Envitonmental problems

• Envitonmental problems

• Outline

• Introduction
• The Ecosystem Perspective -
• Basic Ecological Principles
• Environmental Principles
• Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
• Sustainable Development Paradigm
• Social, Economic and Ecological Perspectives

• SD and Climate Change

• Sustainable
• development
• policies

• Climate
• change

• Sustainable
• development

• Climate
• change
• policies

• Alternative development pathways
• Sectoral environment/ economic policies
• Institutional/managerial changes
• Innovation/ technological change

• Avoided climate change damage
• Ancillary benefits/costs
• Spillovers/trade effects
• Innovation/technological change

• Two-way linkages between climate change and sustainable development. Source: Swart et.al (2003)

The State of Environment

• One of 17 mega-diverse countries in the world
• Containing two-thirds of the earth’s biodiversity
• 70-80% of the world’s endangered species

The State of Environment

• 4th in the World in bird endemism
• 5th in the World in mammal endemism
• 5th in the World in number of plant species
• 8th in the World in reptile endemism

The State of Environment

• Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park

• Mayon Volcano

• Candidates for the
• NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD

• Chocolate Hills

• Tubbataha Reef