A PIDS study found that the significant decrease in the country’s forest cover may have been caused by lax legislation promoting extractive industries. From 2000 to 2010, policies are mostly focused on establishing extractive industries like timber and lumber businesses, contracting, and land conversion, resulting in significant forest degradation. To counter the repercussions brought by earlier policies, the study urges that the Sustainable Forest Management Bill be passed to campaign for more sustainable methods of forest management. It adds that people on the ground, especially the enforcement personnel, need to be strengthened and be provided with enough incentives to relatively ease the burden of enforcement. Know more about the study titled “Forest Protection in the Philippines” here: https://www.pids.gov.ph/publications/6767
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