12/10/2025
๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐
๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ
"As of ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐, it is estimated that the country has a total forest cover of ๐ณ.๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ or ๐ฎ๐ฐ.๐ฌ๐ณ% of the countryโs land mass, which is โway belowโ the ๐ญ๐ณ.๐ด ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฐ. This showcases just how much of our forest we have lost over the years, and how serious of a threat deforestation is to the country." - Climate Change Commission
๐๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐
๐ง., ๐.๐. ๐๐ค. 101083, 30 ๐
๐ช๐ก๐ฎ 1993
Scientific evidence revealed that in order to maintain a balanced and healthful ecology, the country's land area should be utilized as ๐ฑ๐ฐ% ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ฐ๐ฒ% ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ:
โ ๏ธWater shortages from the drying up of the water table, rivers, brooks, and streams
โ ๏ธSalinization of the water table, eg. In island of Cebu and Bacoor, Cavite
โ ๏ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and loss of soil fertility and agricultural productivity
โ ๏ธEndangering and extinction of flora and fauna
โ ๏ธDisturbance and dislocation of cultural communities, including the Filipinoโs indigenous cultures
โ ๏ธSiltation of rivers and seabed leading to destruction of corals, aquatic life and critical reduction in marine resource productivity
โ ๏ธRecurrent spells of drought
โ ๏ธIncreasing velocity of typhoon winds resulting from absence of windbreakers
โ ๏ธ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ of lowlands and agricultural plains resulting from absence of absorbent mechanism of trees
โ ๏ธSiltation and shortened lifespan of multi-billion peso dams used for supplying water for domestic uses, irrigation, and generation of electric power
โ ๏ธReduction of the earthโs capacity to process carbon dioxide gases leading to the ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, or the โ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐โ.
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต๐ด๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป states that "The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature".
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฑ. "The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to health and instill health consciousness among them."
โWhile the right to a balanced and healthful ecology is to be found under the Declaration of Principles and State Policies and not under the Bill of Rights, it does not follow that it is less important than any of the civil and political rights enumerated in the latter. Such a right belongs to a different category of rights altogether for it concerns nothing less than ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป x x x the advancement of which may even be said to predate all governments and constitutions. X x x these basic rights need not even be written in the Constitution for they are assumed to exist from the inception of mankind. If they are now explicitly mentioned in the fundamental charter, it is because of the well-founded gear of its framers that unless the rights to a balanced and healthful ecology and to health are mandated as state policies by the Constitution itself, thereby highlighting their continuing importance and imposing upon the state a solemn obligation to preserve the first and protect and advance the second, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ โ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.โ
- ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข ๐ท๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ณ.
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๐More than half (54 percent) of the worldโs forests are in only five countries:
๐the Russian Federation
๐Brazil
๐Canada
๐the United States of America
๐China
-๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต 2020, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด
๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ง๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐
1. Conserve trees and forests in your area
2. Plant treesโthe more the better!
3. Support forest conservation organizations
4. Learn about forests, both local and global.
5. Buy forest-friendly (or certified) products.
6. Demand better labeling of products so you know if they are certified and sustainable.
7. Advocate for climate change solutions.
8. Visit forests often.
9. Share your love of forests with others.
10. Teach kids about forests through books and outdoor exploration.
www.treefoundation.org
Yes, there's a lot still that we need to learn in order how to help preserve our forests and environment. Let's take it one day at a time, one step at a time...each individual and cooperative effort we make will make a difference ๐โค๏ธ
For our present and future generation ๐
