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  2. The National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines, also known as the Red List, is a list of endangered species endemic to the Philippines and is maintained by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Biodiversity Management Bureau and the Philippine Red List Committee.

  3. Wildlife of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility - Wikipedia

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    The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. [1] The data are provided by many institutions from around the world; GBIF's information architecture makes these data accessible and searchable through a ...

  5. Negros - Wikipedia

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    More than half of the critically endangered species listed in the Philippines occur in Negros. It is the most threatened area of the Philippines, since it has the least remaining forest cover with just an estimated 3% remaining. [58] It has the highest numbers of severely threatened endemic species and subspecies. Mt.

  6. List of countries by ecological footprint - Wikipedia

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    World map of countries by their raw ecological footprint compared against the global average biocapacity of 2.1 gha per person in 2007. List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita; Sustainable development; List of countries by inequality-adjusted Human Development Index; Peak water, water resources and water withdrawal

  7. Ecoregions in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. List of protected areas of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The first important legislation that formed the basis of the current system of national parks and protected areas in the Philippines is Act No. 648, enacted in 1903 by the Philippine Commission. This act authorized the civil governor to "reserve for civil public purposes, and from sale or settlement, any part of the public domain not ...

  9. Biosphere reserves of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In 1995, the Philippines hosted UNESCO's "Regional Thematic Study Meeting on Asian Rice Culture and its Terraced Landscape" in the capital, Manila. [10] In 1997, the Philippines participated in the "Asia-Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum" held in China and the "Asia-Pacific Heritage Site Managers' Workshop" held in Thailand. [11]