List of Figures

Figure 1 Forest cover by type from 2003 to 2015 Figure 2 Forest cover within forestlands and alienable and disposable lands in 2010 and 2015 Figure 3 Top 10 provinces in terms of forest cover area in 2010 and 2015 Figure 4 Top 10 provinces in terms of forest cover density in 2010 and 2015 Figure 5 Top 10 regions in terms of forest cover area in protected areas in 2010 (A) and 2015 (B)

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Forestcover in thousand hectares 0 Closed Forest Mangrove Forest Open Forest Plantation Total Forest Cover 2003 2,560,872.000 247,362.000 4,030,588.000 329,578.000 7,168,400.000 2010 1,934,032.474 310,531.469 4,595,154.324 - 6,839,718.266 2015 2,028,015.091 303,402.939 4,681,370.563 - 7,012,788.594

Source: The ’ Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2014; DENR-Forest Management Bureau, 2017 Figure 1. Forest cover by type from 2003 to 2015.

5,000,000 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 - 2010 2015 2010 2015 Forest Cover within Alienable and Forest Cover within Forestland Disposable Land Closed Forest 1,817,173 1,919,173 116,875 109,269 Open Forest 4,079,933 4,347,654 515,258 336,179 Mangrove Forest 203,591 215,969 107,002 87,700

Source: DENR-Forest Management Bureau, 2017 Figure 2. Forest cover within forestlands and alienable and disposable lands in 2010 and 2015.

2010 FOREST COVER LAND AREA RANK REGION PROVINCE (in hectares) (in hectares) 1 MIMAROPA Palawan 692,288 1,489,626 2 R2 Isabela 378,272 1,066,456 del Sur 3 R2 Cagayan 342,994 904,026 del Sur 4 R13 342,736 896,550 5 R13 230,497 455,216 Apayao 6 CALABARZON Quezon 226,805 870,660 7 CAR Apayao 218,588 392,790 8 R3 Aurora 218,340 323,954 9 R10 Bukidnon 202,322 829,378 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 10 R2 Nueva Vizcaya 193,708 390,387 Area (in thousand hectares)

2015 FOREST COVER LAND AREA Palawan RANK REGION PROVINCE (in hectares) (in hectares) Isabela 1 MIMAROPA Palawan 694,459 1,489,626 Agusan del Sur 2 R2 Isabela 391,256 1,066,456 Cagayan 3 R2 Agusan del Sur 374,347 896,550 Apayao 4 R13 Cagayan 348,478 904,026 Quezon Surigao del Sur 5 R13 Apayao 236,353 392,790 Aurora 6 CALABARZON Quezon 228,024 870,660 Bukidnon 7 CAR Surigao del Sur 221,703 455,216 Eastern 8 R3 Aurora 220,295 323,954 9 R10 Bukidnon 203,459 829,378 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 10 R8 182,739 433,965 Area (in thousand hectares)

Source: DENR-Forest Management Bureau, 2017 Figure 3. Top 10 provinces in terms of forest cover area in 2010 and 2015. 2010 Aurora FOREST COVER LAND AREA % RANK REGION PROVINCE Apayao (in hectares) (in hectares) DENSITY 1 R3 Aurora 218,588 323,954 67.48% Surigao del Sur 2 CAR Apayao 223,121 392,790 56.80% Nueva Vizcaya 3 R13 Surigao del Sur 226,805 455,216 49.82% Palawan 4 R2 Nueva Vizcaya 193,708 390,387 49.62% 5 R4B Palawan 693,931 1,489,626 46.58% Tawi-Tawi 6 CAR Benguet 119,626 265,538 45.05% 7 ARMM Tawi-Tawi 47,531 108,740 43.71% Eastern Samar 8 R8 Eastern Samar 186,201 433,965 42.91% 9 R2 Quirino 127,714 305,720 41.77% 10 CAR Mt. Province 87,266 209,733 41.61% 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 2015 FOREST COVER LAND AREA % RANK REGION PROVINCE Aurora (in hectares) (in hectares) DENSITY Apayao 1 R3 Aurora 220,295 323,954 68.00% 2 CAR Apayao 236,353 392,790 60.17% Surigao del Sur 3 R13 Surigao del Sur 228,993 455,216 50.30% Palawan 4 R4B Palawan 697,631 1,489,626 46.83% Nueva Vizcaya 5 R2 Nueva Vizcaya 182,230 390,387 46.68% Mountain Province 6 CAR Mt. Province 94,007 209,733 44.82% Eastern Samar 7 R8 Eastern Samar 182,739 433,965 42.11% 8 R2 Quirino 126,515 305,720 41.38% Quirino 9 CAR Benguet 109,470 265,538 41.23% Benguet 10 CAR 162,930 397,555 40.98% Abra

0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% Source: DENR-Forest Management Bureau, 2017 Figure 4. Top 10 provinces in terms of forest cover density in 2010 and 2015. A

Region 4B (MIMAROPA) Region 2 Region 8 Region 3 Region 10 Closed Forest Region 4B (CALABARZON) Open Forest ARMM Mangrove Forest Region 6 CAR Region 13

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Forest cover (in thousand hectares) B

Region 4B (MIMAROPA) Region 2 Region 8 Region 3 Region 10 Closed Forest Region 4B (CALABARZON) Open Forest ARMM Mangrove Forest Region 6 CAR Region 13

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Forest cover (in thousand hectares)

Source: DENR-Forest Management Bureau, 2017 Figure 5. Top 10 regions in terms of forest cover area in protected areas in 2010 (A) and 2015 (B).