Philippines forest cover, by province (2003, 2010 and 2015)

Even with various protection laws in place, the Philippines lost more than 154,000 hectares of forest cover between 2003 and 2015. The area lost is the size of La Union or London or 2,302 SM Mall of Asia complexes.

Notes: ▪ 2015 data are based on digitally classified Landsat 8 imageries with 30-meter resolution taken in 2014-2016 with ground validation. The datasets are projected in UTM Zone 51N except Palawan (Zone 50N), with PRS 92 horizontal datum. ▪ 2010 data are generated through the visual interpretation of images of the Philippines taken from various earth observation satellites. These are ALOS AVNIR-2, SPOT5 and Landsat. ▪ 2003 data are results of the joint undertaking of the FMB and NAMRIA using the 2001-2003 satellite imageries with 30-meter resolution. ▪ Details may not add up to total due to rounding. ▪ *Davao Occidental was created through Republic Act No. 10360 enacted on July 23, 2013. ▪ **Cotabato City is the regional center of BARMM. ▪ ***Not included in 2003 data. Source: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA)