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A nickel mining concession that overlaps a protected area threatens the unique biodiversity of Sibuyan, a remote island at the center of the Philippine archipelago renowned for its natural beauty and endemic flora and fauna. This poses a litmus test of the government’s commitment to safeguard the outstanding biodiversity of the Philippines and the communities […] ....
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SciTech By KAELA MALIG, GMA News Published April 24, 2021 4:46pm Scientists have discovered three extinct species of giant cloud rats, locally known as buot, in the Philippines. After a four-year study, scientists from University of the Philippines, National Museum of the Philippines, and Field of Museum of Natural History in the US discovered Carpomys dakal, the largest of the fossil cloud rat named so because it was “much larger compared to the known living species in the same genus”; Crateromys ballik, which was “slightly smaller than the living Crateromys species in Luzon”; and Batomys cagayanensis, named after the place where the archeological sites were located. ....