecture/discussion 2. PART 2 a) Objective: To introduce to the students the complexity of the problems environmental law faces. b) Case studies: (1) the “Natural” Approach in controlling forest fires and apex predators; (2) The Philippine “Talong” ©) Lecture: Why is environmental law so difficult? d) Assigned Reading Materials: i) Has the reintroduction of wolves really saved Yellowstone?” by Emily Gertz; posted March 15, 201 icle/sci have-wol 1of43. ii) Reasons for Prescribed Fire in Forest Resource Management, a technical paper by the USDA Forestry Service Southern Region, published in Bugwood.org, http://www. bugwood.ore/ pfire/reasons.bim) iii) “Tragedy of the Commons” by Garret Hardin, 168 SCIENCE 1243 (1968) International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Inc. vs. Greenpeace; G.R. 209271, Dec 8, 2015 v) International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Inc. vs. Greenpeace; G.R. No. 209271, July 26, 2016 iv) PART 3. a) Objective: Introduce to the students some legal tools in managing natural resources and apply such tools in practical exercises b) Lecture: Tools for Managing Resources B, MODULE 2 - Development of Philippine Environmental Law lL Part I - Historical Context a) Objective: To make the students review Philippine history and appreciate the context within which environmental law evolved. b) Methodology: Lecture/ Discussion Part 2 ~ Early Environmental Law a) Objective: To introduce to the students PD 1151 and 1586 and compare them to the US NEPA Law; to make the students appreciate the nature and purpose of environmental impact analysis and its role in natural resource management. db) Assigned Reading Materials: i) Pages 58-77, “Access to Environmental Justice: A Sourcebook on Environmental Rights and Legal Remedies” ii) Bangus Fry Fisherfolk, et. al. v Hon. Lanzanas et. al. GR No, 131442 (July 10, 2003) iii) Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. v NRDC, 462 US 87 (1983) iv) Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v US Atomic Energy Commission, 449 F2d 1109 (DC Cir. 1971) 20f4v) Stryker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v Karlen 444 US 223 (1980) C. MODULE 3 - The Constitution and the Environment a) b) c) Objectives: To inform the students of the Constitutional Basis of Environmental law and to allow the students to appreciate the constitutional issues and challenges of Environmental law particularly with respect to separation of Powers and the Role of Courts in Environmental Protection. Methodology : Class Discussion Assigned Reading Materials: i) Sections 2 and 16, Article I!, Philippine Constitution ii) Oposa v Factoran, GR No. 101083, July 30, 1993 iii) MMDA v Concerned Residents of Manila Bay, GR No. 171947-48, December 18, 2008 Resident Marine Mammals of the Protected Seascape Tanon Strait, et.al. vs. Angelo Reyes; G.R. No. G.R. No. 180771, April 21, 2015 iv) D. MODULE 4 - Brief Overview of Environmental Laws a) b) ¢) Objectives: To provide the students an opportunity to scan the different environmental laws in the country and understand the regulatory tool used by each law Methodology: Class Discussion Assigned Reading Materials: (1) Land and Land Use i) Constitution, Article XII, Sections 2- 3 ii) Public Land Act, Sections 6-9 iil) Revised Administrative Code (E.O. 292), Chapter I, Title xIV iv) Cruz v DENR, GR 135385 v) Ankron v Gov't. G.R. 14213 vi) Heirs of Amunategui, G.R. L-27873 vii) Sta. Rosa Dev't Corp v CA, GR 112526 viii) Collado v CA, GR 107764 ix) Director of Forestry v Villareal, GR L-32266 Sof4