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Topic: Ecoregions of the Philippines

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	Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1821 to 1898, the Philippines was a Spanish province.
		The government of the Philippines, loosely patterned after the American system, is organized as a representative republic, with the President functioning as both head of state and government, as well as being the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
		It is bordered on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the west by the South China Sea, and on the south by the Celebes Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippines (3655 words)

	philippines - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The Philippine Islands lie between 116 40' and 126 and 34' E. longitude, and 4 40' and 21 10' N. latitude.
		Main article: Geography of the Philippines The Philippines constitute an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area of approximately 300,000 km².
		From the article: Demographics of the Philippines According to Philippine government statistics and current census data, some 95% of the population is ethnically Malay, descendants of immigrants from the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian archipelago, who arrived long before the Christian era.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Philippines (2898 words)

	Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippines was the most developed country in Asia immediately following World War II, but has since lagged behind other countries because of poor economic growth, overpopulation and widespread corruption.
		According to Philippine government statistics and current census data, some 95% of the population is ethnically Malay, descendants of immigrants from the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian archipelago, and the most significant ethnic minority group are the Chinese, who have played an important role in commerce since the 9th century.
		Despite this and despite their variety, a common aspect that most Filipino cultural traditions share today is that they have all been enriched and influenced both by Asia and the West, from China, Malaysia, Spain and the United States, to Islam and Christianity.
	www.penginus.com /index.php/Philippines (2085 words)

	Articles - Ecoregions of the Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippines were never connected to mainland Asia via land bridges, so the flora and fauna of the islands had to cross ocean straits to reach the Philippines.
		The Philippines are part of the Indomalaya ecozone, and its flora and fauna is mostly derived from tropical Asia.
		The ecoregions of the Philippines are defined primarily by the sea levels during the Ice Ages, which were 120 meters lower than at present, as billions of gallons of water were locked away in huge continental ice sheets.
	www.couponsa.com /articles/Ecoregions_of_the_Philippines (446 words)

	WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Philippines Freshwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The ecoregion is unique in Asia because of the large number of fish species that have evolved from a few ancestral species to fill new habitats and new conditions over time.
		The largest lake in the Philippines, Laguna de Bay, is shallow and close to sea level and was probably part of the ocean a long time ago.
		The Philippines Freshwater ecoregion supports two groups of related fish that can't be found anywhere else in the world.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/g200/g189.html (536 words)

	Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Republic of the Philippines ( Tagalog : Republika ng Pilipinas), or The Philippines ( Tagalog : Pilipinas), also known as the Pearl of the Orient Seas, is an independent sovereign nation of southeast Asia.
		Over the period of 256 years, the Philippines was a Spanish colony ( 1565 - 1821) and for 77 years after that was elevated to the dignity of a Spanish province ( 1821 - 1898).
		The Philippines is currently in a dispute with Taiwan, China, Vietnam and Malaysia over the oil - and natural gas -rich Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal, and with Malaysia over Sabah.
	encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /articles/philippines.html (3058 words)

	Ecoregions Of India Ecoregions Of The Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ecoregions are defined by the World Wildlife Fund as "relatively large units of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities and species, with boundaries that approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land-use change".
		Others have defined ecoregions as areas of ecological potential based on combinations of biophysical parameters such as climate and topography.
		Ecoregions of the Philippines The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism.
	www.masterliness.com /a/Ecoregions.htm (331 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Luzon montane rain forests (IM0122)
		It is one of the biologically least known ecoregions in the Philippines.
		It is the largest fruit-dove in the Philippines, and although it has probably always been uncommon and local, it appears to be particularly sensitive to the threats facing much of the ecoregion's biodiversity.
		The two largest remaining forested areas in the ecoregion are in the montane portions of the northern Sierra Madres, which have remained inaccessible, and the northern Central Cordillera.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0122_full.html (1851 words)

	WebArticles - The Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), or the Philippines (Filipino: Pilipinas), also known as the Pearl of the Orient Seas, is an independent sovereign nation located in southeast Asia.
		The Philippines is currently in a dispute with the Republic of China (Taiwan), the People's Republic of China, Vietnam and Malaysia over the oil- and natural gas-rich Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal, and with Malaysia over Sabah.
		According to Philippine government statistics and current census data, some 95.5% of the population belong to ethnic groups that speak Austronesian languages; they are the descendants of Austronesian-speaking immigrants who came from southern China via Taiwan over a thousand years ago.
	www.webarticles.org /The_Philippines (3586 words)

	Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The bicameral Philippine legislature, the Congress, consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives; members of both are elected by popular vote.
		It is also an active participant of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), a member of the Group of 24 and one of the 51 founding members of the United Nations on October 24,1945.
		Foreign languages spoken include; English; Chinese (Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese) among members of the Chinese and Chinese-mestizo communities, in their Chinatowns and community-based schools where the medium of instruction is in Mandarin; Arabic among some members of the Muslim population; and Spanish, which ceased to be an official language in 1973.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ph/Philippines.htm (2091 words)

	philippines geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Philippines Geography Philippines Table of Contents The Philippine archipelago lies in Southeast Asia in a position that has led to its becoming a cultural crossroads, a place where Malays...
		Geography of the Philippines - Philippine Archipelago, Climate
		Philippine Archipelago, Climate Geography of the the Philippines World Facts Index andgt; Philippines andgt; GeographyÂ Map of the Philippines The Philippine archipelago lies in Southeast Asia in a position...
	www.sheringham-network.co.uk /7127-philippinesgeography.html (315 words)

	Philippines - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is, with Timor-Leste and South Korea, one of the three predominantly Christian nations in Asia and one of the most westernized —a unique blend of East and West.
		Furthermore, the sole existing Spanish-Asiatic creole language, Chabacano, is spoken by some in the south.
		The Philippine writers (Claro Mayo Recto is the most important of them), continued writing in Spanish until 1946.
	www.free-definition.com /Philippines.html (2030 words)

	Crabs Of The Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mud and mangroves: farming crabs in the Philippines.
		The New Agriculturalist On-line highlights a crab farming programme in the Philippines that is raising incomes for...
		The Philippine archipelago embracing some 520,700 square miles of land and sea, lies on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean about 500 miles off the Southeast Coast of mainland Asia.
	www.theofficialscoop54.info /crabs-of-the-philippines.html (864 words)

	Philippines Details, Meaning Philippines Article and Explanation Guide
		That same year Spain and the United States fought the Spanish-American War, after which Spain ceded the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the United States for US$20 million.
		Foreign languages spoken include; English ; Chinese ( Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese) among members of the Chinese and Chinese-mestizo communities, in their Chinatowns and community-based schools where the medium of instruction is in Mandarin; Arabic among some members of the Muslim population; and Spanish, which ceased to be an official language in 1973.
		Remember and memorize that Philippines has an anti-Spanish campaign and they do not want their citizens to learn Spanish.
	www.e-paranoids.com /p/ph/philippines.html (2073 words)

	Geothermal Potential of the Philippines - Sustainable Electric Energy in Asia - Yuki Hamada, January 2003 - Renewable ...
		The plate tectonics in the Philippines is complex and includes plate boundaries that are changing rapidly.
		In the east, shallow west-dipping subduction of the Philippine Plate at the Philippine Trench produces a line of volcanoes from Balut in the south to Mayon in the north Based on Divis (1983).
		The volcanoes of the Philippines are the most deadly and costly in the world.
	www.geni.org /globalenergy/library/energytrends/currentusage/renewable/geothermal/asia/philippines.shtml (985 words)

	Philippines
		Main article: Geography of the Philippines Manila, Philippines The Philippines constitute an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area of approximately 300,000 km².
		English is seen as the second official language and is used extensively in government, education and commerce.
		Main article: Culture of the Philippines Philippine [[Jeepney ]] Throughout Filipino history, no distinct national cultural identity was shaped.
	www.datamass.net /ph/philippines.html (2588 words)

	Articles - Indomalaya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It extends from the Makran region of southern Pakistan through the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of which lies the Wallace line, the ecozone boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia.
		Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, mostly tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, with tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia.
		While the region has much in common botanically, they differ greatly in land animal species; Sundaland shares its fauna with mainland Asia, while the islands east of the Wallace line either lack land mammals, or are home to a land fauna derived from Australia, which includes marsupial mammals and ratite birds.
	www.techize.com /articles/Indomalaya (602 words)

	Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an...
		Its aboriginal population, collectively known as the Negrito s or Aetas, crossed prehistoric land or ice bridges to eventually settle in the islands' lush forests.
		From the article: Demographics of the Philippines According to Philippine government statistics and current census data, some 95% of the population is ethnically Malay, descendants of immigrants from the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia n archipelago.
	www.33beat.com /Philippines.html (2629 words)

	palawan - palawan philippines directory provinces alltravelnetwork regional hotels asia travel information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Palawan, Philippines HostelsPalawan is one of the most beautiful islands in the Philippines.
		Palawan is definitely one of the last frontiers of the Philippines.
		the Philippines Hogeschool van Utrecht Manila, Luzon Themes...The province of Palawan is one of the
	www.2x.ro /palawan.htm (507 words)

	ecoregions_of_madagascar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ecoregions of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands Madagascar lowland forests ( Madagascar) Madagascar subhumid...
		Ecoregions of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands Madagascar lowland forests ( Madagascar) Madagascar subhumid forests (...
		forests East Melanesian Islands Eastern Guinean forests Ecoregion Ecoregions of Japan Ecoregions of Madagascar Ecoregions of the Philippines Everglades F Floristic province Fynbos G GalÃ¡pagos Islands G cont.
	ecoregions_of_madagascar.networklive.org (329 words)

	Animal Info - Philippines
		Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in the Philippines and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
		Philippines contains the Philippines Moist Forest and the Palawan and Mindanao Streams and Lakes (Lake Lanao) Global 200 Ecoregions as well as portions of the Northern Borneo-Palawan Moist Forests, Sulu Sea, and Sulawesi Sea Global 200 Ecoregions
		Links for the Philippines : Endangered Endemic Species of the Philippines (archive site), Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Negros Forest Ecological Foundation Inc.
	www.animalinfo.org /country/philippi.htm (367 words)

	Bambooweb: Indomalaya
		It extends from eastern Iraq through the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia to southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Java, Borneo, Bali and the Philippines.
		It ends at the Wallace line, named after Alfred Russel Wallace.
		Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests ( Malaysia, Thailand)
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/I/n/Indomalaya.html (441 words)

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