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Satellite image of the Philippines in March 2002 showing forest cover in dark green Small-scale logging and coal-making operations at the lower areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range. As in other Southeast Asian countries, deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue.
According to official estimates, the Philippines had 7,000,000 hectares (27,000 sq mi) of forest cover in 2023. [256] Logging had been systemized during the American colonial period [ 257 ] and deforestation continued after independence, accelerating during the Marcos presidency due to unregulated logging concessions.
As of 2015, the country's forest cover has been reduced to just 7 million hectares. [26] According to IBON Foundation, deforestation is caused by logging, mining, and land conversion for corporate agriculture, cash crops, real estate, and infrastructure. [26] Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [27] and intensifies flood damage in some ...
The giant golden-crowned flying fox is threatened by deforestation and has completely disappeared from many islands in the Philippines, such as Panay and most of Cebu. [1] Since 1900 the total forest coverage of the Philippines has been reduced from 70% to 20%. [28] Less than 10% of the original lowland forest cover now remains. [27]
The Philippine eagle. The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), one of the largest eagles in the world, is found primarily in the Sierra Madre of Luzon. [9] [10] Primary lowland rainforests of the Philippines have been heavily deforested, and the Philippine eagle needs this area to breed, as well as nesting in large trees and hunting within ...
Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares (11,400,000 acres) of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares (7,800,000 acres) of marine areas. [1] They are managed according to the following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).
Forest cover in the Philippines has declined significantly from 92% in 1575 to 24% in 2003. [11] Under the centralised forest management regime of Ferdinand Marcos between 1970 and 1980, annual deforestation was particularly high at 300,000 hectares. [5]
Forest cover is the amount of trees that covers a particular area of land. It may be measured as relative (in percent ) or absolute (in square kilometres / square miles ). Nearly a third of the world's land surface is covered with forest, with closed-canopy forest accounting for 4 - 5 billion hectares of land. [ 1 ]