1. The document discusses sustainable forest management in the Philippines, noting that forests cover around 6.4 million hectares but are threatened by conversion and illegal logging. 2. Experts state that while forests can reduce small-scale flooding, they have limited impact on major floods, and floods result more from excessive rainfall than logging. 3. Selective logging practiced by companies like SUDECOR involves harvesting only mature trees from 25 blocks per year, preserving biodiversity and carbon sequestration through residual growth.

7. Consumption/Sources of Wood 3 M cum - Industrial Round Timber (Logs) 40 M cum - Fuelwood, including Charcoal (Source: 2008 Phil. Forestry Statistics. DENR/FMB Sources of Wood Supply (in cum roundwood equiv., 5-yr ave. - 1999/2003) Type of Wood Consumption Local Import Unaccounted/Presumed illegal Industrial Wood 3 M 0.6 M 1.5 M 0.9 M Fuelwood 40 M 40 M nil n.k.

13. SUSTAINABLE TIMBER HARVESTING COMPATIBLE WITH BIODIVERSITY: SUDECOR EXPERIENCE (ITTO/UN-FAO STUDY) 1996 2003