In-Situ Conservation Project Technical Progress Report January – April 2010 By Indira D. L. Widmann, Sabine Schoppe, and Siegfred Diaz With contributions from Peter Widmann Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines May 2010 PCCP Technical Progress Report 2010 TECHNICAL PROGRESS REPORT COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES PROJECT TITLE: PHILIPPINE COCKATOO CONSERVATION PROGRAM In-situ Conservation Project PROJECT DURATION: January – April 2010 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 Patnanungan, Quezon, Philippines Culasian Barangay Government, Rizal, Palawan, Philippines Local Protected Area Management Committees (LPAMC) Sagip Katala Movement-Narra Chapter, Inc. (SKM-NC, Inc) Sagip Katala Movement-Dumaran Chapter (SKM-DC) Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) Polillo Islands Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. Concerned agencies and authorities BY: KATALA FOUNDATION, INC. INDIRA DAYANG LACERNA-WIDMANN Program Manager SABINE SCHOPPE Program Co-Manager SIEGFRED H. DIAZ Field Operations Coordinator With contributions from Peter Widmann ADDRESS: Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program 3rd Floor, RGP Bldg, Peneyra Road, Bgy. San Pedro 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 January - April PCCP Technical Progress Report 2010 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................... 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 11 ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ................................................................................................................... 14 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 16 THE PHILIPPINE COCKATOO CACATUA HAEMATUROPYGIA ................................................................................ 16 OBJECTIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE COCKATOO CONSERVATION PROGRAM ............................................................. 16 PROGRAM STRATEGY ......................................................................................................................................... 16 DELIVERABLES ................................................................................................................................................... 17 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT SITES ............................................................................................................. 19 RASA ISLAND, NARRA, PALAWAN ...................................................................................................................... 19 DUMARAN ISLAND, DUMARAN, PALAWAN ........................................................................................................ 20 CULASIAN MANAGED RESOURCE PROTECTED AREA (CMRPA), RIZAL, PALAWAN .......................................... 21 PANDANAN ISLAND, BALABAC .......................................................................................................................... 22 PATNANUNGAN, POLILLO GROUP OF ISLANDS, QUEZON ..................................................................................... 23 METHODOLOGIES ........................................................................................................................................... 23 RESULTS AND PROGRESS ............................................................................................................................. 26 OUTPUT 1: TRANSLOCATION PLANNING FOR PHILIPPINE COCKATOOS ................................................................ 26 OUTPUT 2: CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION ON PANDANAN ISLAND, BALABAC INITIATED ............. 27 Nest protection and wardening scheme ......................................................................................................... 27 Roost site monitoring .................................................................................................................................... 30 Conservation education and confidence building ......................................................................................... 30 Constraints and measures taken ................................................................................................................... 32 OUTPUT 3: CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION ON RASA ISLAND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (RIWS), NARRA CONTINUED ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Wardening scheme ........................................................................................................................................ 36 Capacity building of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary (RIWS) ........................................................................................................................................................... 37 Conservation Education ................................................................................................................................ 37 Eco-tourism ................................................................................................................................................... 37 Systematic collection of data on breeding and feeding biology and population dynamics of Philippine cockatoo continued ........................................................................................................................................ 38 Constraints and measures taken ................................................................................................................... 43 OUTPUT 4. CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION ON DUMARAN ISLAND, DUMARAN CONTINUED .......... 43 Wardening scheme ........................................................................................................................................ 43 Capacity building .......................................................................................................................................... 44 Conservation education ................................................................................................................................ 44 Create buffer zones around existing cockatoo reserves, preferably including creation of alternative livelihood options .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Systematic collection of data on breeding and feeding biology and population dynamics of Philippine cockatoo continued ........................................................................................................................................ 47 Constraints and measures taken ................................................................................................................... 47 3 January - April PCCP Technical Progress Report 2010 OUTPUT 5. CONSERVATION OF COCKATOO POPULATION IN CULASIAN MANAGED RESOURCE PROTECTED AREA (CMRPA), RIZAL CONTINUED ........................................................................................................................... 48 Wardening scheme ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Capacity building and conservation education ............................................................................................. 49 Systematic collection of data on breeding and feeding biology and population dynamics of Philippine cockatoo continued ........................................................................................................................................ 50 Constraints and measures taken ................................................................................................................... 51 OUTPUT 6. POLILLO ISLANDS PARROT CONSERVATION PROJECT PROMOTED .................................................... 51 Nest protection scheme for cockatoos and other parrot species ................................................................... 51 Conservation education and linkaging .......................................................................................................... 52 Constraints and measures taken ................................................................................................................... 52 OUTPUT 7. KATALA INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FURTHER DEVELOPED ....... 53 Landscaping and development of the KIEBC ................................................................................................ 53 Philippine Cockatoo ...................................................................................................................................... 54 Philippine Freshwater Turtle Conservation Project (PFTCP)