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Mindanao is the southernmost large island of the Philippines. The Visayas Islands occupy the center of the Philippines; this ecoregion includes the eastern Visayas - the largest islands of the ecoregion being Leyte, Samar, and Bohol. There are also a number of smaller islands, including Camiguin, Basilan, and Dinagat. The lowland forests are ...
The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism. The archipelago includes over 7000 islands, and a total land area of 300,780 km 2 . The Philippines was never connected to mainland Asia via land bridges , [ dubious – discuss ] so the flora and fauna of the islands had to cross ocean straits to ...
The Mindanao montane rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID:IM0128) covers the montane forests - the zone between the lowland forest and the treeline - in the mountains on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Because the ecoregion covers only elevations above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft), it exists in seven discontinuous patches surrounded by lowland ...
The Philippines has among the highest rates of species discovery in the world with 16 new species of mammal discovered in the last ten years. Because of this, the degree of endemism in the Philippines has risen and will likely continue to rise. [3] Some of the smallest and largest animals and plants are found in the Philippines.
Christmas and Cocos Islands tropical forests: Australia: Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests: India: Eastern Java–Bali montane rain forests: Indonesia: Eastern Java–Bali rain forests: Indonesia: Greater Negros–Panay rain forests: Philippines: Hainan Island monsoon rain forests: China: Himalayan subtropical broadleaf forests: Bhutan ...
Satellite image of the Philippines in March 2002 showing forest cover in dark green Small-scale logging and coal-making operations at the lower areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range As in other Southeast Asian countries, deforestation in the Philippines is a major environmental issue .
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It is a center of plant and animal diversity and endemism in the Philippines containing a number of threatened species belonging to the Eastern Visayas and Mindanao biogeographic region. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Samar Island Natural Park was declared a national park under Republic Act No. 11038 (Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of ...