Philippines Country Snapshot

Philippine citizen's snapshot Basic population population 86.97 million (2006) * GDP PHP 1364.5 B (1st quarter of 2006) * 8% main languages ​​Tagalog, English, Spanish GDP growth rate (2006 Yearly latest) ** Currency Philippine Peso (PHP) Inflation 3% (estimated in August 2006) US-based multi-democracy, including executive chairperson, bicameral system parliament and Supreme Court ruled on the Constitution You can drop it.

The Philippines, the Manila - the Philippines, or the Republic of the Philippines has 7,107 islands in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. The country is surrounded by water: Luzon Strait, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, Philippine Sea. According to the UN report, uncontrolled rapid population growth has resulted in extreme poverty, deteriorating environment and pollution in the Philippines. Water pollution is a big problem in the Philippines. According to the Asian Water Environment Cooperation (WEPA), 32% of the Philippine area (approximately 96,000 square kilometers) is used for agriculture. Major crops are pa ((m)), corn, sugar cane, fruits, root crops, vegetables and trees (for rubber), population growth, urbanization, agriculture and industrialization all lower Philippine water quality.

In the Philippines there are many species of animals and plants originating in the Philippines. According to reports, the surrounding waters of the country have the highest level of biodiversity. The Philippines is one of 17 large and diverse countries and is a global biodiversity hotspot. As the world's second largest archipelago after Indonesia, there are more than 7,100 islands in the Philippines at the westernmost end of the Pacific Ocean with an area of ​​297,179 square kilometers. The country is a perfect hotspot, it is one of the few countries that is a large and diversified country, and it ranks it as the best hot spot for global conservation. However, due to illegal logging, slash-and-burning and urbanization, depletion of forests is deprived of natural habitats and residences of Philippine animals. Hundreds of years ago, most of the Philippine archipelagos were covered with tropical rain forests.