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Satellite image of the Philippines in March 2002 showing forest cover in dark green Small-scale logging and coal-making operations at the lower areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range. As in other Southeast Asian countries, deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines announced that two KC-130J Hercules aircraft of the United States Marine Corps stationed at Villamor Air Base in Pasay were used to delivery humanitarian aid to the affected area as part of the US-PH Maritime Cooperative Activity. [44]
The former bases are now profitable tourist sites in the Philippines, such as the Subic Naval Bay in Subic and the Clark Air Base in Clark, Pampanga, which is a legacy of the anti-nuclear movement. [59] The movement continues to face challenges as attempts have been made to open the abandoned Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
Over the past six years, the Philippines has witnessed 14 super typhoons. Climate impacts have caused estimated losses and damages of $10bn from 2010 to 2020, according to Philippine officials.
The U.K. government said it has received commitments from leaders representing more than 85% of the world’s forests to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. At COP26, over 100 countries pledge ...
In a year period, spanning from August 2019 to July 2020, deforestation in the world's largest rainforest increased by nearly 10%. Amazon sees highest levels of deforestation in 12 years [Video ...
Satellite image of the Philippines in March 2002 showing forest cover in dark green Small-scale logging and coal-making operations at the lower areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range. As in other Southeast Asian countries, deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue.
Land use change, especially in the form of deforestation, is the second largest source of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities, after the burning of fossil fuels. [4] [5] Greenhouse gases are emitted from deforestation during the burning of forest biomass and decomposition of remaining plant material and soil carbon.