Ecotourism Challenges for the Philippines CBC Hotspot / national Corridor / regional Site / local

SIERRA MADRE BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

Philippines Regional Program SIERRA 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 NSMNP Improve Management Expansion of of Casecnan PL Expansion of Maria Aurora NP Expansion of Penablanca PLS Creation of Quirino PA

PALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

Philippines Regional Program PALAWAN 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

PALAWAN MARINE PRIORITY AREAS

72 Globally Threatened Species (with breakdown per municipal unit) 50 Vulnerable Species 15 Endangered 6 Critically Endangered Critically Endangered species Common Name Eretmochelys imbricataHawksbill Turtle Cacatua haematuropygiaPhilippine Cockatoo Dipterocarpus hasseltiiHasselt panau Dipterocarpus gracilisPanau Diospyros pulgarensisKanumay Dipterocarpus grandiflorusApitong Landscape/Seascape species Caretta carettaLoggerhead Turtle Chelonia mydasGreen Turtle Eretmochelys imbricataHawksbill Turtle Lepidochelys olivaceaOlive Ridley Turtle Balaenoptera physalusFin Whale Physeter catodonSperm Whale Species Endemic to One Site Caudacaecilia weberiPalawan Caecilian Tragulus napuGreater Mouse Deer Ingerana mariaeMary’s Frog Species Watch List PALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

IDAREA NAMEHectares 1Calamianes & Linapacan (marine)756,782 2Coron CADC marine area22,453,481 3El Nido-Taytay345,358 4 El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected areas (marine)374,482 5Malampaya Sound Protected Area (marine)235,637 6Dumaran Island Group1,001,625 7Cuyo Island Group (marine)1,044,725 8Green Island Bay to Honda Bay8,785 9Kalayaan Island Group197,889 10Pagdanan Bay dugongs priority area37,003 11Ulugan Bay dugongs priority area43,841 12Cagayancillo Island Group (marine)7,833 13Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park1,857 14Tubbataha Reef Extended Marine priority area3,828 15Narra-Brooke's Point dugongs priority area12,157 16Bataraza7, Ursula Island Game Refuge & Bird Sanctuary (marine)12,535 18Balabac Island Group (marine)131,350 19Calauit Game Preserve & Wildlife Sanctuary105,844 20Busuanga Island36,623 21Coron Island group (terrestrial)84,770 IDAREA NAMEHectares 22Culion Island34, El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected areas42,997 24El Nido-Taytay forest19,580 25Malampaya Sound Protected Area (terrestrial)168,239 26Linapacan Island132 27Cuyo Island Group (terrestrial)1,225 28Lake Manguao16,946 29Dumaran (terrestrial)8,785 30San Vicente-Taytay- Roxas forest105,844 31Cleopatras Needle forest7,544 32Cagayancillo Island Group (terrestrial)10,495 33Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park (bird Island)155,594 34Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park112,820 35Olangoan Waterfalls Natural monument53,768 36Mt. Beaufort - Thumb Peak334,985 37Palawan Flora, Fauna & Watershed Reserve22,756 38Victoria-Anepahan range61,433 39Rasa Island5,887 40Mt. Mantalingahan Range94,004 41Rizal - Bataraza1,198 42Ursula Island Game Refuge & Bird Sanctuary748,749 43Balabac Island Group (terrestrial)96,954 PALAWAN BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR

Philippines Regional Program HOTSPOT / NATIONAL STRATEGY STRATEGIC 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