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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 18:42
PFEC adopted eight principles as guide for its programs and directions as an environmental NGO:
  1. A healthy environment is a basic and inalienable human right, and Humans are a part of Nature and not its Master.
  2. Environmental problems must be met with an encompassing strategy and action from a holistic perspective.
  3. Development must be in harmony with the environment.
  4. Benefits of the country’s natural resources must accrue to all Filipinos, thus environmental efforts must be responsive to their needs.
  5. Environmental consciousness and efforts should be the task of all Filipinos and not just the elite.
  6. Environmental actions must be performed collectively and with coordination.
  7. Environmental action must involve the creative participation of people, independent of vested interest and external pressures.
  8. Filipinos must join hands with people from other countries in seeking solutions to environmental problems.
    
 
The PFEC hopes to achieve these principles through:
  1. IEC and environmental advocacy
  2. Relevant and appropriate training;
  3. Effective and timely technical assistance;
  4. Viable and ecologically sound community enterprises; and
  5. An enabling environment for community resources management through networking and advocacy.
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