Science Exam Reviewer Part 3

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an organization dedicated

to conserving natural resources, assessed 71 995 animal species all over the globe and came out with a red list of threatened species.

• True

• False

The red list gives an inventory of the global conservation status of threatened species. Of this number, 3086 are critically endangered, 4670 are endangered, and

6113 are vulnerable to extinction,

• True

• False

The Asia-Pacific region is perhaps the most biodiverse area on Earth.

• True

• False

The 1975 Convention on Infernational Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora (CITES) treaty signed by 170 countries bans the hunting, capturing, and selling of threatened of endangered species.

• True

• False

The Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 resulted in making 175 countries agree to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which aims to commit and reduce the global rate of losing biodiversity.

• True

• False

Republic Act No. 9147, also known as the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection

Act, aims to ensure the conservation of the Philippines' wildlife resources and their habitars for

sustainability.

• True

• False

Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildfire Sanctuary (MHRWS) in Davao Oriental is protected area under Republic Act no.11038,also known as Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act.

• True

• False

The Philippine Eagle Center has successfully bred 21 Philippine eagles

in captivity for two decades and conducted the first release of captive-

bred eagle in the wild.

• True

• False

The Philippine Carabao Center in

Science City, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, under the Department of Agriculture,

successfully produced the last test-tube buffalo using reproductive technology in 2004.

• True

• False

Butterfly farms are also established to

reduce the threat of catching rare butterflies in the wild and only reproduce

needed species for commercial purposes.

• True

• False