EDGE stands for Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered. EDGE species are unique in many ways and are threatened to extinction. If they are gone there will be nothing like them left on earth. The Philippines is home to 29 EDGE Coral Reef species. Three of them studied by the Haribon Foundation: Mushroom coral (Heliofungia actiniformis), Pearl Bubble coral (Physogyra lichtensteini), and Elegance coral (Catalaphylia jardinei).
*********Sources and further Readings**********
- ZSL – Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered(EDGE)
- 2019 Philippine Seas Calendar (Strengthening Marine Protected Areas to Conserve Marine Key Biodiversity Areas in the Philippines (SMARTSeas PH Project).