Philippines

The Philippines is an archipelago in Southeastern Asia. Its coasts border the Philippine Sea and South China Sea in the Western Pacific Ocean. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture. Philippines has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; air and water pollution; and degradation of coral reefs and mangrove swamps.