Philippines: Forest Cover, 2005
| Total Land Area (ha) | 29,817,000 | | Total Forest Area (ha) | 7,162,000 | | Percent Forest Cover | 24.02% | | Primary Forest Cover (ha) | 829,000 | | Primary Forest, % total forest | 11.57% | | Primary Forest, % total land | 2.78% | | Other wooded land (ha) | 3,611,000 |
Philippines : Forest types
| Tropical (% forest area) | 100% | | Subtropical (% forest area) | 0% | | Temperate (% forest area) | 0% | | Boreal/polar (% forest area) | 0% |
Philippines: Breakdown of forest types, 2005
| Primary forest (ha | %) | 829,000 | 11.6% | | Modified natural (ha | %) | 5,713,000 | 79.8% | | Semi-natural (ha | %) | - | - | | Production plantation (ha | %) | 304,000 | 4.2% | | Production plantation (ha | %) | 316,000 | 4.4% |
Philippines: Change in Forest Cover
| TOTAL FOREST COVER | | Forest 1990 (ha) | 10,574,000 | | Forest 2000 (ha) | 7,949,000 | | Forest 2005 (ha) | 7,162,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | (262,500) | -2.48% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | (157,400) | -1.98% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | (3,412,000) | -32.27% | | Change in rate (%) | -20.24% | | PRIMARY FOREST COVER | | Primary 1990 (ha) | 829,000 | | Primary 2000 (ha) | 829,000 | | Primary 2005 (ha) | 829,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | - | 0.00% | | Change in rate (%) | #DIV/0! | | OTHER WOODED LAND | | Other 1990 (ha) | 2,230,000 | | Other 2000 (ha) | 3,292,000 | | Other 2005 (ha) | 3,611,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | 106,200 | 4.76% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | 63,800 | 1.94% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | 1,381,000 | 61.93% | | Change in rate (%) | -59.30% | | PLANTATIONS | | Other 1990 (ha) | 1,780,000 | | Other 2000 (ha) | 852,000 | | Other 2005 (ha) | 620,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | (92,800) | -5.21% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | (46,400) | -5.45% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | (1,160,000) | -65.17% | | Change in rate (%) | 4.46% | TOTAL DEGRADATION/CONSERVSION
Forest area+Wooded Area-Plantations | | Other 1990 (ha) | 11,024,000 | | Other 2000 (ha) | 10,389,000 | | Other 2005 (ha) | 10,153,000 | | Annual Change 1990-2000 (ha | %) | (63,500) | -0.58% | | Annual Change 2000-2005 (ha | %) | (47,200) | -0.45% | | Total Change 1990-2005 (ha | %) | (871,000) | -7.90% | | Change in rate (%) | -21.13% |
Philippines: Primary
| Primary or "old-growth" vegetation | | Primary Forest 2005 (ha) | 829,000 | | Other primary wooded land 2005 (ha) | - | | Other primary wooded land 2005 (ha) | 829,000 | | Undisturbed vegetation 2005 (% land area) | 2.78% |
Philippines: Forest designation
| Ownership of forest land, 2000 | | Public (%) | 89.5% | | Private (%) | 10.5% | | Other (%) | - | | Ownership of other wooded land, 2000 | | Public (%) | - | | Private (%) | - | | Other (%) | - | | Designated functions of forest � primary function 2005 | | Production (%) | 75.0% | | Protection (%) | 11.0% | | Conservation (%) | 12.0% | | Social Services (%) | - | | Multiple Services (%) | - | | None of Unknown (%) | 2.0% |
Philippines: Disturbances affecting forest land 2000
| Forest Area annually affected by | | Fire (%) | 0.08% | | Insects (ha) | 0.00% | | Diseases (ha) | 0.01% | | Other (ha) | 0.04% |
Philippines: Protected areas
| Protected areas | | Biosphere reserves, 2005 | 2 | Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar sites), 2005 | 4 | | World Heritage sites, 2004 | 5 | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-V, percent of total land | 5.1% | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories Ia, Ib, and II, extent, percent of total land | 1.91% | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories III, IV, and V, percent of total land, 2004 | 3.13% | | Protected Areas: IUCN categories VI and other, percent of total land, 2004 | 0.00% |
Philippines: Biodiversity - Wildlife
| Amphibians | | total species | 110 | | endemic species | 77 | | threatened species | 48 | | Birds | | total species | 590 | | endemic species | 205 | | threatened species | 70 | | Mammals | | total species | 222 | | endemic species | 106 | | threatened species | 50 | | Reptiles | | total species | 274 | | endemic species | 160 | | threatened species | 8 | | Wildlife diversity | | total species | 1196 | | endemic species | 548 | | threatened species | 176 |
Philippines: Biodiversity - Plants
| Growing stock composition | 3 most common species
% of total growing stock | 28.80% | | Growing stock composition | 3 most common species
% of total growing stock | 53.00% | | Number of Native tree species | | | Native tree species | 3,000 | | Number of tree species in IUCN red list | | Critically Endangered | | 46 | | Endangered | 35 | | Vulnerable | 134 | | Vascular Plant Species, 2004 | | Total | 8931 | | Number endemic | 3500 | | Number of Threatened Plant Species, 2004 | | Species threatened | 212 |
Philippines: Value of forests
| Biomass stock in forest, 2005 | | Above-ground biomass (M t) | 1,566 | | Below-ground biomass (M t) | 376 | | Dead wood (M t) | 214 | | Total (M t) | 2,156 | | Carbon stock in forest, 2005 | | Carbon in above-ground biomass (M t) | 783 | | Carbon in below-ground biomass (M t) | 188 | | Carbon in dead wood (M t) | 107 | | Carbon in litter (M t) | 15 | | Soil carbon (M t) | - | | Change in growing stock 1990 - 2005 | | Annual change rate (1000 cubic m/yr) | | 1990-2000 | -44,300 | | 2000-2005 | -26,800 | | Growing stock per hectare 1990 - 2005 | | Annual change rate ( cubic m/ha per yr) | | 1990-2000 | 0.13 | | 2000-2005 | 0.08 | | Wood removal 2005 | | Industrial roundwood (1000 cubic m) | 403 | | Wood fuel (1000 cubic m) | 138 | | Total wood removal 2005 (1000 cubic m) | 541 | | Total wood removal 2005 (% of growing stock) | n.s. | | Plant products 2005 | | Food (t) | - | | Fodder (t) | - | | Raw material for medicine and aromatic products (t) | - | | Raw material for colorants and dyes (t) | - | | Raw material for utensils, handicrafts & construction (t) | - | | Ornamental plants (t) | - | | Exudates (t) | - | | Other plant products (t) | - | | Animal products 2005 | | Living animals (units) | - | | Hides, skins and trophies (units) | - | | Wild honey and bee-wax (t) | - | | Bush meat (t) | - | | Raw material for medicine and aromatic products (t) | - | | Raw material for colorants and dyes (t) | - | | Other edible animal products (t) | - | | Other non-edible animal products (t) | - | | Value of wood and non-wood forest product removal 2005 | | Industrial roundwood (US$) | $60,272,000 | | Wood fuel (US$) | $722,000 | | Non-wood forest products (US$) | - | | Total value (US$) | $60,994,000 | | Total value ($USD/ha) | $9 | | Employment in forestry 2000 | | Total people employed | - |
Philippines : Production, trade and consumption of forest products, 2002
| Woodfuel ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 13,328 | | Imports | 0 | | Exports | 0 | | Consumption | 13,328 | | Industrial roundwood ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 3,079 | | Imports | 434 | | Exports | 1 | | Consumption | 3,512 | | Sawnwood ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 154 | | Imports | 401 | | Exports | 91 | | Consumption | 464 | | Wood-based panels ('000 cubic m), 2002 | | Production | 620 | | Imports | 227 | | Exports | 25 | | Consumption | 822 | | Pulp for paper ('000 metric tons), 2002 | | Production | 202 | | Imports | 44 | | Exports | 0 | | Consumption | 246 | | Paper and paperboard ('000 metric tons), 2002 | | Production | 1,056 | | Imports | 571 | | Exports | 171 | | Consumption | 1,456 |
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Philippines: Environment
| Environment - current issues | uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds | | Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants | | Natural hazards | astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis |
Philippines: Land use / Resources
| Land use (%) | arable land: 18.95%
permanent crops: 16.77%
other: 64.28% (2001) | | Natural resources | timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper |
Philippines: Economy
| Economy - overview: | The Philippines was less severely affected by the Asian financial crisis of 1998 than its neighbors, aided in part by its high level of annual remittances from overseas workers, and no sustained runup in asset prices or foreign borrowing prior to the crisis. From a 0.6% decline in 1998, GDP expanded by 2.4% in 1999, and 4.4% in 2000, but slowed to 3.2% in 2001 in the context of a global economic slowdown, an export slump, and political and security concerns. GDP growth accelerated to about 5% between 2002 and 2005 reflecting the continued resilience of the service sector, and improved exports and agricultural output. Nonetheless, it will take a higher, sustained growth path to make appreciable progress in the alleviation of poverty given the Philippines' high annual population growth rate and unequal distribution of income. The Philippines also faces higher oil prices, higher interest rates on its dollar borrowings, and higher inflation. Fiscal constraints limit Manila's ability to finance infrastructure and social spending. The Philippines' consistently large budget deficit has produced a high debt level. This has forced Manila to spend a large portion of the national government budget on debt service. Large unprofitable public enterprises, especially in the energy sector, contribute to the government's debt because of slow progress on privatization. Credit rating agencies have expressed concern about the Philippines' ability to service the debt. Legislative progress on new revenue measures will weigh heavily on credit rating decisions. | | GDP - per capita | $5,100 (2005 est.) | | GDP - real growth rate (%) | 4.7% (2005 est.) | | Agriculture - products | sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, casavas, pineapples, fish, mangoes, pork, eggs, beef | | GDP - composition by sector (%) | agriculture: 14.8%, industry: 31.7%, services: 53.5% (2005 est.) | | Industries | electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing | | Economic aid - recipient | ODA commitments, $2 billion (2004) | | Debt - external | $67.62 billion (2005 est.) | | Population below poverty line (%) | 40% (2001 est.) | | Labor force - by occupation (%) | agriculture 36%, industry 16%, services 48% (2004 est.) |
Philippines: Population / Demographics
| Population (July 2005) | 87,857,473 | | Population growth rate (%) (2005) | 1.84% | | Population density (people/sq km) (2005) | 294.7 | | Percent rural (2003) | 39.0% | | Median age (years) | total: 22.27 years | | Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 3.16 (2005 est.) | | Ethnic groups (%) | Tagalog 28.1%, Cebuano 13.1%, Ilocano 9%, Bisaya/Binisaya 7.6%, Hiligaynon Ilonggo 7.5%, Bikol 6%, Waray 3.4%, other 25.3% (2000 census) |
Largest Cities in Philippines
Cities and urban areas in Philippines with population over 100,000 All figures are estimates for 2002.
| City | Country | City Population | Urban Area Population |
| Manila | Philippines | 10133200 | 13503200 |
| Davao | Philippines | 873800 | 1170100 |
| Cebu | Philippines | 747300 | 1198000 |
| Bacolod | Philippines | 440700 | 755400 |
| Cagayan | Philippines | 425800 | 425800 |
| Iloilo | Philippines | 378200 | 378200 |
| Angeles | Philippines | 278000 | 278000 |
| Baguio | Philippines | 262600 | 262600 |
| San Pedro | Philippines | 239700 | 239700 |
| San Fernando | Philippines | 236600 | 236600 |
| Lucena | Philippines | 225000 | 225000 |
| General Santos | Philippines | 202500 | 202500 |
| Olongapo | Philippines | 202200 | 202200 |
| Calamba | Philippines | 192700 | 192700 |
| Tacloban | Philippines | 184200 | 184200 |
| Malolos | Philippines | 180700 | 180700 |
| Cotabato | Philippines | 170900 | 170900 |
| Zamboanga | Philippines | 152500 | 152500 |
| Toledo | Philippines | 145100 | 145100 |
| Calbayog | Philippines | 142200 | 142200 |
| Naga | Philippines | 141300 | 141300 |
| Marawi | Philippines | 137700 | 137700 |
| Dagupan | Philippines | 133300 | 133300 |
| Roxas | Philippines | 131100 | 131100 |
| San Pablo | Philippines | 128700 | 128700 |
| Los Ba�os | Philippines | 128500 | 128500 |
| Baliuag | Philippines | 126300 | 126300 |
| Cabanatuan | Philippines | 125400 | 125400 |
| Butuan | Philippines | 120300 | 120300 |
| Guagua | Philippines | 116900 | 116900 |
| Santiago | Philippines | 113700 | 113700 |
| Dumaguete | Philippines | 110600 | 110600 |
| Santa Cruz | Philippines | 110100 | 110100 |
| Tagum | Philippines | 107100 | 107100 |
 Environment, Land use / Resources, Economy, Population / Demographics, Infrastructure, Health -- CIA World Factbook, 2005
Forest Cover, Forest types, Breakdown of forest types, Change in Forest Cover, Primary forests, Forest designation, Disturbances affecting forest land, Value of forests, Production, trade and consumption of forest products -- The FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS's Global Forest Resources Assessment (2005) and the State of the World�s Forests (2005, 2003, 2001)
Protected Areas, Plant and animal biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). 2004. World Database on Protected Areas.
Biosphere reservers -- United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Man and Biosphere Program. 2004. UNESCO - MAB Biosphere Reserves Directory.
RAMSAR sites -- The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands . 2005. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
World Resources Institute's EarthTrends web site
The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Population Data -- United Nations Population Fund
With additional analysis by Rhett Butler of mongabay.com
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