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Environmental Accounts

Philippines’ Class A Nickel, Copper, Chromite and Gold Resources Valued at PhP 296.28 Billion in 2020
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The Mineral Accounts of the Philippines aims to provide information on the stocks and changes in stocks of four metallic mineral resources in the country, namely: nickel, copper, chromite, and gold. These accounts allow for the monitoring of the…
Contribution of coal, oil, natural gas, and condensate resources to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased from 2000 to 2019
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Non-Renewable Energy Resource Rent (% of GDP). The non-renewable energy resource rent is the value of extractions of coal, oil, natural gas, and condensate resources less all extraction costs.
Country’s total water abstraction increased by 12.3 percent from 2010 to 2019
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The country’s total water abstraction, or the amount of water that is removed from its source either permanently or temporarily, has increased by 12.3 percent, from 194.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2010 to 218.0 bcm in 2019 (Figure 1). For the…
Country’s Nickel, Chromite, and Gold reserves increased from 2013 to 2018, Copper reserves remained on the same level
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The total nickel reserves in the Philippines has increased by 1.5 percent from 2.02 billion metric tons (MT) in 2013 to 2.05 billion MT in 2018. This increase is mainly attributed to reappraisals recorded during the period, with a net total of more…
Stocks of Surface Water and Soil Water decreased by 20.4 percent in 2015
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The stock of surface and soil water in the country showed a decline of about 20.4 percent for the year 2015. At the beginning of the 2015, the stock of water amounted to a total of 94.6 billion cubic meters (BCM), decreasing to 75.3 BCM at the end…
Extraction of Coal, Oil and Natural Gas Increased from 2000 to 2017
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The extraction of Philippine energy resources increased from 2000 to 2017. Coal extraction increased by almost ninefold from 1.4 million metric tons (MT) to 13.3 million MT in 2017. Meanwhile, oil extraction increased from 0.4 million barrels of oil…