grade 9 health education

2. ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
1. Can we prevent typhoons
from happening?
2. How can we prepare
against this natural
phenomenon?
3. How can you relate the
effects of these
phenomena from human
Can you recall previous
typhoon that hit our country?

3. DEFORESTATION
-is the destruction of big areas of forest.
The Philippines is among the countries with
the fastest loss of forest cover around the
world.
It ranks 4th among the world’s top 10 most
threatened hotspots. If the 157,400 ha per
year rate of deforestation continues, our
remaining forest cover will be wiped out in
less than 40 years.
What do you think are the reasons
why there is fast loss in our forest
cover?
What are our governments way in
preventing this problem?
How can we help to promote the
government policy in this problem?

4. DEFORESTATION

5. FLASHFLOOD
is a sudden flood of great volume, usually
caused by a heavy rain. Illegal logging is
another factor believed to have
contributed to the staggering death toll in
cities.
In cities, what other factors
that may cause flash floods?

6. FLASHFLOOD

7. ILLEGALMINING
is defined as the extraction of valuable
minerals or other geological materials from
earth from an ore body, vein, seam, or reef,
which forms the mineralized package of
economic interest to the miner in the absence
of land right, mining license, exploration or
mineral transportation permit or of any
document that could legitimate the on-going
operations.
In what area in our region where subject
by illegal mining?
What do you think are the reason while
some people promote illegal mining?

8. ILLEGALMINING

9. SOILEROSION