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 Factsheet
RV-FS#05, Series of 2000

Did you know that . . .

the Bicol Region has an average of 10.3 cubic meters
of standing timber per hectare of production forest?

Estimated Production Forest and Volume of Standing Timber in Production ForestIn 1990, the Bicol Region had a total of 421,967 hectares of production forests. Production forests are forests where timber and non-timber resources can be harvested. They include dipterocarp forests 10 percent of which, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), may have been lost to calamities by year 2000. Thus, it is projected that by this year, Bicol Region will only have around 36,653 hectares of production forests.

By this year too, standing timber in these production forests would have reached 4,318,019 cu. m. or an average of 10.3 cu. m. of standing timber per hectare of production forest.

Among provinces, Camarines Sur has the biggest area comprising 31.8 percent of the total production forests of the region. Albay and Camarines Norte have the smallest areas each comprising only 9.8 percent of the region's total.
  

In terms of standing timber, Catanduanes had the biggest stock at 1,966,956 cu. m. while Sorsogon had the least at 201,691 cu. m. These figures make Catanduanes' production forests the most dense at 32.1 cu. m. of standing timber per hectare of production forest or three times more than the region's average.

The presence of timber does not only benefit wood or carpentry works. Trees themselves do more than what most people realize. Trees are able to hold water and are one of the factors that can prevent flooding. Forests and trees also act as "sinks" or absorbers of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. As much as 50 percent of the world's supply of carbon dioxide is absorbed by forests, trees and plant life. Preserving the forests and planting more trees are practical approaches in preserving Mother Earth. 

Estimated Production Forests and Volume of Standing Timber in Production Forest
by Province, Region V: 1998 - 1999

Province Population Total
Land Area
(has.)		 Forest
Land
(has.)		 Production
Forest
(has.)		 Standing
Timber
(cu.m.)		 Density
Region V 4,325,307  1,763,249 541,189 418,302 4,318,091 10.3
Albay 1,005,315 255,257 49,052 41,055 210,880 5.1
Camarines Norte 439,151 211,249 71,219 41,022 382,883 9.3
Camarines Sur 1,432,598 526,682 161,131 132,832 1,555,681 11.7
Catanduanes 202,464 151,148 77,823 61,328 1,966,956 32.1
Masbate 653,852 404,769 141,385 131,178 - -
Sorsogon 591,927 214,144 40,579 10,887 201,691 18.5

Source of basic data: Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region V

 
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