Trees in Philippines (1 of 11)
This is a country rich in flora and fauna – a thousand kinds of orchid, and forests that are home to macaques, spotted deer, boars, giant bats, pythons and cobras. There are so many types of butterfly and bird that they haven’t all been documented. The Philippines is one of the earth's "biodiversity hot spots", with an estimated 13,500 plant species, 1100 land vertebrate species (over 550 of which are birds) and some 500 species of coral. Perhaps more impressive is the number of species found only in the Philippines – some 3200 plant species, over 100 mammal species, and at least 170 bird species.