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ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACIES AND ACTIONS:
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| Signing
the “Manila Declaration”
with Asia-Pacific Ministers as convenor
of the 1995 First Asia-Pacific Leaders’
Conference on Climate Change (ASPAC-LCCC). |
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In 1993, He initiated the signing of the "Healthy
Air Pact", an agreement voluntarily entered
into by the three major oil companies which paved
the way for the reduction of the lead content in
gasoline, from 0.6 g/l to 0.15 g/l, the reduction
of the sulfur content of diesel, and eventually
for the introduction of unleaded gasoline in February
1994. Since then, an estimated 260 tons of lead
in the atmosphere have been removed annually, and
about P538 million savings on health costs have
been realized.
He secured the support of President Ramos for
contests on Cleanest and Greenest Cities/Municipalities
which were adopted by the Department of Local
Government and of Department of Education, Culture
and Sports for revival of water bodies, cleaning
of markets and school campuses.
As Founding Chairman of the EarthSavers Movement,
he initiated the DREAMS Academy as its training
arm and supported the Earthsavers DREAMS Ensemble,
a group of physically-challenged and underprivileged,
but talented youth, actively involved in rehabilitation
and social integration activities. A model of
environmental education through the arts and media,
the group received rave reviews for their effective
eco-education messages at the Social Summit in
Copenhagen Habitat in Istanbul, World Youth Festival/Conference
for the Year of the Oceans in Lisbon and World
Environment Day Forum in Seoul. A drama serial
on Population produced by Earthsavers with UNFPA
Assistance was cited as a soap opera for social
change in a CNN documentary by Barbara Pyle.
He successfully rallied the entire country in
a 40-day vigil, including a signature campaign,
to call for a stop to the nuclear testing in the
Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia.
He convened the GLOBAL YES-Youth Earthsaving Summit
and the Global Indigenous Cultural Olympics Summit
(GICOS) to forge partnership between youth and
indigenous peoples, to reconcile cultural survival
with technological advances as a symbolic vision
for sustainable development.
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| Scooping
up garbage from Manila Bay during the
annual Clean up the World Month celebration
every month of September. |
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He initiated the project for regreening and protecting
the Cagayan River watershed with participation
of Suma Ching Hai International.
He initiated the Laguna Lake Clean Up Project
whereby the LLDA, the Local Government Units,
the business and the NGO sectors undertook the
cooperative activities towards a cleaner and greener
Laguna Lake watershed. Through this effort, the
Laguna Lake and Mt. Makiling Commission was created
for the implementation of a master plan.
He authored and published environmental monograms,
including various Earthsavers Manuals, a bilingual
eco-book, videotape plugs, and audio tapes of
songs to support public education in environment.
He has also assisted and facilitated the development
of a new Soap Opera for Environment with ADB assistance.
He has liaised with Philippine Business for Environment
and Management Association of the Philippines
to promote public acceptance of the "Polluters
Pay" principle and appreciation of the systems
for environmental and natural resources accounting
(ENRA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA).
Affiliations with International Environmental
Organizations and Projects
Vice-President for Southeast Asia of the prestigious
London-based Advisory Committee on the
Protection
of the Seas (ACOPS)
The leading voice of the Asia Pacific Parliamentarians
Conference on Environment and
Development
(APPCED)
Advisory Board, Conservation International Philippine
Committee
Chairman, Clean-Up the World Philippine Organizing
Committee
Member, Board of Mentors, UNEP-Youth Advisory
Council
Philippine Liaison, GLOBE
International Advisor, Flora of the Philippine
Project with the Bishops Museum in Hawaii
Keynote Speaker on Global Warming Conference,
Tokyo, 1997
Panelist, International Conference on the Defense
of the Oceans, USA, 1996
Keynote Speaker of the Global Forum on Protecting
the World and Its Climate, Washington, 1995
Panelist, GLOBE Parliamentarians - Conference
and Climate Institute Symposium in Kyoto
Board Advisers, Harvard Alumni Association
Executive Member, Rotary Club of Pasay
Founder, Scholarship Foundation of the Filipino
Youth
In the national front, he is:
Founding Chairman, Earthsavers Movement
Chairman, Advisory Board, Manila Baywatch Foundation
Earthsavers, Founding Member, Philippine Council
for Sustainable Development
Trustee, Philippine Legislators Committee on Population
and Development
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