Why are so many animals endangered in the Philippines?

The main causes of the extinction of Philippine wildlife include:

• Deforestation
• Destruction of their natural habitats
• Lack of information and knowledge of people
• High demand in the market
• Lack of support from the local government in preservation
• Poverty and desparation

Human interference.

• Poaching for food or black market sales and pet trade.
• Habitat encroachment, destruction or deforestation, due to logging, draining wetlands for planting, construction of roadways, housing, and industrialization.
• Lack of education concerning the value of endangered or threatened species for tourism and the ecosystems futures as a whole.
• Pollution in many forms, raw sewage, and toxins dumped into rivers, including everyday, and dangerous debris disposal mishandled
• Introduction of exotic, or foreign species into an enclosed environment.
• Deforestation
• Destruction of their natural habitats
• Lack of information and knowledge of people
• High demand in the market
• Lack of support from the local government in preservation
• Poverty and desperation