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    Low forest coverin the Philippines: Issues and responses at the community level Peter Walpole “The Philippines is one of the mest severely deforested countries ia the tropies and most deforestation has happened inthe last 40 years. Estimates place forest cover in IN [tne Phitippines in the year 1900 at 21 million hectares, covering 70% of the total land area. By 1999. forests covered 5.5 million hectares: only 800,000 hectares ofthis was primary forest. As illegal logging continues, the remaining forest is endangered. The destruction of the Philippine forest was the subject of a recent study (1999), Decne of the Pilipaine Forest, by the Institute of Environmental Science for Socal Change (ESSC). Thie study traces the history of the dectine, examines the causes and effects of deforestation, and discusses emerging perspectives. The study considers two possible Philippine scenarios for the year 2010. One assumes that meaningful steps will be taken to reverse the decline and offers some hope: the other scenario assumes that things will continue as in the past, and the outcome will ea continued national degradation of resources. The Philippines is paying a high price for the destruction ofits forests and a number of major problems confronting the nation can be traced directly to deforestation. Today, the country faces food insecurity due tossoilerosion, which means depleted nutrients and low crop yield. In many provinces, atleast 50% of the ‘The Philippines is facing water Insecurity because of degraded and poorly managed watersheds. More than 57 %of the major watersheds are critically denuded, which means loss of water infiltration and slow recharging of water tables, Nationwide, water quality has deteriorated and cities like Manila, Cebu, Davao, and Baguio, are constantly facing water shortages. A country that once exported some of the finest woods inthe world is now a net wood importer. ‘The decimation ofthe forest isa tragedy for indigenous peoples. Ethnic groups become forced to retreat into the interior and further impoverished. Governments doing little to raise these people above thelr sulosistence level. Some have left thelr lands, and the sight of Indigenous peoples begging In ity streets Is not uncommon. They have lost thelr lands, and thelr culture has been degraded. With the destruction of Indigenous cultures, the nation islosing.a treasure that should be nurtured toentich national cultural iversity. This loss of cultural communities is closely linked to the loss of biodiversity. Tropical forests are rch in herbs, woody plants, birds, insects, and animal life. Destroying the forests means destroying the myriad creatures and flora on which the indigenous communities depend. Forest loss also means loss of forest products such as, rattan, resins, and gums, a source of livelihood for indigenous people. Wildlife is quickly

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