Philippines
Philippines
Total Population | 99,138,690 in 2014 | |
Rural Population | 50,033,879 in 2014 | 50% of total population |
Total country area | 30,000,000 ha | |
Total land area (excluding inland water bodies) | 29,817,000 ha | |
Total forest land | 15,805,325 ha in 2014 | 53% of total land area |
Total forested cover | 6,839,718 ha in 2010 | 23% of total land area |
43% of total forest land | ||
Established forest reserve | 3,270,146 ha | 21% of total forest land |
Established timber land | 10,056,020 ha | 64% of total forest land |
National parks, wildlife sanctuaries & wilderness areas | 1,340,997 ha | 8% of total forest land |
Forest cover change | -46,955 per year (-0.66%) from 2003–2010 | |
Carbon stocks | 1,289.90 mmt | |
Community based forest management (CBFMA, CADT, CALT, etc.) | 4,018,952 ha in 2013 | |
Community forestry policies and programmes | Community Based Forest Management, as established by Executive Order No 263 | |
Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies and programmes | Philippine Climate Change Act (2009) RA 9729
National Climate Change Action Plan
Local Climate Change Action Plan
National Framework Strategy on Climate Change Executive
Order No. 881 on REDD+ planning and development
Philippine National REDD+ Strategy (2010)
National Greening Program
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Sources: FAO 2015g; Forest Management Bureau (FMB) 2014a; Philippine Statistics Authority 2015; Philippines Yearbook 2014