EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 192 June 10, 1987

PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES; RENAMING IT AS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 131, dated January 30, 1987, was suspended;

WHEREAS, a policy having been reached on energy, the reorganization of the Department of Natural Resources can now be effected;

WHEREAS, the environment will be effected by the use, development, management, renewal and conservation of the country's natural resources;

WHEREAS, there is a need to protect and enhance the quality of the country's environment;

WHEREAS, to attain this objective, environmental concerns and natural resources concern should be given equal attention by the Department;

WHEREAS, under Article XVIII, Section 6, of the 1987 Constitution, the President shall continue to exercise legislative powers until the First Congress is convened;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

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Sec. 3. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 10th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.