Enabling conservation on Tawi-Tawi to continue
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The emergency
COVID-19 caused several donors to cut their funding to PhilBio. These funding cuts threatened the continuation of PhilBio's conservation programme on Tawi-Tawi island. Tawi-Tawi hosts a relatively large number of ASAP bird species and is a very challenging place to work. Financial support was needed to ensure patrolling and community outreach continued.
Results
Funding enabled conservation activities for several ASAP Species to continue on Tawi-Tawi. These activities included community outreach, forest rehabilitation, and the training of community rangers to collect important biodiversity data, including on three of the target species: Sulu Hornbill, Blue-winged Racket-tail, and Red-vented Cockatoo. Sulu Bleeding-heart was not detected.
Reports
AT A GLANCE
Organisation: Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (PhilBio)
Country: Philippines
Year project started: 2021
Species: Sulu Hornbill, Blue-winged Racket-tail, Philippine Cockatoo, Sulu Bleeding-heart
Supported by: Fondation Segré