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Rapid population growth, unregulated logging concessions especially during Ferdinand Marcos' regime, illegal logging and mining, and destructive typhoons have been cited as major reasons for deforestation in the country. Deforestation affects biodiversity in the Philippines and has long-term negative impacts on the country's food production. [3]
Rasa Island is a large irregular mangrove swamp on a coral reef that extends about 640 metres (2,100 ft) beyond the island at its southwest and northeast ends. [2] It is located about 0.5 kilometers (0.31 mi) from Casuarina Point and forms the northeastern side of Mantaquin Bay. [2]
The Palawan rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID:IM0143) covers the Palawan Island Archipelago, centered on Palawan Island, the sixth largest island in the Philippines.The islands act as an ecological bridge between Borneo and the main islands of the Philippines, even though there were channels between the islands through the last ice age when sea levels were low.
Burning of garbage and waste are common, as is illegal fishing. Illegal logging is done on a small basis, but it has a substantial impact on the town's forest cover. Small-scale illegal pet trade also exists. Mynahs, parrots and pangolins, as well as many animals found only in Palawan, are poached and traded to other parts of the country and ...
The red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), also known as the Philippine cockatoo and locally katala, abukay, agay, or kalangay, is a species of cockatoo.It is endemic to the Philippines, formerly found throughout the entire country, but due to the illegal wildlife trade, it is now locally extinct in most of its range with the only sizeable population remaining in Palawan and Sulu ...
In addition, unemployment increased forcing many locals into illegal logging to maintain their livelihoods. [14] More seriously, however, over 1000 CBFMs were cancelled by the DENR nationwide by 2003, [14] resulting in loss of livelihood and forest destruction in former CBFM areas in the Philippines. [5]
Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [27] and intensifies flood damage in some areas. [28] According to scholar Jessica Mathews, short-sighted policies by the Filipino government have contributed to the high rate of deforestation: [29] The government regularly granted logging concessions of less than ten years.
Illegal logging seems to prevalent in southern Palawan, further putting the blue-headed racket-tail at risk. Capture for the illegal exotic pet trade has a minor impact, as it is usually only captured and sold locally, with very few shipments going out of the Palawan area. Most of the time, the birds die quickly in captivity.