- Protecting the natural environment may seem overwhelming with increased natural disasters. The continuous exploration of natural resources contributes to the destructive effects of natural calamities, resulting in loss of lives, destruction of properties and environment. The main aimed of this paper is to determine the level implementation and effectiveness of environmental laws of in camarines sur, Philippines. This study was used survey method of research to assess the implementation of environmental laws in camarines sur, Philippines. the data collected through survey and Focus Group Discussions(FGD) Informant Key Interview (KII).Finding reveals that the level of implementation and effectiveness of environmental laws in camarines sur, Philippines with an overall average weighted mean 3.145 interpreted as moderately implemented and they experienced challenges during the implementations. Conclusions that the environmental laws were moderately implemented and effective although there are challenges during the implementations. Hence, future researchers may conduct follow up research to generatenew knowledge for policy implementations.

Keywords : assessment, level of implementation, environmental laws in the Philippines.