With 418 out of 52,177 Philippine species listed as threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), the country’s biodiversity problem clearly needs to be addressed.
Thankfully, The Sunday Times Magazine discovered a US-based, non-profit organization that is quietly operating at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the province of Zambales, whose members are determined to save the nation’s endangered species.