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A group of coastal communities and a local environmental NGO file a Petition for Writ of Kalikasan before the Supreme Court challenging a private corporation's proposed construction of a chemical plant along a river feeding a protected watershed used for drinking water and irrigation. They allege grave and imminent threats to the river's ecology, local fisheries, and community health due to potential toxic discharges and an allegedly rushed Environmental Impact Assessment. The petition seeks immediate protective relief and an order compelling agencies to enforce environmental safeguards and to suspend the project pending proper review. (a) Identify the controlling remedy and the doctrinal basis for granting relief. (b) Distinguish this remedy from the Writ of Amparo and the Writ of Habeas Corpus in this scenario. (c) If the remedy is granted, what forms of relief may the court provide to protect the petitioners’ environmental and health rights?