UP Los Banos Professor - "Mt. Makiling has more tree species than US"

From Business Mirror

Dr. Edwino Fernando, professor at the College of Forestry and Natural Resources in the University of the Philippines Los Banos, said biodiversity encompasses almost everything.

In its strictest sense, he said biodiversity refers to the quality, range or extent of difference between the biological entities in a given set.

Viewing a broad term, such as biodiversity, Fernando elaborated on the different perspectives in which people can better understand its importance.

The economic perspective of biodiversity highlights the economy of small communities and the world in the use of species in industries, such as agriculture, forestry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and ecotourism, Fernando said at the Asean Center for Biodiversity media forum last week.

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