Order of Presentation
The Problem
Consequences of Deforestation
Solutions
DEFORESTATION
DEFINITION
Deforestation is the permanent
destruction of forests in order to
make the land available for other
uses. (livescience.com)
DEFINITION
Deforestation: the permanent
removal of standing forests (US EPA)
PHILIPPINES
4th among the worlds top 10 most threatened
forest hotspots
Deforestation of 157,400 hectares per year
Remaining forests gone in less than 40 years
HISTORY
Spanish Colonization roads, bridges,
ships, etc.
Americans introduced export oriented
commercial logging
Early 1900s 21 million hectares (70%)
1940s 9 million hectares (30%)
DAVAO CITY
1987: forest cover = 6,700 hectares
Present: forest cover 1,300 hectares due to land-use
conversions into housing projects, commercial
establishments and plantations of bananas and
pineapples for export
Prevalent in Marilog, Calinan, Sibulan, Toril, Buhangin,
Tigatto, Mandug, and Waan.
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CONSEQUENCES
CONSEQUENCES
ECOSYSTEM IMBALANCE
CLIMATE CHANGE
FLOODING
ECOSYSTEM IMBALANCE
ECOSYSTEM IMBALANCE
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
SOIL EROSION
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY
When forest cover is removed,
wildlife is deprived of habitat and
becomes vulnerable
70% of the plants and animals are
losing their habitats due
deforestation
DISRUPTION OF THE WATER
CYCLE
DISRUPTION OF THE WATER
CYCLE
A large part of the water that
circulates in the ecosystem in the
ecosystem of rainforests remains
inside the trees
When there are no trees, water just
runs off leaving no chance for the
ground water tables to absorb more
water ultimately leading to reduction
of water sources
SOIL EROSION
Adequate plant cover keeps soil
temperature lower
Higher temperatures speed up the
mineralization of organic matter
soil becomes erodible and loses its
capacity to hold water to recycle
mineral nutrients
SOIL EROSION
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE
Highlights:
Standardization of the classification of
land use
creation of the National Land Use Policy
Council (NLUPC)
institutionalization of land use and
physical planning
Maintenance and preservation of
environmental integrity and stability;
Disaster risk reduction and climate risk-
Comprehensive Land Use Plan
(Davao City)
Highlights: