WHEREAS, the construction, development, and operation of golf courses may result in the disturbance of the environment and the ecology, utilization of vast amounts of water and other scarce natural resources, withdrawal of lands from agricultural production, application of harmful chemicals and substances, and disposal of waste products into the environment;

WHEREAS, under Section 4 of PD 1586, the President may, by proclamation, declare certain projects, undertakings, or areas in the country as environmentally critical for the purpose of securing an Environmental Compliance Certificate;

WHEREAS, to address the foregoing concerns, all golf-courses projects, regardless of location, should be considered as environmentally critical;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare construction, development, and/or operation of golf courses as an environmentally critical project.

Adopted: 06 June 1996


(SGD.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary