The conservation efforts on Rasa Island in Narra in southern Palawan has paid off as the island sanctuary was recently named as one of the top 13 birdwatching sites in the Philippines.
Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary holds probably the densest population of the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia in the wild.
In July 2008, the cockatoo population for the first time since project implementation in 1998 passed the 200 individual mark. Rasa Island was declared Wildlife Sanctuary through Presidential Proclamation 1000 in 2006 issued by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
The small coral island is not only the core habitat of the Philippine cockatoo, but also of other globally threatened or near-threatened bird species. (more…)
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