MASS EXTINCTION: HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

Yes, a mass extinction is currently happening as you read this. Tagged as a “biological annihilation”, the sixth mass extinction is affecting both rare and common species.

Conservation efforts are as important here in our country as they are in others. The Philippines is a biodiversity hotspot, with an estimate 60 percent of its mammal species endemic. This means an estimated 60 percent of mammals found in the Philippines can only be found in the country, nowhere else. When they’re gone here, they’re gone from the entire planet.