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This came as the Philippine hosted the 3rd Southeast Asia Regional Meeting of IUCN-World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCA), which aims to establish stronger partnerships in conserving biodiversity areas and rehabilitating those already in the red due to continued destruction in the region.


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SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL MEETING

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12.8% of RP’s biodiversity legally protected

By Katherine Adraneda | April 2, 2003 - 12:00am

Only 12.8 percent of the total 250 million hectares of land area and archipelagic waters that serve as home to over 50,000 species of plants and animals in the country is currently legally "protected,"...

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