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Philippine Forests
What is a Forest?
A forest is an ecosystem where trees are the dominant life form and where the trees have overlapping crowns forming 60100% cover.
*US National Vegetation Classification System
Philippine Forests
Very humid!
Philippine Forests
MONTANE FOREST
1,000m above sea level.
High rainfall - 2 to 3 times higher than at sea level. Trees are shorter, growing less than 100ft.
Philippine Forests
MOSSY FOREST
Very high rainfall over 5 times more than at sea level!
Philippine Forests
PINE FOREST
Lies moderately far from the sea at 900 to 1,500m above sea level and within the rainshadow of other mountains
Philippine Forests
MANGROVE FOREST
Found in coastal areas where sea water and fresh water mix.
Philippine Forests
LIMESTONE FOREST
Plant diversity is low but plants present are highly restricted and unique.
Consumptive
Water for Drinking and Irrigation
Medicine Food
Livelihood
Non-consumptive
Air and Water Purification Wildlife Sanctuary
Carbon Absorption
What is a Watershed?
A geographic area from which water drains toward a common watercourse (streams, lakes, etc.) in a natural basin
Watersheds are the basic building blocks of the natural environment Plants, animals, and humans are all dependent on watersheds for their survival
Slow the fall of rain, reducing flooding and soil erosion Help filter out pollutants Increased deforestation, urbanization, and pollution mean increased flooding and ruined water supplies
Watersheds vs Dams
Stream corridors provide key connection across the landscape for various animals Habitat for animals
Dam walls block fish migration Extinction of fish and other aquatic species; disappearance of birds in floodplains
Carbon storage
Reduced vulnerability to floods and other natural disasters
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Novaliches Treatment Plant
Fauna
> 70 globally threatened & near threatened species
46 birds
Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)
13 mammals
Golden crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus)
7 herpetofauna
(snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodiles)
Pygmy Forest Frog (Platymantis pygmaeus)
4 mollusks
Giant Clams (Tridacna spp.)
IP Communities
Agta / Dumagat
Quirino at Aurora)
(N.Ecija, N.Vizcaya,
Isinai
Gaddang
Cagayan)
Ibanag Itawes
Kalahan
Yogad
Mt. Irid-Angelo
5 Provinces:
Bulacan Nueva Ecija
Quezon Rizal Aurora
Mt. Irid-Angelo
critical atershed w
primary source of clean water Angat watershed Kaliwa watershed Kanan watershed Umiray watershed
Mt. Irid-Angelo
Rufous Hornbill
Philippine Warty Pig
Scale-feathered Malkoha
(Endemic, Luzon restricted)
Rufous Hornbill
(Endemic, near threatened)
Blue-breasted Flycatcher
White-browed Shama
Rafflesia manilliana
Gabing Tigre
1988
2003
1950s1960s
1970s
1980s
10.2M hectares
34% of TLA
Mining
Mining claims in Sierra Madre cover an area 811,541 has Cagayan Valley Region: 32 exploration permit applications/ 333,989 has
source: UNDP-GEF-SGP Philippines (2006) The Sierra Madre Mountain Range: A Primer
Deforestation
Deforestation
Deforestation
Road Construction
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