Before we go through
the different issues regarding the effects of deforestation, let’s first know
what deforestation means.
A
forest is where a group of trees are bound together in one place which became
the primary resources here on earth and especially in our own country, the
Republic of the Philippines, and it is a place where a lot of living creatures
live. Deforestation is a process where forests are converted into farms,
ranches, and most of them are used for urban zones expansions.
Years
had passed by, a lot of calamities were experienced which caused too many lives.
Most of those issues that, until now, our country experiences are those
numerous storms which caused flash floods and great disasters. Floods or Flash
floods occur because there are no enough trees to drain the water, and because
our tree resources are not enough to hold the soil from higher areas,
landslides also happens sometimes. These had destroyed a lot of crops,
fisheries, buildings, bridges, and other properties and it also had greatly
affected the lives of many people.
There
many occurrences wherein our country experienced those high-impact floods and
uncertain landslides but the worst flooding disaster that is triggered happened
in the year 2010 which according to research and statistics, “40 people were
dead, 453,000 people were displaced, and 1.2 million people were affected with
these tragedy.”
According
to some, floods and landslides caused problems in the Philippines. Another case
happened only last year 2011 which according to findings, “684,153 people
have been displaced and hundreds of people have died in 24 provinces throughout
the Philippines.” Aside from those people that have been hurt by the hazardous
condition, hundreds of houses and properties are also destroyed. And it is also
reported that 1.5 million of people are impacted by the flood.
The 2
situations given are just some of the occurrences that happened on two previous
years. These two just shows how deforestations affect everything and each one
of us.
It is sad to see that many lives are affected by the wrath of nature. But it is more sad to see that many innocent lives like children are being affected even they did nothing. But it is also a learning for us people to take care of what makes us alive.
ReplyDeleteMany people get affected by these disasters and also, they also, most of them are aware of the root cause them. They only seek for help when something tragic happens to them. What they ignore is that they are also the who is putting their lives in danger by deforestation. They do not act against it for their safety. Sad but true. This should go out to more people especially to those who have high power in the government to prevent those disasters from happening again. Good blog post.
ReplyDeletePeople never learned and still think only about money and themselves. They are selfish and didn't think of the possible consequences of their actions.
ReplyDeleteWith this problem, the country came up with laws to govern the people and provide punishment to those who will violate it. The Joint Memorandum Circular No. 98-01 is like a compilation of related laws that protects our environment. They also penalize people caught doing illegal logging and the like.
People should always think for before they act. Because one wrong move and it sometimes cause lives of the innocents.
Like what a popular Filipino passage says: "Ang lahat ng basurang itinapon natin, ay babalik din sa atin."
ReplyDeleteLet's all be responsible for what God has given us. As the stewards of His creations, we must act NOW.
-Jaybee Domingo
This is what we call KARMA. We do bad things to our nature, then the nature will take its revenge. Too bad that there are innocent lives that are affected in this revenge made by our nature. See the logic? People do bad things to our nature, but those INNOCENT people is the most affected one. Let us stop being rude to our nature because being rude to nature is like being rude to those INNOCENT people.
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