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Priority Sites for Conservation in the Philippines: Key Biodiversity Areas Priority Sites for Conservation in the Philippines: Key Biodiversity Areas Department of Environment and Natural Resources - PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE BUREAU Priority Sites for Conservation in the Philippines: Key Biodiversity Areas Introduction tions and anchored within a matrix of compatible land uses, provides the best way to ensure the conservation of globally iodiversity occurs at multiple scales of ecological important biodiversity. organization, from genes all the way up to the entire biosphere. To effectively conserve biodiversity The “Key Biodiversity Areas” (KBA) approach presents an Bas a whole, we must ensure that conservation action fo- appropriate framework for identifying fine-scale conserva- cuses on its key components: on the individual species at tion priorities in the Philippines. These globally significant the greatest risk of extinction, and on specific sites and sites provide the building blocks for landscape-level con- landscapes that are most important for their protection. servation planning and for maintaining effective ecological Using a transparent, data-driven process to identify these networks aimed at preventing biodiversity loss. Govern- targets provides us with the scientific underpinning for ments, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, the private focusing conservation investments geographically and the- sector, and other stakeholders can use KBAs as a tool for matically. The targets also provide a baseline against which expanding the protected area network in the Philippines, the success of investments can be measured. and, more generally, for targeting conservation action on the ground. The Philippines, with its more than 20,000 endemic spe- cies of plants and animals, is one of the world’s 17 “mega- Key Biodiversity Areas: Approach and Criteria diversity” countries, which collectively claim two-thirds of the earth’s biological diversity within their boundaries. The goal of the KBA approach is to identify, document, and However, the Philippines is also one of 34 global biodiver- protect networks of sites that are critical for the conserva- sity hotspots, meaning that the nation’s high biodiversity tion of globally important biodiversity. Here, a “site” means and endemism is under a high level of threat. Less than an area of any size that can be delimited, and actually or six percent of original forest remains, and 491 species potentially managed for conservation. are listed as globally threatened on the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The primary threats to Philip- KBAs are identified using simple, standard criteria based on pine biodiversity are habitat alteration and loss caused by the conservation planning principles of vulnerability and destructive resource use, development activities and hu- irreplaceability. Vulnerability is measured by the confirmed man population pressure. Specific threats include mining, presence of one or more globally threatened species, while logging and land conversion for industrial, agricultural and irreplaceability is determined through the presence of geo- urban development. graphically concentrated species. Site conservation is clearly one of the most important Criterion based on vulnerability and successful tactics for reducing global biodiversity loss. Criterion 1: Globally threatened species. KBAs based on Governmental commitments to site conservation include this criterion are identified by the regular occurrence the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which of one or more globally threatened species — those enjoins Parties to establish “a system of protected areas or assessed as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered areas where special measures need to be taken to conserve (EN), or Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN biological diversity” and the World Summit for Sustainable Red List. Development (WSSD) Plan of Implementation to “pro- mote and support initiatives for hot spot areas and other Criteria based on irreplaceability areas essential for biodiversity, and promote the develop- Criterion 2: Restricted-range species (RR). KBAs based ment of national and regional ecological networks and on this criterion hold a significant proportion (pro- corridors.” Safeguarding these key areas requires a variety visionally set at 5%) of the global population of one of governance approaches, including national parks, com- or more species with a limited global range size (pro- munity and indigenous conservation areas, and private visionally set at 50,000 square kilometers). Both the reserves — the best approach will vary from place to place. maximum range size and threshold appropriate for A network of such sites, coupled with species-specific ac- this criteria need further testing. In the Philippines, due to a lack of data on range and population size data become available. For instance, data for plant species (both global and local), endemic species were used are currently being incorporated. as a proxy for restricted-range species. A total of 128 KBAs were identified for 209 globally Criterion 3: Congregatory species (CC). KBAs based threatened, and 419 endemic species of freshwater fishes, on this criterion hold a significant proportion amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, as well as for (provisionally set at 1%) of the global population 62 species of congregatory birds. All species protected of a congregatory species, defined as a species that through the Wildlife Act (Republic Act 9147) are repre- gathers in large numbers at specific sites during sented within at least one KBA. The KBAs cover a total of some stage in their life cycle (for example, breed- 6,008,813 hectares or approximately 20% of the total land ing aggregations). area of the Philippines. Currently, 45 of the 128 KBAs (35%) benefit from official safeguard status in the Philip- Identifying and Delineating KBAs in the pines, having been formally established as protected areas Philippines under the legal framework of the National Integrated Pro- tected Areas System Act (Republic Act 7586). The remain- KBA identification in the Philippines is based on the ing 83 KBAs (65%) lack formal governmental protection. 117 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) identified for the coun- try by the Haribon Foundation and Birdlife International, Areas that are suspected to be important, but for which and the 206 Conservation Priority Areas (CPAs) identified we have no conclusive data to satisfy KBA criteria were through the Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Prior- designated as candidate KBAs. These include sites that ity-setting Program. The main challenge in identifying have habitat suitable for target species, but that have not KBAs was to refine the results of these previous initiatives, yet been surveyed, as well as sites with only historical specifically, to incorporate data for threatened and restrict- data for target species. Candidate KBAs are priorities for ed-range species of freshwater fishes, amphibians, reptiles, research; if new data or surveys confirm the presence of birds, and mammals so as to document the presence of target species within these sites, they too will become pri- these species in existing sites and to identify new KBAs orities for conservation action (KBAs). Forest cover data where needed. The 2004 IUCN Red List provided the list have been very useful in identifying candidate KBAs, and of threatened species for the country, as well as data on help to support a precautionary management approach in conservation status, distribution, threats, key contacts, and some areas (e.g., prohibition of development or logging). references. Additional data, especially point locality data A total of 51 candidate KBAs have been identified for the for each species, were obtained from the published litera- Philippines. The survival of many target species, particu- ture, experts/scientists, and museum collections. larly Critically Endangered and highly restricted range species, may depend on confirming the status of these Spatial data used to delineate KBA boundaries included candidate KBAs. available point localities and distribution information for species, IBA and CPA polygons, information on habitat Given that funding for conservation investment is limited, type and extent, settlement patterns, topography, and and given that some KBAs require safeguarding more protected area (PA) boundaries. In some cases, existing urgently than others, it may be useful to prioritize amongst IBA, CPA, or PA boundaries did not have to be modified the 128 sites identified to date. However, a large amount in delineating the KBAs, since data for the target species of additional biological and socioeconomic data would fell within the boundaries of the original site. In other be required to undertake a thorough and accurate priori- cases, existing IBA or PA boundaries were modified as tization based on irreplaceability and vulnerability. Also, needed to incorporate nearby habitat for target species, to different stakeholders may have slightly varying priorities. omit highly developed areas, and generally to incorporate Thus, a full-scale prioritization has not been attempted. the best available land cover and land use data. Additional Nevertheless, a subset of sites does emerge as the very KBAs were based solely on the confirmed presence of tar- highest priorities. These sites are termed Alliance for Zero get species, and delineated using relevant habitat and land Extinction (AZE) sites. The AZE is a consortium of over cover data. 50 conservation organizations worldwide, devoted to con- serving
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