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According to environmental group Alyansa Tigil Mina, the law "legitimizes the plunder of our national patrimony," and that the "situation will only worsen if ChaCha prospers and transnational corporations are allowed to act with impunity." [27] Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [28] and intensifies flood damage in some areas. [29]
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]
Oposa v. Factoran, G.R. No. 101083, 224 S.C.R.A. 792 (1993), alternatively titled Minors Oposa v.Factoran or Minors Oposa, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines recognizing the doctrine of intergenerational responsibility on the environment in the Philippine legal system.
Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [26] and intensifies flood damage in some areas. [27] According to scholar Jessica Mathews, short-sighted policies by the Filipino government have contributed to the high rate of deforestation: [28] The government regularly granted logging concessions of less than ten years.
The Bicol Natural Park faces threats from illegal logging, firewood collection, charcoal production and human encroachment. [1] In 1992, with the passage of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act (NIPAS), a total of 738 families were evicted from the park and were transferred to resettlement sites in Labo and Camarines Sur.
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits.
All five Philippine tarictics were once considered a single species. Its population declining due to habitat destruction , hunting and the illegal wildlife trade . It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess Mindanao hornbills under Philippine Law RA 9147.
The government responded by imposing complete militarization in areas with logging activities. [29] The Philippine Constabulary banned community meetings, declared that opposition to Cellophil activities were "anti-government" and "subversive", and forced people to work on community roads and bridges without pay.