In-Situ Conservation Project Technical Progress Report September - December 2013 Peter Widmann and Indira D. L. Widmann Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines August 2014 PCCP Technical Progress Report September-December 2013 Katala Foundation Inc. TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES PROJECT TITLE: PHILIPPINE COCKATOO CONSERVATION PROGRAMME In-situ Conservation Project PROJECT DURATION: September - December 2013 PROJECT SITE: Palawan, Philippines PROJECT COOPERATORS: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Municipal Government of Narra, Palawan, Philippines Municipal Government of Dumaran, Palawan, Philippines Municipal Government of Rizal, Palawan, Philippines Municipal Government of Balabac, Philippines Municipal Government of Patnanungan, Quezon, Philippines Municipal Government of Polillo, Quezon, Philippines Bgy. Culasian Government, Rizal, Palawan, Philippines Bgy. Burdeos Government, Polillo, Quezon, Philippines Bgy. Pandanan Government, Balabac, Palawan, Philippines Local Protected Area Management Committees (LPAMC) Sagip Katala Movement-Narra Chapter, Inc. (SKM-NC, Inc) Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) Jewelmer Corporation Inc. Polillo Islands Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. Concerned agencies and authorities BY: KATALA FOUNDATION, INC. INDIRA DAYANG LACERNA-WIDMANN, Program Manager PETER WIDMANN, Program Co-Manager/Scientific Director ADDRESS: Katala Foundation, Inc. 2nd Flr., JMV Bldg., National Highway, Sta. Monica or P.O. Box 390 Puerto Princesa City 5300 Palawan, Philippines Tel/Fax: +63-48-434-7693 WEBSITE: www.philippinecockatoo.org EMAIL: [email protected] or [email protected] 2 Katala Foundation Inc, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines PCCP Technical Progress Report September-December 2013 Katala Foundation Inc. Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................................... 11 ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................... 13 LIST OF FIGURES, TABLE AND ANNEX ........................................................................................ 14 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 16 THE PHILIPPINE COCKATOO CACATUA HAEMATUROPYGIA............................................................................ 16 OBJECTIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE COCKATOO CONSERVATION PROGRAM .......................................................... 17 PROGRAM STRATEGY .................................................................................................................................. 17 DELIVERABLES............................................................................................................................................ 17 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SITES ............................................................................................... 19 RASA ISLAND, NARRA, PALAWAN ................................................................................................................ 19 SULU SEA COASTAL PLAIN .......................................................................................................................... 20 DUMARAN ISLAND, DUMARAN, PALAWAN ................................................................................................... 21 CULASIAN MANAGED RESOURCE PROTECTED AREA (CMRPA), RIZAL, PALAWAN ........................................ 22 PANDANAN ISLAND, BALABAC .................................................................................................................... 23 PATNANUNGAN, POLILLO GROUP OF ISLANDS, QUEZON ................................................................................ 24 METHODS ....................................................................................................................................... 24 RESULTS AND PROGRESS ........................................................................................................... 27 OUTPUT 1: CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION ON PANDANAN AND BUGSUK ISLANDS, BALABAC ..... 27 Warden scheme ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Cockatoo population and nest monitoring ............................................................................................... 28 Conservation education .......................................................................................................................... 29 Raptor Watch ......................................................................................................................................... 29 Monitoring visit of Thomas Arndt............................................................................................................ 29 Constraints and measures taken .............................................................................................................. 30 OUTPUT 2: REINTRODUCTION OF PHILIPPINE COCKATOOS INTO PARTS OF THE HISTORICAL RANGE .................. 30 Assessment of Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte ..................................................................................... 30 nd 2 National Workshop on Philippine Cockatoo Reintroduction ............................................................... 34 Constraints and measures taken .............................................................................................................. 35 OUTPUT 3: CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION ON RASA ISLAND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (RIWS), NARRA CONTINUED ..................................................................................................................................... 35 Wardening scheme.................................................................................................................................. 35 Capacity building of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary (RIWS) ................................................................................................................................................... 36 Conservation education and eco-tourism ................................................................................................ 37 Systematic collection of data on breeding and feeding biology and population dynamics of Philippine Cockatoo continued ................................................................................................................................ 39 Constraints and measures taken .............................................................................................................. 39 OUTPUT 4. CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION IN THE SULU SEA COASTAL PLAIN OF PALAWAN ........ 39 Iwahig monitoring .................................................................................................................................. 39 Apis Forest Restoration .......................................................................................................................... 40 Constraints and measures taken .............................................................................................................. 40 OUTPUT 5. CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION ON DUMARAN ISLAND, DUMARAN CONTINUED ......... 40 Warden scheme ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Members of Local Protected Areas Management Committee assisted and capacitated ............................. 41 Buffer zone restoration and establishment and management of critical habitat ........................................ 41 3 Katala Foundation Inc, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines PCCP Technical Progress Report September-December 2013 Katala Foundation Inc. Conservation education .......................................................................................................................... 43 Systematic collection of data on breeding and feeding biology and population dynamics of Philippine Cockatoo continued ................................................................................................................................ 43 Constraints and measures taken .............................................................................................................. 44 OUTPUT 6. SUPPORT FOR POLILLO ISLANDS PARROT PROJECT ....................................................................... 44 OUTPUT 7. CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION IN CULASIAN MANAGED RESOURCE PROTECTED AREA (CMRPA), RIZAL CONTINUED ..................................................................................................................... 44 Warden scheme ...................................................................................................................................... 44 OUTPUT 8. KATALA INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ....................................... 45 Captive management of Philippine Cockatoo and other threatened target species .................................... 45 Other Wildlife ........................................................................................................................................