Deforestation

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Contents
 Definition
 Causes
 Effects
 Worldwide Fad
 In the Philippines
 Act Fast
 Facts and Figures
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Deforestation
state at which forest areas are lessened
Webster
conversion of forest to another land use
or theloss
long-term reduction
of forests of the
due to over treeand
cutting
canopy cover below
removalthe minimum
of all or most 10trees
percent threshold Wikipedia
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
activities that use the forest
Wikipedia
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Causes
Human-related
Natural causeor induced
agriculture 
and livestock grazing
volcanic eruptions
urban sprawlwildfires
mining andpetroleum extraction
soil erosion
booming demand for lumber
storms
clear-cutting for logging and pulpwood
drought
forest conversion
large-scale shifting cultivation
road and infrastructure projects
urban expansion
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Effects
Economic effect
aid on developed and developing countries
loss of long-term income
EXTINCTION
Climatic effect
OF SPECIES
release of carbon dioxide
drier climate for the area
vulnerability of soil to erosion
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Worldwide Fad
Mexico,
Nigeria Brazil and of
loses half Indonesia are
its forests in heavily
just five
affected
years as duetheir
to population
logging, demand for
agricultural
agricultural landcollection
concerns, and increasesof fuel woods
Approximately
Forest parts were94%almost
of Madagascar’s
completely
previously
cleared due biologically productive lands
to rapid industrialization and
has massive
increase deforestation
in population in the with
US resulting
desertification
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In the Philippines…
The Philippines lost a third of its forest
cover between 1990 and 2005
Endangered species such as tarsier and
Current deforestation rate as of now is
Philippine eagle
around two percent every year
Only about 5 percent is under some form
There is increase
of protection in reliance on
plantation to meet timber needs

Loss of long-term biological productivity

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Act Fast!
Reforestation
Do YOUR
Develop share
new farm methods
of saving the
High-yielding forestforests
plantations
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Annex A

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Annex B
Philippine Forest Cover
Total Forest area: 7,162,000 ha
% of land area : 24
Primary forest cover: 829,000 ha
Deforestation Rates
Annual change in forest cover: -157,400 ha
Annual deforestation rate: -2.1%

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