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Land Resources In The Philippines Essay

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krista THE CURRENT STATUS OF LAND RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PHILIPPINES ECONOMY The Philippines is located at the Southeast of Asia. Its boundaries are formed by three large bodies of water: on the west and north by the South China Sea, on the east by the Pacific Ocean; and on the South by the Celebes Sea and the coastal waters of Borneo. It encompasses more than 7000 islands and islets that are divided into three major groups: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With its total land area of approximately 300 000 square kilometers which is classified as forestland that is half of the total land area, 47% as alienable and disposable lands, and the remaining 3% as unclassified forestlands (Department of Environment and Natural Resources n.d.). Luzon and Mindanao occupy about 35 and 32 percent of total land area, respectively. The Philippines is primarily considered as an agricultural country despite the building of an industrialized economy in some urban areas. Though most citizens still live in rural areas and support …show more content…

The major forces and constraints that directly affect the degradation of agriculture and forestry are emphasized. According to (I. Coxhead, S. Jayasuriya, 2002) The Philippine environment and natural resource sector is generally classified as comprising five major interlinked, and sometimes overlapping, ecosystems: (1) the forest and uplands ecosystem; (2) the agricultural/cropland ecosystem; (3) the freshwater ecosystem; (4) the coastal and marine ecosystem; and (5) the urban ecosystem. According to (F. S Morales n.d.) the Philippines is richest in plant and animal species worldwide, 5th in mineralized country in the world, and has rich water resources due to its geographic location. However each of these ecosystems faces problems that cause environmental degradation, often severe, both from the depletion land resources stocks and of production of

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