Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "threatened species"

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    • Smuggling endangers rare Philippine turtles 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 26, 2015, on page S1/11)
      Chinese demand for forest turtles is threatening an endangered species found only on one Philippine island, wildlife officials said Sunday. The Philippine Forest Turtle, found only in the western island of Palawan, is one ...

    • Vanishing dugongs 

      Tacio, Henrylito (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 26, 2013, on page 5)
      It was still five o’clock in the morning and yet Sonny Boy Aporbo was already awake. Immediately, he went to nearby Dahican Beach in Mati, Davao Oriental to do the usual morning ritual: to practice skimboarding. As he ...