The Effect Of Logging On The Environment In The Philippines
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The world has three major forest areas that constitute the equatorial forest belt. These are the tropical forests of South East Asia, the equatorial forest areas of Africa and the Amazon rain forest areas. These are major rain forests that still remain on the face of the earth. They form a carbon sink that helps breakdown the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, they act as windbreakers and also play a major role in the process of formation of rain.
The Philippines is part of the South East Asia Tropical Rain forest belt. the trees in the tropical rain forests are a source of rich and healthy biodiversity. there are many varying species of flora and fauna found here.
illegal logging is a major problem across the Philippines. it depletes natural forests of their indigenous trees. these take hundreds of years to grow to maturity. Illegal logging also results in the destruction of animal, bird and plant species that will never be seen again.
It also results in environmental degradation, causing less annual rainfall and higher temperatures. Illegal logging helps create and expand deserts. it also reduces the availability of important plant species used for medicinal purposes. it is important that logging in the Philippines be controlled or halted all together
