MANILA – There is an urgent need to sharpen our national as well as local policies and strengthen the enforcement of environmental laws and regulations to protect our natural ecosystems, manage competing uses of scarce natural resources, and promote sustainable development, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). This is in line with continue reading : NEDA urges better policies, regulation to support natural resource management
NEDA stresses value of integrating environmental accounting in development planning
MANILA— The integration of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) or Environmental Accounting in national and regional development plans ensures not only the conservation and protection of ecosystems, but also enables the country to make progress along the path of sustainable development, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). “The NCA, through the World Bank-funded continue reading : NEDA stresses value of integrating environmental accounting in development planning
NEDA moves to develop system to account for use of environment and natural resources
The Philippine government has moved to develop a system to account for the use of environment and natural resources to ensure that development will be sustainable, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). NEDA Deputy Director-General Emmanuel F. Esguerra said that such a system, called natural capital accounting (NCA), is important because the continue reading : NEDA moves to develop system to account for use of environment and natural resources
