Local protection of the Philippine Crocodile, Isabela Oriole and Hawksbill Turtle in Community Conserved Areas in Northeast Luzon, Philippines

Species Conservation Fund
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Project aims

Train 30 Community Conservation Area (CCA) rangers in environmental law enforcement, patrolling and monitoring of 8 Philippine Crocodile CCAs, 1 Isabela Oriole CCA and 2 Hawksbill Turtle CCAs

Results

  • Training of local government partners and community member on ASAP target species surveys, and patrols for the monitoring of illegal activities

  • Five Philippine Crocodile population monitoring surveys have been conducted and ten nests have been found (five nest with total of 32 hatchlings in 2021 and five with a total of 37 hatchlings in 2022).

  • Thirteen head-started juvenile Philippine Crocodiles were released back into the wild in 2022

  • Two Isabela Oriole surveys have been conducted with a count of 30 individuals in 2021 and 37 individuals in 2022. A nest and a juvenile Isabela Oriole were documented for the first time.

  • In 2021, 14 Green Sea Turtle nests were found and protected resulting in the hatching of 722 sea turtle hatchlings. In 2022, 16 nests were protected yielding more than 1,000 individuals.

  • One new Isabela Oriole location and one new Philippine Crocodile location have been discovered.

  • During the project period no poaching of target species was reported.

  • The declaration of 970 hectares of forest in Blue Waters as Wildlife Sanctuary, specifically because of the presence of the Isabela Oriole

Reports

 

AT A GLANCE

 

Organisation: Mabuwaya Foundation

Country: Philippines

Year project started: 2021

Species: Philippine Crocodile; Isabela Oriole; Hawksbill Turtle

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