61 visible from his house, have been reduced by 80 percent due to runoff flooding.292 This example of loss of biodiversity, together with other instances of degradation of ecological processes previously discussed, diminishes the capacity of the environment to provide life-sustaining services, consequently impacting human well-being and the enjoyment of human rights. Dalia Naliw, a culture bearer from Ifugao, thus shared: “Within our surroundings, we could get fruits, herbal medicines, and vegetables that sprouted in our yard before. We used them and cooked them for our viand. This time, these are slowly diminishing.”293 This disruption in the rhythm and harmony of nature may best be summed by Felix “Ka Jhun” Pacua, Jr., a farmer and national spokesperson for Pambansang Katipunan ng Makabayang Mambubukid, when he said that “the weather is getting senile”.294 xi. Rights of Future Generations and Intergenerational Equity Numerous international instruments recognize intergenerational equity. Among these are the 1992 Rio Declaration, which stresses that “the right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations;”295 and the UNESCO declaration which states that “the present generations should strive for sustainable development and preserve living conditions, particularly the quality and integrity of the environment” so that the future generations benefit from the Earth’s ecosystems.296 The UNFCCC also calls on Parties to “protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.”297 More recently, the Paris Agreement, emphasized the responsibility of States to consider intergenerational equity in taking action to address climate change. In the Philippines, the concept of intergenerational equity is well-entrenched in the right to 292 Lowell Factor, Fact-Finding Mission Verde Island Passage, at 32. 293 T.S.N. of the Third Inquiry Hearing dated 29-30 August 2018, p. 183. 294 Id. at 77. 295 Rio Declaration, supra note 242, princ. 3. 296 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generation Towards Future Generations (Adopted by the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) (Nov. 12, 1997), art. 3, available at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000110220.page=75. 297 United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change.