Our Pollution Experience

Japan, a country  which can be found in East Asia, a nation that is recognized as economic leader and technology. 

 

After the WORLD WAR II, Japan suffered from all kinds of pollution - water, air and in land; because of the heavy industrialization; many factories were built, producing toxic waste that is being dump in lakes, rivers and sea, and emitting smoke; which both contributed badly to the health of the people. 

 

Resulting for the egression of new diseases like Minamata disease -  is a neurological syndrome ; Yokkaichi asthma and Itai Itai disease. Some of the disease was rooted from eating sea foods, which has been infected by the mercury that has been drawn by the factories in the water.

During the Japan's industrialization period, synchronous to the economic growth is the deterioration of the environment and people's health. 

There was a time that the Japanese have been afraid of the development of their country, because of the consequences that the industrialization. So they passes several laws concerning the environment and the development of their industry.

Similar to what Japan had experience before our country is experiencing heavy problem in terms of pollution. We should learn to Japan's Lessons on the Economy and the Environment.

NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA NATURAL PARK

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

The Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park is located on the island of Panay, in the provinces of Aklan and Antique Province of the Philippines which was proclaimed a Natural Park by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 18 April 2002 . It is also an important watershed. The forest of the Natural Park channels the water from the rains into a system of springs and rivers that provide water for over 100,000 inhabitants. The water for Boracay Island and the hundreds of thousands of tourists that visit there every year is also provided by the Northwest Panay watershed.

hfnhtThe last significant stands of primary, low elevation rainforest in the biogeographic region of the West Visayas, located on the northwestern peninsula of Panay, is habitat of a range of highly endangered, partly endemic species of frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. It is one of the hotspots with the highest conservation priorities in the world, both in terms of the number of endangered flora and fauna per unit area, and the degree of threat these species confront. Philippine biodiversity per unit area is globally unsurpassed.

For some example see: http://www.panaycon.org/Pages/species.html

SOCIAL PROBLEMS: A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF WASTE DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT