It takes a hundred of
years for a tree to fully grow into a large and strong one, but it only takes a
minute to cut them off in the forests. Every
tree in the forest consists of numbers of animals that makes it a habitat.
Therefore, cutting
trees in a forest may destroy the homes of some animals which may cause of
unsure life sustainability because of lack of shelters for them. This habitat
destruction may result to reduction of Oxygen which may affect the extinctions
of some living organisms.
“No one says there is an increase in real
forest cover in the Philippines. Maybe there is an increase in the number of
trees, but it is not the forest we idealize, romanticize, log or even live in,”
says Peter Walpole, executive director of the Ateneo de Manila University’s
Environmental Science for Social Change. “We have lost most of our forest of
hold over the past 50 years and, along with them, many of the ecological
services they provide.”
Can you imagine life without Deforestation? It’s the total opposite of what we are currently experiencing right now. No or minimal extreme calamities will be encountered, no flash floods that can kill a lot of people and can destroys houses and shelters, there will be minimal natural hazards, and more foods and shelters will be provided for animals and other living organisms in the forest, and increased production of Carbon Dioxide which is one of the sources of life.
“Deforestation in the Philippines is attributed to two things, increasing agriculture and illegal logging,” a statement from a Case Study conducted by TED. “Deforestation in this case is a two step process, conversion of primary to secondary forests by logging, and then removal of secondary forests by the expansion of agriculture, mainly small subsistence cultivation. Interestingly enough, population growth is not a driving force behind deforestation in the Philippines.”
Rampant cuttings of trees have caused many disasters which affected the lives of many people and their territories. The country’s wildlife resources are also threatened with extinction by massive deforestation.
“592 of the 1,137 species of amphibians, birds and mammals found only in the Philippines are considered ‘threatened or endangered,’” said DENR’s Joselito Atienza. “some 227 endemic species of plants are ‘critically endangered.’”
Now, you think twice and thrice before you cut a single tree that is remaining here on earth. Let us take care of what we still have right now, consume enough resource. Preserve everything that exist here on earth, and don’t be so greedy of those spare resources.
Reference: http://www.gaiadiscovery.com/agriculture-industry/rate-of-deforestation-in-philippines-erodes-topsoil-kills-wi.html
By: Jean Carolline P. Endozo
Laws regarding illegal cutting of trees must be fully implemented and regulated here in our country. Floods and landslides are two of the effects of deforestation. One single tree cut may result to a hundreds or even millions of lives wasted so let's start preserving our natural resources before it's too late to act.
ReplyDeleteNaaalala ko tuloy noong nasa elementarya ako, mayroong isang tula na ipinasaulo sa amin na tungkol sa puno ng Nyog o mas kilala sa tawag na "Coconut Tree". Sa tulang ito inilathala ang iba't ibang gamit at silbi ng punong ito sa atin. Mapa industriya man, damit, kasangkapan sa bahay or simpleng pagkain. Marahil hindi natin napapansin ngunit ang mga punong ito ay naglilinis ng hangin para sa atin, sumsasalo ng posibleng baha at pumipigil sa pagragasa ng lupa. Sana sa artikulong ito ay mamulat ang Pilipino at tigilan na ang pagputol sa mga puno ng walang pahintulot.
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