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| Tropical rainforests are considered rich in that they hold most of the earths biodiversity yet are typically located in some of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. This can be both a blessing and a curse for conservationists. A blessing in that they are undeveloped by modern large-scale agriculture, a curse in the way they go unlooked after and are frequently exploited to the detriment of their biota. The Philippine tarsier is a small example of the endangered endemic biota of the Philippines (80% of their wildlife species are endemic) and how conservation at a grass roots level may succeed. While people are the cause for this species demise thus far, it is tourism and the attention of the local community that will keep this animal from going extinct. Please click on the links to the right to see how we are working to preserve this species for the Philippines and the rest of the world. |
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