British conservation team explores Philippine wetlands

The British-based Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) fact-finding team was recently welcomed by the Department of Tourism (DOT).

The team visited the country to study four wetlands being conserved as birdwatching sites and possible water resource.

British Conservation Team Explorers in Philippine Wetlands

The four areas include, Pampanga’s Candaba Swamp and Wildlife Reserve, Balanga’s Wetland Park in Bataan, Cebu City’s Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary, and Las Pinas-Paranaque’s Critical Habitat and Eco-tourism Zone.

The exploration was part of the WWT Patron Partnership Program signed by the London Wetland Center and the DOT during the international launch of the Philippines as a premiere birdwatching site in 2008’s World Travel Mart held in London.

The British team extended its expertise in preserving these areas, involving local communities in conservation and improving tourism experience of visiting bird watching enthusiasts.

Yearly, the Brits are among the country’s top visitors from the European continent.

Attached shows the British group documenting bird species found in Olango; (from l-r) Martin Coulson Spray, WWT Chief Executive Officer; John Creedon, WWT Corporate Relations Manager; Rebecca Ann Woodward, WWT Consultant and Director; Lucy K. Blue, Marine Archaeologist and TV Broadcaster and Nicola Lucy Vincent, WWT Director Marketing, Education and Communication/Board of Director.

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