THESIS ABSTRACT

BACARRI, PARACELIS, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES

LAND COVER CHANGE CAUSE BY ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES

TRIXTER M. GARNACHA
JOFER G. VALDEZ
FERDINAND M. BALI

Adviser: Forester JEFFERSON A. HIMSON

The study was conducted to identify and assess the existing land use of

barangay Bacarri, Paracelis, Mountain Province. It also wanted to find out the anthropogenic

activities in the area and identify the problems encountered by the community in the current

situation of the area based on perceptions. Gathering of coordinates and Geotagging through

GPS receiver and Geocam is used, with questionnaire to gather necessary data to answer the

problems of the study. The data gathered were processed and analyzed through Google Earth

Pro, ArcMap 10.4.1 and Microsoft Excel 2010.

Land cover of barangay Bacarri, Paracelis, Mountain Province was classified into six:

Annual Crop with a 2,076 hectares equivalent to 51.42% of the total area, Brush/Shrubs with an

area of 280 hectares (6.94%), Built-up 93 hectares (2.30%), Inland Water with an area of 60

hectares (1.49%), Open Forest with an area of 888 hectares (22%) and Perennial Crop with an

area of 640 hectares (15.85%).

 There were nine land-uses of barangay Bacarri, Paracelis, Mountain Province: banana

plantation with an area of 533 hectares (13.20%), brush/shrub with an area of 280 hectares

(6.94%), built-up areas having an area of 93 hectares (2.30%), corn fields with and area of 1637

hectares (40.55%), inland water with an area of 60 hectares (1.49%), mixed plantations with an

area of 107 hectares (2.65%), open forest having an area of 888 hectares (22%), rice field

having an area of 411 hectares (10.18%) and upland rice having an area of 28 hectares

(0.69%).

Anthropogenic activities in Bacarri, Paracelis, Mountain Province are a.) Cash crop production

like corn and rice which application of herbicide, pesticide and fungicide is very prominent. The

agricultural waste is either burned or dumped in the area, b.)Conversion of forestland to

agricultural lands is through slash and burn. Fuelwood also came from the forest and Brushland

c.) Road widening and improvement. The respondents experience problems such as water

shortage, far source of fuelwood, decrease in number of cropping, limited irrigation, and

increase in temperature and decrease in yield production.

Keywords: Annual crops, Brushland, Built-up area, Forest, Land cover, Land-use, Perennial
crops, Inland water, Deforestation, Transportation