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• Biodiversity: According to the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992), it is a variability among living organisms in the terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic resources of the Earth.
• Genetic Diversity: Describes the variety in the number of genetic types, as well as the chromosomes present in different species in a given region.
• Genetic Diversity: Lesser diversity could lead to uniformity of species which could lead to smaller chance of adaptability to the changing environment.
• Species are a group of organisms of similar individuals that are capable of interbreeding; has similar characteristics
• Habitat is the place where the different species live.
• Ecosystem Diversity: refers to the variation in the ecosystems in a region.
• Ecosystem is a biological community that includes all living things interacting in a certain area or region with nonliving things such as weather, climate, temperature, soil, air, sun, and atmosphere.
• The Philippines is “the Galapos Islands times ten” according to Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rainforest written by Kitching, Heamey, and Regalado (1999).
• Galapos islands is considered one of the world's foremost destinations for wildlife-viewing; important because it was Darwin’s visit to the islands that influenced his conception of the theory of natural selection.
• PH Diversity: One of the 17 megadiverse countries in the world because it has rich diversity and endemicity of species.
• The Philippines is composed 7,614 islands, over 50 million hectares, smallest in the megadiverse countries.
• 5,382/7,620 species of documented plants is considered as endemic in the Philippines.
• The Philippines ranks 23rd in the world and 6th Southeast Asia in terms of plant biodiversity.
• The Philippines is 4th in bird endemism, and 5th in mammalian and reptilian endemism.
• Edward O. Wilson is an American evolutionary biologist.
• Edward O. Wilson - Planet loses approximately 27,000 species per year based on rapid disappearance of ecosystems and destruction of biomes (tropical rainforest and grassland).
• The disappearance of ecosystems and destruction of biomes (tropical rainforest and grassland) are caused by catastrophic events and physical disasters.
• Edward O. Wilson believes that the next mass extinction will result from the destruction and disruption of the ecosystem caused by the human race.
• In 2011, the Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted “Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020” in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and other organization to uphold biodiversity issues.
• 20 global targets known as Aichi Biodiversity Targets – national and international efforts to conserve biodiversity.
• Aichi focuses on how the ecosystem contributes to health and well-being to give opportunities to improve global, human, and ecosystem health.
• In 1993, a young attorney named Antonio Oposa sued the Philippine Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its secretary, “Jun” Factoran, to halt logging in the nation's vanishing oldgrowth forests.
• Biodiversity provides us water, food, and medicine and any disruption or destruction in the Earth’s biodiversity will also affect the life and health of the people.