Gathering data through interviews, it was evident that there’s a sharp decline in the type of marine wildlife
Erina Pauline Molina, Haribon’s research specialist and marine biologist working under the Darwin Initiative Project, expounds, “Extirpa¬tions mean the gradual local extinction of species. Basically, the Darwin project looks into the situation of locally depleted fish species across different areas of the Philippines.” She maps out the sites, noting that the location helps to account for the differing situations of the marine environment per each site.