Affected Disturbance Impact

Ecosystem
Manila Bay • Toxic • Decrease in
substances in water quality
water such as
detergents • Algae and
• Excess nitrogen aquatic plants
and phosphate will grow wildly
due to pollution and will block
sunlight. They
will also use up
large amount
of Oxygen
when they die
Manila Bay • Deposition and • Reduced DO
decomposition which is
of organic harmful for
materials fishes and
shellfishes that
live and feed
near the
sediment –
water interface
of the Bay
Manila Bay • Dumping of • Contamination
untreated of Bay; Eating
sewages fish and
shellfish from
the bay may
caused
diseases
Mangroves in Cortes, • Conversion to • Risk of losing
Surigao del Sur fishponds and an effective
over- “storm cover”
exploitation for for coastal
wood and other communities.
resources are
the major
culprits to the
depletion of
mangrove
forests
Pamilacan Island, • A great • Loss of
Bohol majority of the biodiversity
residents • Destruction of
continued coral reefs
using
unsustainable
 and destructive
fishing
methods
Candaba, Pampanga; • Conversion into • Habitat
San Miguel & San fishponds and fragmentation
Ildefonso, Bulacan agricultural
purposes
• Hunting of • Overexploitatio
birds n of natural
products
• Uncontrolled • Decreased
withdrawal of water quality;
groundwater decreased
causes biodiversity of
saltwater native species
intrusion in
some coastal
areas of the
bay, siltation
and the
introduction of
exotic fish
species
Batanes and • Hunting • Loss of species
Babuyanes Group of diversity
Islands • Kaingin • Habitat
• Commercial fragmentation
development

• Destruction of
coral reefs and
• Illegal fishing
increased
pollution
Buguey Wetlands, • Destruction of • Loss of storm
Cagayan mangroves cover
• Use of
pesticides
• Pesticides may
• Hunting pollute
wetlands
• Decreased
species
diversity and
may result to
black market
trading of rare
animals
Zambales Coast - • Exploitation of • Habitat
Bataan Natural Park natural fragmentation
(BNP) - Subic Bay resources and destruction
Forest Reserve • Migration to
(SBFR) protected areas
• Conversion of
lands for
agricultural
industry
• Erosion due to
construction of
roads
Laguna de Bay • Wind-induce • Reduces light
sediment- available for
suspension photosynthesis
• Use of • Lake
pesticides contamination
• Flooding in
• Deforestation lakeshore
towns
Taal Lake • Volcanic • Soil erosion
activity and alteration
of limnological
characteristics
of the lake
• Danger of
decrease of
native fishes
• Prevented
• Introduction of migration of
commercial
Exotic Fishes
fishes
• Overfishing
with fish corrals
Balayan Bay and • Destruction of • Loss of storm
Calatagan Peninsula, Mangroves cover and the
Batangas coastal
communities
primary source
• Industrial of livelihood
pollution • Contamination
of water forms
by toxic
substances
Ulugan Bay, Puerto • Destruction of • Loss of storm
Princesa Mangroves cover
• Mining
• Oil Pollution • Soil erosion
(ships) • Contamination
• Domestic that may result
Pollution to deaths of
• Overcollection various species
of corals • Habitat
destruction
Bulacan and Cebu • Saltwater • Reversal or the
intrusion reduction of
natural barriers
that prevent
movement of
saltwater, and
the accidental
or inadvertent
disposal of
waste saline
water