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3. Story of the King Oceans – Seas: Flooding Issues and strategies A taste of what the Court has done And can do.

4. The Story of the King

5. danger opportunityCRISIS

6. Story -The first shoe, Crisis, Conservation of Life-sources, -Mind-shift – a new norm of behavior -from wasteful use to use that is wise and sustainable “We cannot solve a problem using the same mindset that created the problem in the first place.”

7. Two words reflecting the mindsets 1.Environment 2.Development

8. ENVIRONMENT?

9. Environment- is NOT about birds and bees, LIFE and Sources of Life Land, Air and Water (LAW) Vital Organs of LIFE - Trees and forests- Heart and Lungs -Land & soil - skin and flesh -Sea and waterways – blood and bloodstreams -Land, Air and Water (LAW) of LIFE

10. -Foundation of all economic activities -Economy is only a very minor subsidiary of the Life-Support Systems (Life Sources) -What will we do with money if you do not have water, air is dirty, and food is poisoned

11. Development Conventional paradigm of Consumption- based Economics US, Britain, etc., Are they developed economies? Economics- def. efficient use of scarce resources. 5% of people- 30% of resources?

12. Economic development Based on use, abuse and misuse of the life sources

13. Following the wasteful lifestyle of the OCC  Need 9 earths to satisfy the consumption patterns  Is Waste Economical?  “Developed Economy” -- contradiction of terms?

14. We cannot solve a problem using the same mindset that created the problem in the first place? Question: What is that mindset? Ex-con Opposite : CPR - Conservation, Protection and Restoration

15. Developed and Developing Over-consuming Countries Low consuming countries Change words, meanings, mindsets

16. CarpenASEAN Seaster, K.E. and V.H. Niem (eds), 1998 - 2001 6 volumes, 4218 pp > 100 experts contributing Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes, sea turtles, sea snakes, estuarine crocodile, and marine mammals 6 volumes, 4218 pp > 100 experts contributing Seaweeds, corals, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, crustaceans, hagfishes, sharks, batoid fishes, chimaeras, bony fishes, sea turtles, sea snakes, estuarine crocodile, and marine mammals

18. The Indo-Malay- Philippine Archipelago (IMPA) – Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Triangle The CENTER OF MARINE Life-forms ON EARTH

19. The “PHILIPPINES IS THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH” – Dr. Kent Carpenter/ UN FAO Study

20. September 13, 2004

21. Threats- Issues Blast fishing Cyanide fishing Commercial fishing in prohibited municipal waters, Shark finning Illegal trade of endangered marine species (corals, certain kinds of shells and fishes). Climate Change- Ocean acidification

22. Action Plan Insidious Threats Threat of a neighbor claiming exclusive ownership of the ASEAN Seas

23. FISH Catch– 90 to 95% in some, facing total collapse Call it: Revenue, Income

24. Revenue Income Profit, GNP

25. The “PHILIPPINES IS THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY ON EARTH” – Dr. Kent Carpenter/ UN FAO Study

27. Water Pollution: Manila Bay 1990s-200 MPN OF FECAL COLIFORM >1,000,000 MPN

28. Almost 4 years Jan 1999- Dec 2008

29. News articles

30. Oral Argument in the Supreme Court August 12, 2008 News articles: Fish is coming back to Manila Bay, 2012

32. LARGEST IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY 3 kms of detonating fuse Criminal syndicates

33. 30,000 sticks, thank you IBP! Jovy Cebu

35. CREATIVE PENOLOGY

36. Flooding: A FORETASTE OF THINGS TO COME

37. Telling Another Story: Floods

38. Fast forward- 6 months later

39. Water is Life

41. Altered State of Nature A little review of basic science

42. Picture in a state of the nature Altered surface of the land, and heavier rains

44. MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the government to answer a petition of a group of environmentalists seeking the creation of rainwater collectors in the country. SC spokesman Midas Marquez said the national government agencies led by Malacañang, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government representing the 80 provinces, 150 cities, 1,400 towns and 42,000 barangays were given 10 days to comment on the petition filed by the group. SC allowed the petition of the Global Legal Action on Climate Change calling on the national government to come up with a more effective nationwide flood control project by implementing a 1989 law for rainwater collectors in all barangays.

45. Courts: 1.Tell a story in an orderly manner - Resolution 2.Trigger action—shield public officials from political pressure 3.Spark the needed mind-shift

47. Global Warming and Climate Change High FEVER Crisis : Gravest threat to Mankind Greatest Opportunity

48. danger opportunityCRISIS SYMPTOMS OF A BIGGER DISEASE

49. “After all is said and done, more is said than done” Doha and UNFCCC

51. W April 2012 Global Legal Action On Climate Change Children and Top Lawyers of the world Prepare legal forms and templates

52. Global Notice to Sue by children and lawyers of the world- Hold this generation, represented by our govertnments responsible for inter-generational damages: Tsunami of legal actions around the world

53. Philippines – lead in the transformation the road system from this

54. 30% Sidewalks 30% Bike lanes 30% (for Filipino-made collective, non-pollutive transit system) 10% urban edible garden Not a request. It is a legal petition that government must act on.

55. Sec. 9, Exec. Order 774 (2008) Sec. 9. Task Group on Fossil Fuels. a.The DOTC shall lead to transform the transportation sector. The new paradigm in the movement of men and things must follow a simple principle: “Those who have less in wheels must have more in roads”. For this purpose, the system shall favor non-motorized locomotion and collective transportation systems (walking, bicycling, and the man-powered mini-train). b.The DOTC and the DPWH shall immediately transform roads using aforesaid principle. c.The DILG shall coordinate with all LGUs to transform the road system to favor persons who have no motorized vehicles.

56. Judiciary of Malaysia – CJ Arifin – Environment Court ADB-Kala Chief Justices and Justices of the ASEAN “With great power comes great responsibility” “To whom much is given, from whom much is required” Thank you

57. Supreme Court of the Philippines – Judicial path-breaking - example for the rest of the world Recent initiative to reduce the ridiculous volume of paper submitted in Court filings Waste segregation in Courts – ASEAN?

58. Two Take Home Messages Two Take-Home Messages 1.Environment is Life, Life-sources, Life-forms— Land, Air and Waters LAW of Life 2. The time for talk is over

59. “Vision without action is nothing but a dream. Action without vision merely passes the time. But action with vision can, and WILL, change the world.”