Ecotourism Challenges for the Philippines CBC

Hotspot / national

Corridor / regional

Site / local

SIERRA MADRE BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

Philippines Regional ProgramSIERRA MADRE BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

STRATEGIC EMPHASIS• Corridor design and implementation• Ensuring that regional development planning efforts incorporate conservation priorities• PAs created or expanded and more effectively managed.

FY04• Developing corridor level conservation outcomes monitoring system.• Corridor spatial analysis and conservation training programs to partner NGOs and regional and municipal planning agencies.• Attracting additional donor resources.• Enhancing corridor conservation awareness program.

SMBC CORE CI PROJECTS CBFM

Improve Management

NSMNPImprove

Management

Expansion of of Casecnan

PL

Expansion of Maria Aurora

NP

Expansion of Penablanca

PLS

Creation ofQuirino PA

PALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

Philippines Regional ProgramPALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

STRATEGIC EMPHASIS• Corridor design and implementation• Ensuring that regional development planning efforts incorporate conservation priorities• PAs created or expanded and more effectively managed.

FY04• Developing corridor level conservation outcomes monitoring system.• Corridor spatial analysis and conservation training programs to partner NGOs and regional and municipal planning agencies.• Attracting additional donor resources.• Developing a communications strategy

PALAWANMARINEPRIORITYAREAS

72 Globally Threatened Species

(with breakdown per municipal unit)

• 50 Vulnerable Species

• 15 Endangered

• 6 Critically Endangered

Critically Endangered species

Common Name

Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle

Cacatua haematuropygia Philippine Cockatoo

Dipterocarpus hasseltii Hasselt panau

Dipterocarpus gracilis Panau

Diospyros pulgarensis Kanumay

Dipterocarpus grandiflorus Apitong

Landscape/Seascape species

Caretta caretta Loggerhead Turtle

Chelonia mydas Green Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Turtle

Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale

Physeter catodon Sperm Whale

Species Endemic to One Site

Caudacaecilia weberi Palawan Caecilian

Tragulus napu Greater Mouse Deer

Ingerana mariae Mary’s Frog

Species Watch List

PALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

ID AREA NAME Hectares

1 Calamianes & Linapacan (marine) 756,782

2 Coron CADC marine area 22,453,481

3 El Nido-Taytay 345,358

4El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected areas

(marine) 374,482

5 Malampaya Sound Protected Area (marine) 235,637

6 Dumaran Island Group 1,001,625

7 Cuyo Island Group (marine) 1,044,725

8 Green Island Bay to Honda Bay 8,785

9 Kalayaan Island Group 197,889

10 Pagdanan Bay dugongs priority area 37,003

11 Ulugan Bay dugongs priority area 43,841

12 Cagayancillo Island Group (marine) 7,833

13 Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park 1,857

14 Tubbataha Reef Extended Marine priority area 3,828

15 Narra-Brooke's Point dugongs priority area 12,157

16 Bataraza 7,553

17Ursula Island Game Refuge & Bird Sanctuary

(marine) 12,535

18 Balabac Island Group (marine) 131,350

19 Calauit Game Preserve & Wildlife Sanctuary 105,844

20 Busuanga Island 36,623

21 Coron Island group (terrestrial) 84,770

ID AREA NAME Hectares

22 Culion Island 34,870

23El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected

areas 42,997

24 El Nido-Taytay forest 19,580

25 Malampaya Sound Protected Area (terrestrial) 168,239

26 Linapacan Island 132

27 Cuyo Island Group (terrestrial) 1,225

28 Lake Manguao 16,946

29 Dumaran (terrestrial) 8,785

30 San Vicente-Taytay- Roxas forest 105,844

31 Cleopatras Needle forest 7,544

32 Cagayancillo Island Group (terrestrial) 10,495

33 Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park (bird Island) 155,594

34 Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 112,820

35 Olangoan Waterfalls Natural monument 53,768

36 Mt. Beaufort - Thumb Peak 334,985

37 Palawan Flora, Fauna & Watershed Reserve 22,756

38 Victoria-Anepahan range 61,433

39 Rasa Island 5,887

40 Mt. Mantalingahan Range 94,004

41 Rizal - Bataraza 1,198

42 Ursula Island Game Refuge & Bird Sanctuary 748,749

43 Balabac Island Group (terrestrial) 96,954

PALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

Philippines Regional ProgramHOTSPOT / NATIONAL STRATEGYSTRATEGIC EMPHASIS• Establishing systems and technical capacity to measure the national status of biodiversity and threats systematically and quantitatively.• Developing programs and initiatives that support CI and partner activities at the corridor and site level.

FY04• Developing a Hotspot-level conservation outcomes refinement and monitoring program.• Supporting national level enforcement- strengthening and legal and policy reforms.

Philippines CBC and Ecotourism

• Need to flesh out ecotourism strategy to achieve CBC goals

• Model ecotourism engagements

• Palawan initiatives

• Defining technical capacity needs for CBC scale opportunities in ecotourism

Ongoing Activities• Pilot Projects

– St. Paul’s Park– Coron Island – Northern Palawan (JBIC-

funded)

• Policy advocacy– Engagement in national-

level National Ecotourism Council

– Local advocacy