A maligned industry, a defamed profession

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A SIGNIFICANT section of our public discourse is roused into anger every time rice importation is reported in the news. The Senate held a public hearing on the controversial importation of sugar. Social media is full of noise whenever we hear about the importation of onions and fish.

And yet, there is very little disruption in our ordinary lives; no senator rises to deliver a privilege speech, and no grassroots organization mobilizes and rallies against the fact that, as of today, we are practically importing much of our raw wood supply. From a timber exporter, we are now a net timber importer.In 2021, based on the reported data by the Philippine Statistics Authority , our exports of forest-based products amounted to $1.

Thus, an integrated forest plantation-wood industry strategy would lead to an optimal, nature-based approach to carbon sequestration. Planting and harvesting trees, and converting them to wood instead of just keeping them as live biomass, is a dynamic process of carbon sequestration consistent with the tenets of a green economy, where livelihood is enabled through income and employment generation. It also reduces our trade deficit.

 

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