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and boasts unique species like the panther flying frog.
The country is one of the
few nations that is, in its entirety, both a hotspot and a megadiversity country, placing it
among the top priority hotspots for global conservation.
With over 7100 individual islands covering
almost 300,000 square kilometers the Philippines is the second largest archipelago on earth.
Located in the western most part of the Pacific Ocean the Philippines is one of the most
biodiverse and ecologically rich areas in the world
such as the cebu flower pecker
philippine cockatoo
Visayan wrinkled hornbill
This includes over 6,000 plant
species
and many birds species
With at least 17 active volcanoes,
these islands are part of the “Ring of Fire” of the Pacific Basin.
The archipelago stretches over
1,800 kilometers from north to south. Northern Luzon is only 240 km from Taiwan, and the
islands off southwestern Palawan are only 40 kilometers from Malaysian Borneo.
The island of
Palawan, which is separated from Borneo by a channel some 145 meters deep, shares many
animal species with both the Philippines and Borneo in the Sundaland Hotspot, and may
species of plantlife are also shared with the Sunda Shelf.
The archipelago is formed from a series of isolated fragments that have long and complex
geological histories, some dating back 30-50 million years.
This places the Philippines in the sad
position of being one the the most endangered areas while at the same time still remaining
one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet. Conservation of this unique archipelago is a
top priority for global conservations due to this unique combination of factors.
Hotspot Original Extent (km2) 297,179
Hotspot Vegetation Remaining (km2) 20,803
Endemic Plant Species 6,091
Endemic Threatened Birds 56
Endemic Threatened Mammals 47
Endemic Threatened Amphibians 48
Extinct Species 2
Human Population Density (people/km 2) 273
Area Protected (km 2) 32,404