GROUP 3 - ZINC

ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Discussion Today - DEFORESTATION

THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT - FLASH FLOODS

- ILLEGAL MINING

-SOIL EROSION

- CORAL REEF DEGRADATION

- POLLUTION

- OIL SPILL
Discussion Today
THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT

1.) CAN WE PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL

PROBLEMS?

2.) WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION?

DEFORESTATION
IS THE DESTRUCTION OF
BIG AREAS OF FORESTS

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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FLASH FLOODS
IS A SUDDEN FLOOD OF
GREAT VOLUME, USUALLY
CAUSED BY A HEAVY RAIN
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ILLEGAL MINING
IS  MINING  ACTIVITY THAT IS UNDERTAKEN
WITHOUT STATE PERMISSION, IN PARTICULAR IN
ABSENCE OF LAND RIGHTS,   MINING  LICENSES,
AND EXPLORATION OR MINERAL
TRANSPORTATION PERMITS.

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 SOIL EROSION
HAPPENS WHEN SOIL AND ROCKS
ARE MOVED FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER BY WIND, WATER AND
GRAVITY.
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CAUSES OF SOIL EROSION:
> DEFOREST AT I ON
> BUI LDING OF R OADS
> AGRI C U LT U RE
> URBANIZAT IO N
> MINI NG
> FROM OIL T ANK ERS WI TH EQ U IP MENT FAULT S
> FROM NAT U RE AND HUMAN AC T IVIT IES O N LAND
> FROM WAT ER SPORTS
> FROM DRILLING WORK S CARR IED O UT IN T HE SEA
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 CORAL REEF
DEGRADATION
IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN THE
WORLD.
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 POLLUTION
MEANS ANY ALTERATION OF THE
PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND
BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER,
AIR AND LAND RESOURCES
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TYPES OF POLLUTIONS
AIR POLLUTION

WATER POLLUTION

NOISE POLLUTION

SOIL POLLUTION

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 EFFECTS OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS

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 ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS AND THEIR
EFFECTS

FLASH SOIL
DEFORESTATION OIL SPILLS
FLOODS EROSION

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PHILIPPINES | GROUP 3
 ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS AND THEIR
EFFECTS

CORAL REEF ILLEGAL

DEGRADATION MINING

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE

PHILIPPINES | GROUP 3
TRIVIAS
PHILIPPINES

IS AMONG THE
COUNTRIES WITH
THE FASTEST LOSS
OF FOREST COVER
AROUND THE
WORLD
PHILIPPINES

RANKS 4TH AMONG

THE WORLD'S TOP
10 MOST
THREATENED
FOREST HOTSPOTS
PHILIPPINES

IF THE 157, 400 HA

PER YEAR RATE OF
DEFORESTATION
CONTINUES, OUR
REMAINING FOREST
COVER WILL BE
WIPED OUT IN LESS
THAN 40 YEARS.
IS ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY
MINERALIZED
COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD 

WITH A MINERAL
WEALTH ESTIMATED
AT US$ 840 BILLION
 What are we doing for others
and the environment around us?

LIFE'S MOST URGENT AND PERSISTENT QUESTION.

STAY
INSPIRED

When we heal the earth,

we heal ourselves.

DAVID ORR
 Meet the members
OF GROUP 3

JESSICA FIGUEROA AALIYAH MATURAN LOUISA SAGALES

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PHILIPPINES | GROUP 3
SETH FABROA RHYS LARROBIS FRECHIE RANES
DANIELLE VELOSO FRECHIE RANES