The Philippines is rich in terms of biodiversity. The Philippines are surrounded with different bodies of water, fresh, estuarine, and marine water which are very rich in terms of fishes and water plants from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (BIOFIN,N.D.). The province of Tarlac is blessed with land intended for agricultural purposes especially rice and camote as products and widely distributed with water ecosystem and water channels.

Abella, A. A. (2022, December 10-11). Impact of human activities to freshwater ecosystem: The case of the Camiling River, Tarlac. SunStar Pampanga, p. 6.