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The country's high growth rate and high poverty incidence have endangered the country's ecological balance.
Executive Director Thomas Osias of the Population Commission said that poverty will drive millions of poor Filipinos to overexploit what remains of their resources.
The Philippines, according to the United Nations Population Fund, is one of the countries that account for three-quarters of deforestation in the Asia-Pacific region.
The country's wildlife- 80 species of birds, 44 species of mammals, and 8 species of reptiles are facing destruction due to deforestation.
The Philippines has one of the fastest growing populations with three babies born per minute, or 1.7 million each year.
At present, the population stands at 76.5 million and is expected to double at 29 years if the growth rate stands at 2.36, according to PopCom.
The UNPFA has warned that increasing population and consumption are altering the planet on an unprecedented scale.
"Human activity has affected every part of the planet, no matter how remote, in every ecosystem, from the simplest to the most complex. Our choices and interventions have transformed the natural world, posing both great possibilities and extreme dangers for the quality and sustainability of our civilizations, and for the intricate balances of nature," the report warned.
The UNFPA said the world population has doubled to 6.1 billion since 1960, with growth mostly in poorer countries. And it is projected to increase by 50 percent, or about 9.3 billion by 2050.
The present population is already making an impact on the environment as more and more resources are used, with more intensity than ever before.
Signs of stress are everywhere: destroyed natural habitats, threatened species, degraded soil, polluted air and water, and melting ice caps.
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