Philippine forests can be considered as one of the most important forests in the world. This is due to the fact that the Philippines is considered to be one of the 18 mega diverse countries in the world and serves as habitat for more than 50000 species; half of them can only be found exclusively in the Philippines. Yet, many people are abusing it by engaging in continuous illegal logging and other activities that destroys not only the habitat of tens of thousands of species but also destroys the natural treasure and cultural heritage of the country.
In order to prevent the destruction of its forests, the Philippine government established laws to protect and preserve the rich ecosystem its forests provide. Executive Order 192 and Article XII, Sec. 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution aims to monitor the activities within its forests. Under the Executive Order 192, 1987, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources was established as the primary government agency responsible for the conservation, management, development and proper use of the country’s environment and natural resources as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources. According to Article XII, Sec. 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, “…the exploration, development, and utilization of natural resources shall be under the full control and supervision of the State. ..“. This is to ensure that all activities done within the forests are monitored in
order to prevent people from abusing it.
4 comments:
Our country has a great biodiversity. From marine to terrestrial animals, our environment have rich natural heritage and we should preserve it. Awareness is what we filipinos dont have. We should not contribute to the destruction of environment as it would make those endangered species to become extinct. It is good to have this laws to monitor our natural resources and may the government give much more importance to our dearest mother nature.
-Vann Tria 4csa
The Philippines is such a beautiful country, and as we all now rich in natural resources. Filipinos should be grateful about this and utilize these resources meaningfully instead of contributing to its destruction.
Sadly -even though the Philippine government had established laws to protect and prevent such destruction to the forests- a lot of illegal loggers still secretly found a way to continue destroying half of the forest. I wish the DENR would immediately put a stop to this. I hope we Filipinos would help conserve our environment and save the rainforests. We should be thankful.
We have the most important forests in the world and we as responsible citizens must protect them from destruction. Illegal mining, illegal logging and other activities that will cause their destruction must be prevented. We should appreciate our precious natural resources because they are part of our heritage.
It is a great help that we have laws to protect and preserve our biodiversity especially now that some endangered species have become extinct. These laws should be enforced to discourage people from abusing nature.
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