Deforestation in the Philippines

Deforestation in the Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area, including inland bodies of water, of approximately 300,000 square kilometres (120,000 sq mi).

Along with other Southeast Asian countries deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue.

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Rate of deforestation

Over the course of the 20th century the forest cover of the Philippines dropped from 70% down to 20%.[1]

Based on an analysis of land use pattern maps and a road map an estimated 9.8 million ha of forests were lost in the Philippines from 1934 to 1988.[2]

Illegal logging

Illegal logging occurs in the Philippines [3] and exacerbates flood damage in some areas.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lasco, R. D.; R. D. (2001). "Secondary forests in the Philippines: formation and transformation in the 20th century". Journal of Tropical Forest Science 13 (4): 652–670. http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/SecondaryForest/Lasco.pdf. 
  2. ^ Liu, D; L Iverson, S Brown (1993). "Rates and patterns of deforestation in the Philippines: application of geographic information system analysis". Forest Ecology and Management 57 (1-4): 1–16. doi:10.1016/0378-1127(93)90158-J. ISSN 03781127. http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/1993/ne_1993_lui_001.pdf. 
  3. ^ Teehankee, Julio C. (1993). "The State, Illegal Logging, and Environmental NGOs, in the Philippines". Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies 9 (1). ISSN 2012-080X. http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/view/930/928. 
  4. ^ "Illegal logging a major factor in flood devastation of Philippines". Terra Daily (AFP). 1 December 2004. http://www.terradaily.com/2004/041201072557.jj82upor.html. Retrieved 13 February 2011. 

Further reading

  • Cavanagh, John; Broad, Robin (1994). Plundering paradise: the struggle for the environment in the Philippines. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08921-9. 

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