Empowering Reforestation in the Philippines

by Angela Nicole Mananghaya 2012 timberlands be significant to populace as well as to some opposite alive organisms for they bequeath beneficial materials and do that the living need. These include the wood, raw materials that are usually converted to usable products much(prenominal) as furniture, wooden shelters, etc. In addition, these timberlands help prevent floods and soil erosion, attach underground water supply supply and humidity of tenor, provide an abode for the wildlife, and check air pollution ( keep up plants and Wildlife, n. d, 2).However, in the off-white of the Orient- the Philippines- continuous adulteration of the forests or what is cognise to be deforestation (Maycock, 2011, p. 398) is existence performed, resulting to heartrending problems including the displacement of wildlife species, the occurrence of disgusting do during or after a tropic storm (which is comm except experienced by Filipinos), and the increasing level of temperature in the inelegant. In fact, Philippines ranks number three in the humannesss fastest deforestation come out (Padilla, 2011) that has mainly been due to agricultural expansions and arch cases of illegal logging (Philippine Deforestation, n. , 5). Fortunately, in that respect exists the natural or intentional restocking of miserable forests and woodlands, the inverse of the given process, which whitethorn generally address the negative effect of deforestation in the country- re-afforestation, as it is so called. bingleness of the things that re-afforestation offers is not necessarily to revitalize except prevent the n wholenessxtantion of wildlife species as their habitats are continuously being destroyed. harmonize to Toothman (n. , 5), the reforestation of the corridors of trees that lie between forest parcels could give the animals and other species a big and safer habitat where they could mix with other populations, thereby boosting their genetic diversity and preven ting their defunctness. In fact, this grouchy method has already been done in the country. In the island of Mindanao, on the higher slopes of financial support Malindang, exists a high biodiversity. Through reforesting the trees roughly the old forest, the existing species progress to had a jumbor space to reproduce, conserving and attracting those that have been goaded away to the new habitat ( re-afforestation, n. , 1). The same process has been performed in the Forest of Tabunan in Sitio Cantipla, Cebu City. Through reforesting the forests corridors, the Cebu Flowerpeckers, called manuto by the locals, together with 51 other bird species, have been found in the regenerated forests (Lato, 2012, 5). Surprisingly enough, this never-been-photographed bird specie- the Cebu Flowerpecker- was believed to be extinct until its discovery in 1992 in the Tabunan Forest Corridor, being one of the ten rarest birds and jacket crown fifty critically endangered species in the world (Lato, 2012, 6).With the proper building of floodplains and water channeling systems, reforestation too helps prevent the severe effects that Filipinos encounter whenever a tropical storm comes (Sally, n. d, 3). Among the typhoons that have ravaged the country are Reming in Bicol and Ondoy in resistance Manila, which have both resulted to remarkably drastic floods (Reforestation, 2011, 1). In fact, in just one decade, the country has already experienced 27 floods that have destroyed crops and infrastructures with deforestation being seen as the major cause (Reforestation, 2011, 2).Yearning for a way to address this problem, Tatit Quiblat, the spokesperson of the Philippine Eagle Foundation, has once said that alternatively of pouring billions for relief operations during disasters, the government, civic society, and private sectors should be vigilant in taking up preventive measures by reforestation of the countrys tropical and mangrove forests (Valermo, 2011, 7). Gladly, there have bee n projects that have performed such action. The Maynilad Water Services, Incorporated has started its computer programme called Plant for Life, which aims to plant fifty thousand saplings in Ipo obturate Watershed (50K Trees to Help Reforest, 2012, 2). We not only help to protect the watershed heavens that supplies our raw water needs, we also provide a long term theme to the cycle of flooding during the rainy indurate, claims Ricky Vargas, the president and CEO of the stated phoner (50K Trees to Help Reforest, 2012, 4). Another project is the reforestation of mangrove forests along the Aklan River in in the raw Buswang, Aklan, resulting to the conversion of a flood-prone area to a place that is safe during the occurrence of typhoons (Tacio, 2012, 14). Lastly, one of the most well known effects of reforestation is the sweetener of the local mood.Due to the degradation of forests, an increasing amount of carbon dioxide is released in the atmosphere as lesser plants payoff the m up during photosynthesis, resulting to the rise of temperature (Maycock, 2012, p. 399). Through reforestation, however, cardinal tons of carbon dioxide per hectare could be captured and privy per year (Reforestation, 2007, 7). This leads to the production of oxygen, enhancement of the climate and temperature, and the reduction of the demands of burning large amounts of fossil fuels for cooling in the summer (Reforestation, 2007, 8).The process of regenerating forests takes a plentiful amount of time forrader the roles of the degraded ones could be performed again. Once the pose saplings have grown to trees, however, it is undeniable that the restored forests are significantly beneficial to the environment, to mankind, and to other living organisms. With this certain process, not only do the destructive effects of deforestation may be addressed but also the concerns that could emerge if these are left neglected such as threatening climate conditions, extremely high levels of floods, total extinction of species, and disastrous imbalance in the ecosystem.Indeed, this may just be one of the slipway to address the certain issue but surely, this would benefit not only the redeem but the future generations as well. References * Lato, Cris Evert. 2012. Lessons in Rare Wildlife while Reforesting Cebu. Retrieved from http//news entropy. inquirer. net/228565/lessons-in-rare-wildlife-while-reforesting-cebu * Maycock, Paul. 2011. terra firma Book F. 7. Scott Fenzer Company. p. 398 * Maycock, Paul. 2011. World Book F. 7. Scott Fenzer Company. . 399 * N. A. N. D. Save Forests and Wildlife. Retrieved from http//nowsave. blogspot. com/2009/10/save-forests-and-wildlife. html * N. A. N. D. Reforestation. 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