TAMARAW Conservation and Management Action Plan 2019-2028 1 Acknowledgements Many people contributed to the 2018 Tamaraw Population and Habitat Viability Assessment Workshop and to the completion of this Tamaraw Conservation Management and Action Plan. Their time and contributions are acknowledged here: Workshop facilitators: Luis Caraan (WWF), Herold M. Castro (CENRO), Jamie Copsey (CPSG), Lord Priam Cordova (Provincial Govmnt, Occ. Min), Grace Diamante (MBCFI), Caroline Lees (CPSG), Anabelle Plantilla (BIOFIN), Geoff Tabaranza (MBCFI). Modelling and maps: Christophe Bonenfant, (Univ. Lyon1 France), Caroline Lees & Alexis Rutschmann (CPSG), Emmanuel Schütz (DAF). Translators and documenters: Raniza A. Acabado (PENRO Occ. Mindoro), Eduardo Bata (DENR-TCP), Jomilyn M. Bitongan (PAMO-MIBNP), Cecille Garcia- Francisco (DENR-BMB), Raymundo Isug (DAF), Danilo Roca (Cenro SJ), Katherine E. Soriano (BMB-WRD), Eliza Hazel Tan (MBCFI), Yonathan (AWCSG). A full list of workshop participants is provided in Appendix I. of this document and all are thanked for their contributions. This document was compiled and edited with help from (alphabetically): James Burton (AWCSG), Luis Caraan (WWF), Jamie Copsey (CPSG), Lord Priam Cordova (PPDO-Occidental Mindoro), Ma. Teresita Pineda, Jr.-David (DENR-CENRO), Josefina de Leon (BMB-WRD), Grace C. Diamante (MBCFI), Cecille G. Francisco (BMB-WRD), Jeff Holland (CCTU), Caroline Lees (CPSG), Barney Long (GWC), Karla Mangundayao (DENR-MIMAROPA), Anabelle Plantilla (BIOFIN), Ronet Santos (DAF), Emmanuel Schütz (DAF), and Geoff Tabaranza (MBCFI). Ma. Teresita Pineda, Jr.-David, Tamaraw Conservation Program Coordinator (until June 2019) was central to organising the workshop and to coordinating input from participants for this document. The workshop was funded by DENR-BMB with generous co-funding from BIOFIN, making possible the participation of many key stakeholders. Attendance at the workshop of Congresswoman Josephine Ramirez-Sato and the former Governor of Occidental Mindoro, Mario Gene J. Mendiola were greatly appreciated, as is their support for Tamaraw conservation. Photo Credit (front cover): Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation. Inc. Implementation of actions recommended in the TCMAP is monitored through the DENR-Tamaraw Conservation Program (TCP). For further details contact: [email protected] A DENR initiative, in collaboration with the IUCN SSC Asian Wild Cattle and Conservation Planning Specialist Groups. IUCN encourages meetings, workshops and other fora for the consideration and analysis of issues related to conservation and believes that reports of these meetings are most useful when broadly disseminated. The opinions and views expressed by the authors may not necessarily reflect the formal policies of IUCN, its Commissions, its Secretariat or its members. The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Recommended citation: DENR (2019). Tamaraw Conservation and Management Action Plan 2019 – 2028. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines. 2 CONTENT Content ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Acronyms and Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................. 5 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 7 The workshop ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Challenges to Tamaraw recovery and conservation ....................................................................................... 8 Priorities for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) ............................................................................................................ 8 Implementation .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Research ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Philippine Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (PBSAP) 2015 – 2028 ......................................................... 9 Strategy for the Tamaraw meta-population ....................................................................................................... 9 Summary of major activities and timelines, 2019-2028 ................................................................................... 11 Conservation Management and Action Plan 2019 - 2028 .................................................................................... 14 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Our 2050 vision for Tamaraw ........................................................................................................................... 15 Obstacles to recovery and conservation .......................................................................................................... 16 Working group: Tamaraw meta-population management............................................................................... 17 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Expanding and connecting the meta-population ......................................................................................... 17 Monitoring the meta-population ................................................................................................................. 17 Implementation ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Working adaptively ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Role of Population Viability Analysis models ................................................................................................ 18 Meta-population management recommendations ...................................................................................... 18 Goals for meta-population management ..................................................................................................... 20 Goals, sub-goals and recommended actions: meta-population management ............................................ 21 Working group: Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park .............................................................................................. 25 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 25 Goals for Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park ..................................................................................................... 26 Goals, sub-goals and recommended actions: Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park ............................................ 27 Working group: Upper Amnay Watershed Region ........................................................................................... 36 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 36 Goals for Upper Amnay Watershed Region .................................................................................................. 37 Goals, sub-goals and recommended actions: Upper Amnay Watershed Region ......................................... 38 Working group: Aruyan-Malati Tamaraw Reservation ..................................................................................... 43 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 43 Goals for Aruyan-Malati Tamaraw Reservation ........................................................................................... 44 Goals, sub-goals and recommended actions: Aruyan Malati Tamaraw Reservation ................................... 45 Working group: Mount Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary ......................................................................................... 50 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 50 Goals for Mount Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary ................................................................................................ 51 Goals, sub-goals and recommended actions: Mount Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary ....................................... 52 Status Review ....................................................................................................................................................... 55 Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................