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What is FOREST?
RESOURCES
The term resources was taken to mean only the
natural factors or things like mountains, mineral
deposit, forests, animal life, soil, water, air etc.
Resources are those aspects of mans environment
which facilitate the satisfaction of human wants and
the attainment of social objectives.
--------B.S. Negi
ACTS THAT WILL PROTECT THE
FOREST
Presidential Decree No. 54
Penalties for Illegal Logging
Any natural or juridical person who directly or
indirectly cuts, declares, classifies, possesses or
exports logs in violation of existing laws, rules and
regulations shall be penalized.
Republic Act No. 9175
An act regulating the ownership,
possession, sole, importation, and use of chain
saws, penalizing violations thereof and for
other purposes.
Republic Act No. 3701
An act to discourage destruction of
forests, further amending for the purpose
section twenty-seven hundred fifty-one of the
revised administrative code.
Approximately 97.5 percent of the forest is owned
by the Government and is administered by the Bureau of
Forestry; 2.5 percent is privately owned.
This type of forest is tidal and it can be found along the clayed
seashore as well as in the tidal zones in the river estuaries.
Along streams in many parts of the tidal flats there grows the nipa
palm. Its leaves are used for thatch, its sap for the manufacture of
vinegar, alcohol, wine, and sugar.
5. Beach Forest
It can be found along the beach; this kind of
forest forms a narrow strip along the sandy coast
of the beach.
The frontal zone usually consists of a tangle of
vegetation, of which pandan forms a conspicuous
part. The principal trees are talisai, dapdap,
botong, palomaria, agoho, bani, and tawalis.
6. Mossy Forest
Forests of this type, found on high and very rough
mountainous regions, are essentially protection
forests. As a rule, rainfall and humidity are high.
Exposed to strong winds, the trees are mostly
dwarfed and usually covered with mosses,
liverworts, filmy ferns, and epiphytic orchids.
Benefits from Trees and Plants
Lumber
Raw lumber has been one of the
Philippine’s major exports. The
apitong, tanguile, guijo, and narra
forests supply most of today’s
construction lumber.
Paper
Produced from pulpwood such as pine.
Distillation Products
Examples of these are
wood, alcohol, acetic
acid, and charcoal. Other
distillation products can
also be secured from
sugarcane, coconut and
nipa palms.
Other Products
Pine, bamboo, buri, sugar
tanning materials, and
essesntial oils.
Akle
is brownish in color and is an excellent wood for
cabinet-making. It has many of the qualities of walnut
and is more resistant to termites.
Narra
is reddish yellow to dark red. The yellow variety is more
common and more readily obtainable than the red. For
furniture and cabinetmaking and for door and window
framing, narra is almost always the choice.
Tindalo
A beautiful hard red wood that darkens with age.
Keeps its shape remarkably well, and, like most
members of the legume family, has a beautiful grain and
is very durable
Ipil
It is most commonly used for house posts on account of
its great durability and strength.