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NCR
LAND
The political and administrative boundaries
of the National Capital Region has not changed
since its formation in 1975 as a public corporation
under Presidential Decree No. 824. Under said
edict, Metro Manila is composed of the cities and
municipalities of Manila, Caloocan,
Mandaluyong, Makati, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig,
Pateros, Quezon, Muntinlupa, Marikina, Las Pinas,
Malabon, Navotas, San Juan, Taguig and
Valenzuela. In 1995, Congress enacted into law
Republic Act No. 7924, reconstituting Metro
Manila as a “special development and
administrative region” subject to direct supervision of the President of the
Philippines. No significant changes however were made in the geopolitical
boundaries of the region under RA 7924. The only notable changes that has
happened since then was the reclassification of some municipalities into cities.
To this day, only the town of Pateros remains classified as a municipality out of
the 17 Local Government Units (LGUs) comprising the region. The region has a
total land area of 63,600 hectares, more than half of which are classified as
residential/commercial. The largest of the cities in terms of land area is Quezon
City while the smallest is San Juan, with 17,171 and 595 hectares respectively.
GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Region 4A - CALABARZON
LAND
Land is considered as the
principal instrument in fostering
social justice, development,
provision of decent dwellings,
and health conditions (UN,
1976).
Land resource quality in the Region has been decreasing due to erosion,
deforestation, and land conversion. Moreover, the changing weather patterns
during the past years have brought prolonged droughts and excessive rains.
These certainly affect productivity of the land, including quality of surface water.
Lower yields in crops and poor survival of plantations are to be expected.
The Bureau of Soils and Water Management came up with Land
Degradation Assessment and identified soil erosion hotspot covering a total of
238,153.84 hectares within the Region. Per Landslide Susceptibility Map
produced by the Decision and Support Services Office (DSSO) of DENR Region
IV-A in January of CY 2011, large portion of Rizal is highly susceptible to landslide,
while bigger portions of lands within Cavite and Batangas have low susceptibility
(see Figure 2).
GEOLOGICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
As provided by the
MGB-Region IV-A in 2008,
Batangas province has the
highest potential for copper
ore, gold, lead, and clay. Moreover, Batangas is the only province with barite
and gypsum. On the other hand, Rizal province reportedly has the highest
potential in terms of iron, limestone, shale/silica, and concrete aggregate/sand
gravel,
As of July 2011, more than 30,000 hectares are being excavated for sand
and gravel, and explored for gold, copper, silica, zinc, basalt, andesite,
limestone, etc. content within Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, and Laguna provinces.
REGION 4B – MIMAROPA
LAND
As of 2011, a total of 83
Community-Based Forest
Management (CBFM)
Agreements were signed by the DENR in the region involving 47,926 hectares of
forestland, and benefitting 12,328 households and 83 people's organizations. The
CBFM is a government strategy which "gives the management of forests back to
the people." It offers long-term security of tenure to partner-communities and
promotes an integrated approach to sustainable forest resource management.
Bicol Region has a large amount of rich flat land, and agriculture is the largest
component of the economy, followed by commercial fishing. Coconuts, abaca,
banana, coffee and jackfruit are the top five permanent crops in the region.
Rice and corn are among the chief seasonal crops. Mining is also one of the
contributors to the region's economy.
GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Bicol Region is volvanic in origin and part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Volcanism is evident by the number of hot springs, crater lakes, and volcanoes
that dot the region starting from Mount Labo in Camarines Norte to the Gate
Mountains in Matnog, Sorsogon. Mayon Volcano is the most prominent of the
volcanoes in the region, famous for its perfect conical shape and for being the
most active in the country. Other volcanoes include Bulusan Volcano, Mount
Isarog, Mount Iriga, Mount Malinao, Mount Masaraga, and the Pocdol
Mountains. The region is endowed with rich mineral resources, which include
gold, copper, guano, rock phosphate, marble, silver, lead and manganese.
References:
https://ncr.denr.gov.ph/index.php/about-us/regional-profile
https://calabarzon.denr.gov.ph/index.php/about-us/regional-profile/reg-prof-state-reg-enr
https://mimaropa.denr.gov.ph/index.php/about-us/regional-profile
https://r5.denr.gov.ph/index.php/about-us/regional-profile
http://region5.mgb.gov.ph/
http://region4a.mgb.gov.ph/mgb-iv-a-conducts-hydrogeological-survey-in-batangas-city/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki