Itis defined as the living components or factors that affect an ecosystem or
other organisms living in that ecosystem.
BIOTIC FACTOR
Interferes with the penetration of sunlight and upsets the ecological balance of
a body of water.
SUSPENDED SEDIMENT
Refers to the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant
resides or operates.
ENVIRONMENT
Study of the relationship between humans
HUMAN ECOLOGY
It refers to the deposition of solid or liquid waste materials on land or
underground in a manner that can contaminate the soil and groundwater,
threaten public health, and cause unsightly conditions and nuisances.
LAND POLLUTION
This means the dirt and all surrounding areas absorb the pollution and
become dangerous for people and animals. What is this referred to?
IMPROPER WASTE DISPOSAL
It refers to those components of biodiversity that influence how an ecosystem
operates or functions.
FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY
Refers to wastes that are capable of being decomposed by microorganisms
with sufficient rapidity as to cause odors, gasses, and similar objectionable
conditions.
PUTRESCIBLE WASTE
These are the Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation, except one:
FLASHFLOODS
It is defined as the number of species and abundance of each species that
live in a particular location.
SPECIES DIVERSITY
It is the interacting system made up of all the living and non-living objects in a
specific volume of space.
ECOSYSTEM
Refers to leaves, either individual leaves or the collective leafy canopy of
many trees or plants.
FOLIAGE
This type of pollution occurs when oil from roads and parking lots is carried in
surface runoff into water bodies.
PETROLEUM/OIL POLLUTION
It refers to the idea of living variation, from genes and traits to species and
ecosystems.
BIODIVERSITY
Living organisms that feed on plants.
HERVIBORE
Reduction in the capacity of a forest to produce ecosystem services such as
carbon storage and wood products as a result of anthropogenic and
environmental changes.
FOREST DEGRADATION
It refers to the number of species inhabiting a particular niche.
FUNCTIONAL RISHNESS
It is a result of soil erosion or construction activity that can be carried into
water bodies by surface runoff.
SEDIMENT
Organism that breaks down dead organic material.
DECOMPOSERS
This waste ends up on soil or other land that people should process instead.
IMPROPER WASTE DISPOSAL
OR LAND POLUTION
These are gases in the earth's atmosphere that trap heat.
GREENHOUSE GASSES
This compound result by-product of electricity generation, fossil-fuel
combustion, industrial processes, and automobile emissions.
SO2
Pollution is the introduction of harmful materials into the environment. These
harmful materials are called?
POLLUTANT
It is the release into the atmosphere of various gases, finely divided solids, or
finely dispersed liquid aerosols at rates that exceed the natural capacity of the
environment to dissipate and dilute or absorb them.
AIR POLLUTION
Resources that can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it is
naturally replaced.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
It refers to the change in the usual weather found in a place.
CLIMATE CHANGE
It is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides
forest. This includes clearing the land for farming or livestock, or using the
timber for fuel, construction, or manufacturing.
DEFORESTATION
These are the plants in the ecosystem, which can generate their own energy
requirement through photosynthesis, in the presence of sunlight and
chlorophyll.
AUTOTROPHS
It is the discharge of heated effluents from industrial processes such as
electric power generation, atomic power stations and other factories at
temperatures that can affect the life process of aquatic organisms.
THERMAL POLLUTION
A chemical element that is a by-product of metal processing, waste
incineration, and fossil-fuel combustion. It causes loss of biodiversity,
decreased reproduction, and neurological problems in vertebrates.
PB
The number of species that live in a certain location.
SPECIES RICHNESS
Natural substances or materials that are not replenished with the speed at
which it is consumed. It is a finite resource.
NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
It is a non-living component in the environment. This can be either a chemical
or physical presence.
ABIOTIC
An increase in the planet’s surface temperature caused by greenhouse gas
pollution.
GLOBAL WARMING
It refers to the range of different inherited traits within a species.
GENETIC DIVERSITY
This compound came from automobile emissions, fires, and industrial
processes. It contributes to smog formation.
CO
The removal of plant cover not only eliminates wildlife habitats and food for
wildlife.
DEFORESTATION
Animals that can eat both plant and animal tissue.
OMNIVORSE
It contributes to land degradation in a number of ways, including the negative
impact of construction on soil, the displacement and destruction of animal and
species habitat and the greater demand for waste disposal, generally
meaning larger landfills removed from the city.
URBANIZATION
It protects us from the dangerous ultraviolet rays of the sun.
OZONE LAYER
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Mt. Pulag is one example of a Forest reservation, what type of forest
reservation would Mt. Pulag fall under?
NATIONAL PARK
It is known as “Chain Saw Act of 2002”
REPUBLIC ACT 9175
The head of the DENR is assisted by how many Undersecretaries?
Mr. Man A. Nap discovered that in his private land, there are Mineral
resources, can Mr. Man A. Nap utilize and take control of all those mineral
resources? Why?
NO, BECAUSE HE NEEDS TO SEEK FIRST AN OFFICIAL PERMIT.
It is the principal research and development (R & D) unit of the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPEMENT BUREAU (ERDB)
It refers to that portion of the public domain which has been set aside, in view
of the suitability of its topography and vegetation, for the raising of livestock.
GRAZING LAND
It refers to those lands of the public domain which have been the subject of
the present system of classification and declared as not needed for forest
purposes.
ALLIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LANDS
Mr. Andres a local resident near a bamboo forest cut, gather, and collect
bamboo without any legal documents. Is Mr. Andres committed a criminal
offense? Why?
YES, SINCE IT IS PUNISHABLE UNDER PD 705
Under the Philippine Constitution, its task is to act as the protector of the
people and the State, and its goal is to secure the sovereignty of the State
and the integrity of the national territory.
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPIINES
Formerly known as the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau
BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BUREAU (BMB)
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it is a document granted to a qualified person by the Bureau to extract sand
and gravel and other loose or unconsolidated materials that necessitate the
use of mechanical processing covering an area of more than five hectares (5
has.) at any one time.
Industrial Sand and Gravel Permit
Refer to Filipino citizens who, individually or in the company of other Filipino
citizens, voluntarily form a cooperative duly licensed by the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources to engage, under the terms and
conditions of a contract, in the extraction or removal of minerals or ore-
bearing materials from the ground.
Small-Scale Miners
It is a document granted to a qualified person by the provincial governor to
quarry and utilize sand and gravel or other loose or unconsolidated materials
from public lands for his own use, provided that there will be no commercial
disposition
Exclusive Sand and Gravel Permit
An agreement where the Government grants to the contractor the exclusive
right to conduct mining operations within a contract area and shares in the
gross output.
Mineral Production Sharing Agreement
Requiring the Planting of One Tree Every Month for Five Consecutive Years
by Every Citizen of the Philippines.
PD 1153
Refers to mining activities which rely heavily on manual labor using simple
implement and methods and do not use explosives or heavy mining
equipment.
Small-scale mining
Under Section 5 of the Chain Saw Act of 2002, the person permitted to
possess and/or use a chain saw for the felling and/or cutting of trees, timber
and other forest or agro-forest products, are the following except:
Is a commercial tree farmer
Selling, Purchasing, Re-selling Transferring, Distributing or Possessing a
Chain Saw Without a Proper Permit punishable acts of what provision?
RA 9175
It is the main policy/ legislation which governs all mining operations in the
country and includes various measures to protect the environment and
defines areas in which mining can be allowed
Philippine Mining Act of 1995
A forest dominated by trees of the different species, such as red lauan,
tanguile, tiaong, white lauan, almon, bagtikan and mayapis of the Philippine
mahogany group, apitong and he yakals.
Dipterocarp forest
Designed to achieve an orderly, systematic and rational scheme for the small-
scale development and utilization of mineral resources in certain mineral
areas in order to address the social, economic, technical, and environmental
connected with small-scale mining activities.
People’s small-scale mining program
Refers to that portion of the public domain which has been set aside, in view
of the suitability of its topography and vegetation, for the raising of livestock.
Grazing Land
It is a document granted to a qualified person for the extraction and utilization
of quarry resources on public or private lands.
Quarry Permit
means the milling, beneficiation or upgrading of ores or minerals and rocks or
by similar means to convert the same into marketable products.
Mineral Processing
Provides the contractor the exclusive right to conduct mining operations and
to extract all mineral resources found in the contract area.
Mineral Agreement
It involves any person who illegally prevents the Secretary, the Director or any
of their representatives in the performance of their duties under the provisions
of this RA. 7942
Illegal Obstruction to Government Officials
An agreement between the Government and the contractor wherein the
Government shall provide inputs to the mining operations other than the
mineral resource.
Co-Production Agreement
It is a document granted to a qualified person by the provincial governor to
extract and remove sand and gravel or other loose or unconsolidated
materials which are used in their natural
Commercial Sand and Gravel Permit
The process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources found on
or underneath the surface of private or public land
Quarrying
A term implied to the type of forest occurring on tidal flat along the sea coast,
extending along stream where the water is brackish.
Mangrove
It involves any person extracting minerals and disposing the same without a
mining agreement, lease, permit, license, or steals minerals or ores or the
products thereof from mines or mills or processing plants.
Theft of Minerals
The following are areas where no mining is allowed (RA 7942, Sec 19, 1995)
All of the above
The following are the illegal acts under RA 7942, except:
Tampering of Engine Serial Number
One of the following is the criminal offense under PD 705 of 1975.
Illegal Sale of Wood Products
Due to the urgent need to formulate an intensive, integrated program of
environmental protection that will bring about a concerted effort towards the
protection of the entire spectrum of the environment through a requirement of
environmental impact assessments and statements in the Philippines.
Philippine Environmental Policy
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It refers to species or subspecies thatare not critically endangered nor
endangered but are threatened by adverse factors throughout their range and
are likely to move to the endangered category soon.
Vulnerable Species
Refers to a group of people sharing common bonds of language, customs
traditions, and other distinctive cultural traits, and who have, since time
immemorial occupied, possessed and utilized a territory
Indigenous Cultural Community
It refers to species or subspecies that is not critically endangered but whose
survival in the wild is unlikely if the causal factors continue operating.
Endangered Species
refers to gathering, collecting, or possessing products or natural resources
from the protected area by any individual person, corporation or entity
whether local or foreign; in the case of marine protected areas, operating any
foreign fishing vessels by any person, corporation , or entity without a permit;
Poaching
includes fish, all other aquatic flora and fauna and other living resources of the
aquatic environment, including, but not limited to, salt and corals
Aquatic Resources
The period during which the taking of specified fishery species by a specified
fishing gear is prohibited in a specified area or areas in Philippine waters.
Closed Season
It refers to a species or subspecies that is facing extremely high risk of
extinction in the wild in the immediate future
Critically Endangered Species
It comprises an area that assures the natural conditions necessary to protect
nationally significant species, groups of species,biotic communities or physical
features of the environment where these may require specific human
manipulations for their perpetuation
Wildlife Sanctuary
It is an area possessing some outstanding ecosystem, features and/or
species of flora and fauna of national scientific importance maintained to
protect nature and maintain processes in an undisturbed state in order to
have ecologically representative examples of the natural environment
available for scientific study, environmental monitoring, education, and for the
maintenance of genetic resources in a dynamic and evolutionary state
Strict Nature Reserve
refers to the species or subspecies of flora and fauna which are naturally
occurring and found within specific areas in the country
Endemic Species
it is an area set aside to allow the way of life of societies living in harmony
with the environment to adapt to modern technology at their pace
Natural Biotic Areas
refer to the species or subspecies of flora and fauna which do not naturally
occur within the protected area at present or in historical time.
Exotic Species
refers to species introduced deliberately or unintentionally outside their natural
habitats where they have the ability to establish themselves, invade, out-
compete native species, and take over the new environment.
Invasive Alien Species
refers to the killing or catching of wild fauna for food and recreational
purposes, with the use of weapons such as guns, bow and arrow, spears,
traps and snares, and the like;
Hunting
It is a relatively large area not materially altered by human activity where
extractive resource uses are not allowed and maintained to protect
outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or international significance
for scientific, educational and recreational use
Natural Park
It is an Act declaring Protected Areas and providing for their Management,
and amending for the Republic Act No. 7586
RA 11038
It is is a relatively small area focused on protection of small features to protect
or preserve nationally significant natural features on account of their special
interest or unique characteristics
Natural Monument
Refers to the slash-and-burn cultivation of vegetated land in a protected area,
whether occupied or not, shifting and permanent with little or no provision to
prevent soil erosion.
Kaingin
The maximum harvest allowed to be taken during a given period of time from
any fishery area, or from any fishery species or group of fishery species, or a
combination of area and species and normally would not exceed the MSY.
Total Allowable Catch
The following is involved in fishing through explosives, noxious or poisonous
substance, and/or electricity.
any person, corporation or entity possessing, dealing in, selling or in any
manner disposing of, any fish or fishery species which have been illegally
caught, taken or gathered.
refers to the research, collection, and utilization of biological and genetic
resources for purposes of applying the knowledge derived therefrom solely for
commercial purposes
Bioprospecting
refers to the wild forms and varieties of flora and fauna, in all developmental
stages, including those which are in captivity or are being bred or propagated.
Wildlife
refers to any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic
material through the use of modern biotechnology.
Genetically modified organism
The following are involved in unauthorized fishing or engaging in other
unauthorized fisheries activities except:
any foreign person, corporation or entity to fish or operate any fishing vessel
in Philippine waters .
An area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which shall not extend
beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines as defined under existing laws.
Exclusive Economic Zone