PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT 2.

Global Warming is the condition when the heat can no longer escape the earths
surface
Geography of the Philippines 3. Destruction of Coral Reefs
Coral Reefs - are formed from the hard parts of coral skeleton
4. Overexploitation of Plants and Animals
Sunda Shelf theory - according to this, the Philippines was formerly connected to Overexploitation is a condition of over-harvesting wild plants
Borneo and the Asian mainland through Palawan and Mindoro to Luzon, and through and animals that depletes these living organism to a point of
the Sulu Islands of Mindanao. extinction.
Archipelago Doctrine - that states the baseline from which the straight lines that will 5. Presence of Alien Species to the Philippines Ecosystem
join the outermost islands and edge. 6. Declining Bio-diversity
Biodiversity is the variation in the gene pools of plants and
The Philippine Territory animal
2 Types of Bio-diversity
- 300,000 sq km 1. Ecosystem diversity is the different habitats within the
- 3 big islands grassland,marshland and woodland
1. Luzon 104,687.8 sq km 2. Functional diversity is the different roles of the organism
2. Visayas 94,630.1 sq km within an ecosystem
3. Mindanao 57,201.9 sq km 7. Deforestation is the destruction of the forest ecosystem due to conversion of forested
Pacific Ring of Fire the seismis, typhoon and oil belts areas
- 200 volcanic landform
- 22 active and the rest are dominant The government in coordination with other countries adopted these following initiatives to
preserve the forest and biodiversity. These are:
The Climate
1. Promoting sustainable use of forest by local indigenous people
2. Preserving in place program
23 to 32 degrees Celsius
3. Establishing gene banks and conservatories
70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit
4. Embarking on bio prospecting plants and animals
5. Joining international treaties to conserve and to preserve endangered plants
Natural Resources and animals
8. The need for Sustainable Development
1. Mineral Resoures Sustainable development is maintaining a balance between the need of
2. Water Resources the present population
3. Biotic Resources 9. The need to restore the Ecological Balance of the Philippines
4. Philippine Forests Restoration Ecology is the science of restoring the ecosystem to its
5. Plant Life former state
6. Animal Life
Acronyms
The Philippine Environmental Problems
MTDP - Medium Term Development Plan
Ecosystem UNISDR - United Nations International Survey for Disaster Reduction
- is the network of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors. DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- it contains all the varieties of populations of all living that are interrelated in a given IPCC Inter- government Panel on Climate Change
envrnment WHO World Health Organization

1. Pollution is a condition when a materials is introduced in the ecosystem that is

considered to be in excess of the normal concentration and beyond the tolerance limit
of the ecosystem
3 Types of Pollution
1. Land Pollution - is a condition when there is the presense of solid soil wastes
that can no longer absorbed
2. Water Pollution is a condition when pollutants are no longer absordable by
the aquatic environment
Acid rain is another source of water pollutant. It is formed when
sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide combine with the rain and heat
3. Air Pollution is a condition when the amount of pollutants in the air
threatens to destroy the ecological system