Philippine Forest Cover, 2010

Mangrove Forest
4.54%

Closed Forest
28.28%

Open Forest
67.18%

Forest Cover by Type

(in hectares) Area Covered % of Area
Total Forest Cover 6,839,832 100.00%
Closed 1,934,048 28.28%
Open 4,595,191 67.18%
Mangrove 310,593 4.54%

Forest Cover within Forest Land Forest Cover within Alienable and Disposable Land
(in hectares) Area Covered % of Area (in hectares) Area Covered % of Area
Total Forest Cover w/in Forest Land 6,100,696 89.19% Total Forest Cover w/in A and D Land 739,135 10.81%
Closed 1,817,173 26.57% Closed 116,875 1.71%
Open 4,079,933 59.65% Open 515,258 7.53%
Mangrove 203,591 2.98% Mangrove 107,002 1.56%
Forest Cover by Province
(in hectares)

Top 10 Provinces in Terms of Forest Cover Area PROVINCES with VAST FOREST COVER

RANK REGION PROVINCE FOREST COVER LAND AREA Palawan

1 MIMAROPA Palawan 693,931 1,489,626 Isabela

2 R2 Isabela 378,637 1,066,456 Cagayan

3 R2 Cagayan 342,994 904,026 Agusan Del Sur
4 R13 Agusan Del Sur 342,736 896,550
Surigao Del Sur
5 R13 Surigao Del Sur 226,805 455,216
6 R4A Quezon 226,193 870,660 Quezon

7 CAR Apayao 223,121 392,790 Apayao

8 R3 Aurora 218,588 323,954 Aurora
9 R10 Bukidnon 202,322 829,378
Bukidnon
10 R2 Nueva Vizcaya 193,708 390,387
Nueva Vizcaya

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Area (in thousand hectares)

PROVINCES with LEAST FOREST COVER

Bottom 10 Provinces in Terms of Forest Cover Area
Guimaras
RANK REGION PROVINCE FOREST COVER LAND AREA
Siquijor
1 R6 Guimaras 776 60,457
2 R7 Siquijor 903 27,887 Batanes

3 R2 Batanes 1,819 20,928 Metro Manila

4 NCR Metro Manila 2,120 63,600 Cavite
5 R4A Cavite 2,540 128,755
6 R4A Batangas 4,256 316,581 Batangas

7 R10 Camiguin 5,718 25,286 Camiguin

8 R1 La Union 5,880 149,309 La Union

9 R5 Masbate 6,778 404,769
Masbate
10 R3 Pampanga 7,465 218,068
Pampanga

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Area (in thousand hectares)
Forest Cover Density by Province
(in hectares)

PROVINCES with HIGH FOREST COVER DENSITY PROVINCES with LOW FOREST COVER DENSITY

Aurora Guimaras

Apayao Batangas

Surigao Del Sur Masbate

Nueva Vizcaya Cavite

Palawan Cebu

Benguet Siquijor

Tawi-Tawi Metro Manila

Eastern Samar Pampanga

Quirino Pangasinan
Mountain Province La Union
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 0.00% 0.50% 1.00% 1.50% 2.00% 2.50% 3.00% 3.50% 4.00% 4.50%
Percentage Forest Cover vs Land Area Percentage Forest Cover vs Land Area

Top 10 Provinces with High Forest Cover Density Bottom 10 Provinces with Low Forest Cover Density
RANK REGION PROVINCE FOREST COVER LAND AREA % DENSITY RANK REGION PROVINCE FOREST COVER LAND AREA % DENSITY
1 R3 Aurora 218,588 323,954 67.48% 10 R1 La Union 5,880 149,309 3.94%
2 CAR Apayao 223,121 392,790 56.80% 9 R1 Pangasinan 18,736 536,818 3.49%
3 R13 Surigao Del Sur 226,805 455,216 49.82% 8 R3 Pampanga 7,465 218,068 3.42%
4 R2 Nueva Vizcaya 193,708 390,387 49.62% 7 NCR Metro Manila 2,120 63,600 3.33%
5 MIMAROPA Palawan 693,931 1,489,626 46.58% 6 R7 Siquijor 903 27,887 3.24%
6 CAR Benguet 119,626 265,538 45.05% 5 R7 Cebu 14,407 509,237 2.83%
7 ARMM Tawi-Tawi 47,531 108,740 43.71% 4 R4A Cavite 2,540 128,755 1.97%
8 R8 Eastern Samar 186,201 433,965 42.91% 3 R5 Masbate 6,778 404,769 1.67%
9 R2 Quirino 127,714 305,720 41.77% 2 R4A Batangas 4,256 316,581 1.34%
10 CAR Mountain Province 87,266 209,733 41.61% 1 R6 Guimaras 776 60,457 1.28%

Note: Land Area is based on the 2006 Land Classification data of NAMRIA