GROUP 1

MT.MARAMI & PICNIC

GROVE
CASE STUDY
Introduction
In today’s generation, we cannot underestimate the importance of
our forests and our natural environment. We depend on forests for our
survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. Besides providing
habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer
watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigate climate change.
Yet, despite our dependence on forests, we are still allowing them to
disappear. An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest,
which is roughly the size of the country of Panama, are lost each year,
according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO).

The Philippines is one of the most severely deforested countries in

the tropics and most deforestation has happened in the last 40 years.
Estimates place forest cover in the Philippines in the year 1900 at 21
million hectares, covering 70 % of the total land area. By 1999, forests
covered 5.5 million hectares; only 800,000 hectares of this was primary
Overview of the Case
PICNIC GROVE
In 1956 to 1964 during the presidencies of Carlos P. Garcia and
Diosdado Macapagal, Tagaytay seek to promote a new image as
the top tourist city. The 13 hectares Picnic Grove was built but
was soon abandoned. Between the period of 1970 to 1975
moneyed families in Manila started to build their weekend
residences along the ridge. Picnic Grove was cleaned –up and
refurbished. On December 22, 1980 the City Government
through the management of Picnic Grove to the National
Government through the Department of Tourism’s and
HSDC/SICOR/PTA. Last 23 December 2005, after twenty-five
(25) years of managing the Picnic Grove the department of