So we really need to act immediately,' Martinez told Philstar. The destruction of our forests is serious. Haribon Foundation forester Thaddeus Martinez said the country needs 54 percent of forest cover to protect against landslides and ensure water availability from watersheds. Closed forests, or those with tree canopy coverage of 60 to percent, contributed Palawan, the largest province in the Philippines in terms of land area, has the biggest forest cover in the country. Open forest or all lands with tree cover of canopy density between 10 percent and 40 percent account for more than half 4. Sekiro save file ps4īut inforest cover went down by 4. The Philippines is losing approximately 47, hectares of forest cover every year, according to the data provided by the Forest Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. But it is also among the most threatened.
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