TITLE: STATEMENT ABOUT DISASTERS AND ILLEGAL LOGGING IN DAVAO AND AGUSAN

AUTHOR: Kalinaw Southeastern Mindanao (Facebook Page)

DATE PUBLISHED: Feb. 3, 2024

KEY INFO: Two similar incidents that occurred in Agusan del Sur involves vehicles that were flagged at a checkpoint. The drivers of aforementioned vehicles failed to show required documents, and declined to conduct a thorough inspection for their logging operations.

Kalinaw SEMR stated that irresponsible logging has serious environmental consequences, such as its contribution to deforestation. The absence of sustainable logging practices exacerbates soil erosion and increases the likelihood of landslides, as seen by recent natural disasters in Davao Region. Furthermore, the degradation of forest cover reduces the natural ability to absorb water, escalating the effects of flooding.

https://www.themindanaojournal.com/of-environmental-and-political-changes-letters-from-davao-by-jun-ledesma/?fbclid=IwAR0R8f_L2gDuc6KG7pCBvvA7FHx9HXSYt0aRCWAO1qkZvENGvwtO9eT6fJA

TITLE: Of environmental and political changes (Letters from Davao by Jun Ledesma)

AUTHOR: The Mindanao Journal

DATE PUBLISHED: Feb. 16, 2024

KEY INFO: Nonstop rainfall devastated numerous cities in Davao de Oro, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Norte, including Agusan del Sur. The inundation of infrastructures rendered numerous remote barangays unreachable. There were landslides and floods covering the highways, and, consequently, there were several casualties because the locals were unprepared.

TITLE: Philippine storm deaths blamed on logging

AUTHOR: NBC News

DATE PUBLISHED: December 3, 2004

KEY INFO: The country’s forest cover is now less than 18 percent, mostly located in the large southern islands of Palawan and Mindanao, from 64 percent in 1920.

TITLE: Born to be Wild: Effects of deforestation in the Philippines

AUTHOR: GMA Public Affairs

DATE PUBLISHED: May 15, 2019

KEY INFO: Deforestation causes desertification of lands in Surigao, Philippines.

TITLE: Illegal logging endangers south Philippines

AUTHOR: Al Jazeera

DATE PUBLISHED: Jan 22, 2012

KEY INFO: When a tropical storm struck the south of the Philippines in December, killing more than 1,000 people, illegal logging was blamed for making the damage much worse.

TITLE: MINDANAO REGION'S INTER-REGIONAL TASK FORCE AGAINST ILLEGAL LOGGING REINFORCED

AUTHOR: Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DATE PUBLISHED: November 10. 2021

KEY INFO: Efforts by DENR XI’s Regional Executive Director Bagani Fidel A. Evasco to strengthen inter-region partnership and alliance to combat illegal logging across Mindanao.

TITLE: “The Last Mindanao Watersheds: Lessons from Mindanao Environmental Struggle” | “The Last Mindanao Watersheds: Lessons from Mindanao Environmental Struggle”

AUTHOR: Institution of Philippine Culture

DATE PUBLISHED: September 28,2022

KEY INFO: The significant decline in forest coverage of Mindanao with Bukidnon having 35% of forested areas left.

TITLE: 6 dead in Mindanao floods, landslides

AUTHOR: GMA NEWS

DATE PUBLISHED: February 2, 2024

KEY INFO: Areas in Mindanao are affected by landslides sending thousands of people to emergency shelters, with 3 people dead in Maragusan landslides and having 1 missing.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/2024/02/07/mining-and-deforestation-cause-flooding-and-landslides-in-davao/

TITLE: Mining and deforestation cause flooding and landslides in Davao

AUTHOR: Philippine Revolution Web Central-PRWC

DATE PUBLISHED: Feb. 7, 2024

KEY INFO: Due to the ongoing deforestation in the area of Davao, it led to landslides and floods in most parts of the city.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2-6ygzEy3o

TITLE: Lawmaker blames rampant illegal logging as cause of severe flooding in Davao Del Norte

AUTHOR: UNTV News and Rescue

DATE PUBLISHED: Feb. 2, 2024

KEY INFO: Illegal logging is the primary issue of deforestation. It causes severe flooding and environmental damage in the lands of Davao Del Norte.

https://www.cmu.edu.ph/fauna-and-flora-of-mt-agad-agad-iligan-city-lanao-del-norte-a-photographic-field-guide/

TITLE: FAUNA AND FLORA OF MT. AGAD-AGAD ILIGAN CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC FIELD GUIDE.

AUTHOR: Central Mindanao University

DATE PUBLISHED: Feb. 2, 2024

KEY INFO: In collaboration with the City Government of Iligan, the CMU - University Press published a book about the current state of Mt. Agad-Agad's flora and fauna conservation. The stakeholders will use the book as a guide to safeguard the mountain's vegetation, animals, and trees.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666660X23000233

TITLE: Overview of priorities, threats, and challenges to biodiversity conservation in the southern Philippines

AUTHOR: Regional Sustainability, ScienceDirect

DATE PUBLISHED: May 19, 2023

KEY INFO: Agduma et al. (2023) highlighted the influence of mining, deforestation, and agricultural expansion on biodiversity conservation in Mindanao, among other major threats and challenges to biodiversity. According to their findings, areas lacking knowledge on biodiversity should also be the focus of biodiversity conservation, in addition to those having high levels of biodiversity.

TITLE: Deforestation and Forest Criminals in Mindanao: Nature’s Message Being Ignored.

AUTHOR: Gaye Crispin

DATE PUBLISHED: July. 2, 2012

KEY INFO: Gaye Crispin's statement about deforestation and forest criminals in Mindanao points out the root causes of trees being cut down and causing environmental issues and advocates herself to end the havoc caused by the forest criminals in Mindanao.

TITLE: Anne-Marie Bakker - Planting Trees for Peace & Security - DOING GOOD PODCAST

AUTHOR: Amra Naidoo

DATE PUBLISHED: March. 8, 2017

KEY INFO: This podcast is about the advocacy in planting trees in the Philippines and to have peace and security in the environment, this is tackled about by Anne-Marie Bakker who is a Partnerships Director at FEED; Part-Time PhD in Development Studies Spec. Social Forestry at University of the Philippines Los Baños and it is hosted by the Doing Good Podcast by Amra Naidoo.

TITLE: Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Robin Broad & John Cavanagh

DATE PUBLISHED: Jan. 1, 1993

KEY INFO: The authors have documented the experiences of the people whose livelihoods are disappearing along with their country's natural riches as they travel through the lush jungles of Mindanao. The outcome is a motivational and educational story about how laborers joined together to stop the looting and to better their own lives. Since they are aware that the land and the seas are essential to their survival, they oppose open-pit mining, replant trees, and block logging trucks in order to give young people hope for the future.

TITLE: Philippines | Flooding and landslides over 28 January - 10 February - DG ECHO Daily Map | 22/02/2024

AUTHOR: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)

DATE PUBLISHED: February 22 2024

KEY INFO: The death toll of the February 6,2024 landslide has resulted with 98 deaths, with 8 persons missing in Barangay Masara landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro.

TITLE: Tayo Tayo Para sa Tampakan

AUTHOR: Samahan.Tampakan

DATE PUBLISHED: November 21, 2020

KEY INFO: 10,000 Hectares of Land are being claimed against the Blaans by Tampakan Mining.

TITLE: Protect our Forests – WWF PSA Campaign

AUTHOR: World Wildlife Fund

DATE PUBLISHED: March 21, 2017

KEY INFO: Eighty percent of the world’s known terrestrial plant and animal species can be found in forests. Almost 300 million people, particularly in developing countries, live in forests too. But threats to the world’s forests are growing. We are losing huge swathes of forests at an alarming rate due to expanding agriculture and illegal and unsustainable logging.

TITLE: Drawing Philippine Native Trees for Forest Protection

AUTHOR: Cynthia Bauzon-Arre

DATE PUBLISHED: Nov. 28, 2018

KEY INFO: The art created by Cynthia Bauzon-Arre is shown to advocate and show the rest of the world how beautiful the forest are. The main purpose of the art is to reach the mind of the people and to protect the forests of the Philippines in relation to Mindanao.

TITLE: State of the World's Forests 2011 Regenerating Forests in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

DATE PUBLISHED: August 24, 2015

KEY INFO: Presented in this video is the vital role of local communities in managing, conserving and developing forests. In particular, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) partnered with the Philippines Government to promote ANR (Assisted Natural Regeneration) as a way of regenerating the forests.