The Philippines is one of the 18 mega diverse countries which host 70%-80% of the world's biodiversity. We have more than 52,177 described species and most of it are endemic. There are so many factors why our species is now slowly getting endangered like, habitat destruction where the natural habitat of the species are destroyed either because of calamities or because of works of people. Second, over exploitation because the population is getting bigger the environment could not supply all the human needs. Third, chemical pollution it is the result of human activities then the chemical is directly goes to the habitat of the species and get contaminated. Lastly, the human itself because of their activities in our environment the natural habitats of the species is already destroyed. As of now we still paying the corresponding consequences we do by slowly losing it. If we continue harmful doings maybe sooner or later we will loss them permanently because our selfishness act.
Protecting and saving the species we have is hard to do, it takes a lot of time, effort and money. But in the end, all the hardship will going to do in order save and protect the biodiversity is going to be worth it because all us will go to benefit (oxygen, food, water, medicine, shelter, clothing, income) from it. If we do nothing, we going to loss what we have right now.
There are two things in my mind that can help to protect and save the biodiversity and that are discipline ourselves and obedience. Discipline ourselves to simply put the trash on the proper bin. Discipline ourselves to don't do the illegal matters, for example, illegal mining, illegal logging, dynamite fishing and buying or selling endangered species. Discipline ourselves for overusing the environment like the skin of the animals will going makes a new thing (bags, wallets, shoes, etc) trees to furniture (tables, chairs cabinets, etc) and trees to paper. Before anything else, we should discipline our self first. As this point of time, we have laws that have been implemented that can help to protect and save the biodiversity and we should obey it. Republic Act No. 9147 also known as Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection is an act of concerning about wildlife resources and their habitat. It also talks about the fines and penalties of a person whose commit illegal acts. Republic Act No. 7586 otherwise known as National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) it is about protecting the biodiversity loss. Those are just few things discipline ourselves and obeying the law in order for as to save the species and their habitat. Any of those action (discipline and obedience) or any smallest ways will make a difference regardless who we are or where we live. We should work altogether and be responsible enough to our remaining species.