THE NEW MANILA
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>>THE CONCERNS OF
>>PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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>>The encompassing nature of Environmental Psychology is
>>reflected in the following statement: “Issues in
>>person-environment relationships are enormously
>>complex and this complexity is reflected in the
>>diversity of environmental psychology.” (Veitch and
>>Arkklein)
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>>In the Philippines, environmental issues are complex
>>and are rooted in person-environment relationships.
>>Studies have shown that man’s behavior has direct
>>connection with the nature of Philippine environmental
>>problems. The country is, therefore, not isolated
>>from global trends. Issues arising from Philippine
>>environmental problems prositively indicate that the
>>country is a fertile ground for the development of
>>Environmental Psychology.
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>>Environmental Psychology is defined as “the study of
>>transactions between individuals and their physical
>>settings.” The recent emergence of environmental
>>psychology as a discipline has added strength to the
>>society’s control over physical forces. In the
>>Philippines a good number of environmental researches
>>point to this new field of study. But this researches
>>are still to be fully identified and to be defined
>>from the perspective of environmental psychology. The
>>interplay of man’s behavior and the physical make-up
>>that surrounds him is evident in Philippine
>>environmental issues.
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>>The following selected studies conducted in the
>>Philippines are anchored on environmental concerns.
>>Issues arising from these studies are given focus to
>>uncover their direct connection to environmental
>>psychology.
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>>Environmental Psychology and the Philippine
>Population
>>Population is an old problem in the Philippines. At
>>present, the government projections of its future
>>trend reveal that it is increasing as the country
>>moves towards the twenty-first century. The
>>Philippine Yearbook of 1997 states that the country’s
>>population of seventy-six million seemed to be moving
>>towards a billion mark.
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>>The very core of this problem is the family unit.
>>Within this unit, conflicting views and behaviors
>>between a husband and a wife directly affect family
>>planning and their day to day undertaking. A study on
>>couples in a fishing village by Jeanne Frances I.
>>Illo and Jaime B. Polo (1990) show different
>>aspirations of husbands and wives for their children
>>and the environment. Ramona, a wife, when asked about
>>the education of their daughters, she responded
>>“College is costly; they won’t need it, but they must
>>study as long as they can if they are to live better
>>than us.” Tonyo, a husband responded “I hope to see
>>them complete in college.” Towards the natural
>>resource where livelihood come from, their perception
>>was also different, the wife considered the fish
>>sanctuary as her “child” that needed care while the
>>husband considered it as the “provider” of their
>>needs. These differences if studied from the
>>respective environmental psychology will give light to
>>the understanding of the population issue.
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>>Environmental Psychology and Philippine Public Policy
>>A case study on law and the local management of marine
>>resources discovered several points of conflict.
>>Among these were the “jurisdictional entitlements,
>>both between national and local levels and between and
>>among municipalities; the use of the natural resource
>>ranging from fisheries to ecotourism; the competing
>>claims to access and the limitations in terms of the
>>human, technical and financial resources available to
>>implement the jurisdiction.” (Abregana, Barber,
>>Maxino, Sanders & VandarZwaag, ERMP 1996) In these
>>conflicts arise cultural and behavioral concerns that
>>needed further examination. This call for a better
>>understanding of the Philippine society’s perception
>>of Philippine society’s perception of Philippine
>>environmental laws and its implementation is a major
>>concern of Environmental Psychology.
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>>Environmental Psychology and Philippine Media
>>Conclusions from a study on environmental content of
>>Radio and Print Media in Region VII reveal that
>>“environment is not top of the priorities of either
>>print or radio media as reflected in the generally
>>inadequate hiring of environmentally aware staff.”
>>(Villava, 1998) This concrete picture of the state of
>>Philippine media is very alarming for the two media
>>sources identified in Villaba’s study are essential in
>>building environmental awareness in the country.
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>>In another study conducted in Palawan on Environmental
>>Communication, identified “government officials and
>>other community members as highly credible and
>>influential in promoting environmental protection”
>>(Oracion 1996). Since the mode of communication
>>directly come from individuals, behavioral factors
>>have to be examined. Indicators of the effectivity of
>>these role models in the community are significant
>>points in the areas of concern of Philippine
>>Environmental Psychology.
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>>(THANKS TO "Moses Joshua B.
>>Atega"
>> i just want to know the natural resources of the Philippines,frm anggie074@yahoo.com
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