Philippine Natural Resources.pptx

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1. PHILIPPINE NATURAL RESOURCES Presentation Design

2. FISHERY RESOURCES With its territorial waters measuring 2,200,000 and located in the world’s fishing center, the Philippines is definitely rich in marine resources. Of the 2,400 fish species found in the country, 65 have good commercial value. The Philippines rank seventh among the top fish-producing country in the world.

3. FISHERY RESOURCES Employment in the fishing industry amounted to 1,614,368 fishing operators nationwide (NSO 2002 Census for Fisheries), of which the municipal fisheries sector accounted for more than one million (1,371,676) operators while the commercial and aquaculture sectors added some 16,497 and 226,195 operators, respectively.

4. FISHERY RESOURCES The fishing industry provides employment to about one million Filipinos in total or around 3% of the country’s labor force. Sixty-eight percent from municipal fishing, 26% from aquaculture, and 6% from commercial fishing.

5. Presentation Design Environmental Concerns on Fishing The Republic Act No. 10654 is an act that aims to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, amending Republic Act No. 8550, otherwise known as “The Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998.”

6. Presentation Design Environmental Concerns on Fishing Overfishing

7. Presentation Design Environmental Concerns on Fishing Illegal Fishing

8. Presentation Design Environmental Concerns on Fishing Destruction of Coral Reefs

9. Presentation Design Environmental Concerns on Fishing Pollution

10. Presentation Design Environmental Concerns on Fishing Mining and unmindful human activities

11. LAND AND SOIL RESOURCES The total land area of the Philippines is about 30 million hectares, half of which is classified as forest lands, 47% as alienable and disposable lands, and the remaining 3% as unclassified forestlands. Around 33% of its total land area is devoted to agriculture.

12. LAND AND SOIL RESOURCES The Philippines' primary source of livelihood is its fertile land. The country's major crops are rice, corn, sugarcane, coconut, abaca, tobacco, bananas, and pineapples. Therefore, soil resources are very important to the Philippine economy.

13. Presentation Design Classification of soils and Their Suitability 1. Inceptisols – most suitable for cultivated crops. Half of the country’s soil is inceptisols .

14. Presentation Design Classification of soils and Their Suitability Entisols , Vertisols , and Mollisols – suitable for rice and other crops.

15. Presentation Design Classification of soils and Their Suitability 3. Ultisols – high in erodability and have low nutrient content. This type of soil is found in steep areas and is best suited for woodland, recreation , and wildlife.

16. Presentation Design SOIL EROSION Problems on Land and Soil Resources r efers to the wearing away of a field’s topsoil, which is high in organic matter and fertile, by the natural physical forces of water and wind.

17. Presentation Design LAND CONVERSION  It is the process of changing the status of tracts of land from agricultural to nonagricultural. Problems on Land and Soil Resources

18. MINERAL RESOURCES The country’s large reserves of minerals have placed it fifth in the minerals industry of the world, third in gold reserves, fourth in copper, and fifth in nickel. 

19.  Among the important metallic minerals found in abundance in various parts of the country include gold, copper, iron chromite, nickel, cobalt, and platinum, while our nonmetallic resources include sand and gravel, limestone, marble, clay, and other quarry materials. MINERAL RESOURCES

20. Impacts of Mining 1.      Biodiversity and Ecosystem Ecosystem is destroyed  Reforestation as mandated by law should be done by mining corporations. However, no amount of reforestation can bring back a damaged biodiversity and ecological system. 

21. Impacts of Mining 2.     Livelihood and Employment The clearing of lands and forests redirects local people to new jobs, in the mining sites.  Every morning company with permission to excavate and extract minerals is given 25 years to operate and another 25 years upon evaluation. 

22. Impacts of Mining 3. Health Working at mining sites exposes one to health hazards from mining waste and chemicals that remain in the soil and in the water. Dusts, spills from chemicals, and fumes can poison a worker and may cause lifelong damage.

23. Impacts of Mining Heavy Lifting Use of Heavy and Loud Equipment Long work Hours Dusty Environment 3. Health

24. Impacts of Mining 4. Contribution to the Economy The government earns a little from the mining industry. This can be attributed to fiscal policies and existing regulations on mining such as the following mentioned by Mr. Christian Monsod in his speech on March 2, 2012.

25. Presentation Design Balancing the Equation on Mining  Mining projects in the Philippines require an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) and a feasibility study in order to see their viability for both the government and the mining corporations. 

26. Presentation Design Representatives from the mining sector such as Manuel V. Pangilinan who is the head of Philex , the country’s largest gold producer, claim that most mines are situated in not-so-arable lands which are not good for farming. Balancing the Equation on Mining

27. Presentation Design Proposed Actions to Balance the Equation Small-scale and illegal mining operations are the ones committing the following violations.

28. 1. Subject both large-scale mining and small-scale mining to the same regulations and sanctions . a . absence of health and safety measures b . employment of child workers c . exploitation of women d . nonexistence of livelihood plans e . noncompliance to the rehabilitation program for mining sites

29. 2 . Harmonize both national and policies on mining. 3 . Train and increase the c ompetence of mining regulators. 4 . Increase the quantity and quality of regulatory staff. These are the people who inspect mining activities to check if they are complying with the rules.

30. 5. Create an independent environmental commission. 6. Create a profit-sharing scheme that will guarantee appropriate share to the government. There should be equitable sharing of mining benefits between the  national and local government units. 7 . Timely remittance of taxes due local government units should be given.

31. The proposed actions mentioned by Mr. Pangilinan are named in the hope that everyone, both environmentalists and those for development, can be united while developing the land’s God-given gifts and at the same time making it equally beneficial to all stakeholders.

32. Rimberio Co Presentation Design The environment must be maintained in order to protect the survival of life in the future.

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