Resources of the

Philippines

Dann Vincent G. Manapol

BSCS - CS 3-2
 A forest is a large area of
Forest
trees.Hundreds of more precise
definitions of forest are used
throughout the world,
incorporating factors such as tree
density, tree height, land use,
legal standing and ecological
function.
The Bakhawan Eco-Park is a 220-
hectare mangrove forest located
in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines. The
mangrove reforestation project
started in 1990 when the local
government and several non-
 Balbalasang-Balbalan National
Forests
Park (also known as Mount
Balbalasang National Park) is a
protected area of the Philippines
located in the municipality of
Balbalan, Kalinga in the Cordillera
Administrative Region. The park
covers an area of 1,338 hectares
and is centered on Mount
Balbalasang in the barangay of
the same name near the
provincial border with Abra.
Dubbed the "green heart of the
Cordillera",the park is
 marine life refers to organisms
Marine
that live in salt water. These can
include a diverse array of plants,
animals and microbes (tiny
organisms) such as bacteria and
archaea.
Lutoban - The fisherman's
association is eager to re-
establish the MPA which took
away most bouys and ropes.
Since then enforcement has
unfortunately disappeared and
fish stocks have gone down. We
see many of the species here that
 Basak - MPA of Zamboanguita.
Marine
Divers from different diveshops
come here for the schools of
Barracuda and Jackfish. The MPA
rules are reasonably enforced
here since a few years already
and the results are visible. The
abundance and diversity of fish is
large much larger than at other
sites. The site often has strong
currents, making the water clear
and attract more pelagics.
Major factors that destroys
marine life are Pollution and
 land resources - natural
Land
resources in the form of arable
land. resources available from the
land, thus the agricultural land
which contain natural fertilizer for
growth of the products sown; the
underground water, the various
minerals like coal, bauxite, gold
and other raw materials.
Land resource refers to the land
available for exploitation, like non
agricultural lands for buildings,
developing townships etc.