By Henrylito D. TacioThe Philippines – an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, including the triumvirate Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao – is noted for its fine white sand beaches. Tourists, either foreigners or locals, are also captivated by the exceptional marine animals teeming its...
Since its launch in 2014, the park has become home to a mangrove and coastal forest, almost 100 endemic migratory bird species, marine animals, and the critically endangered hawksbill, green sea, and olive ridley turtles.In 2017, a female pawikan (turtle), exhausted and injured from forcing her way...
PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte – A sustainable sanctuary for endangered sea turtles has been created along the coastlines of Bangui and Pagudpud towns through an intensified Sea Turtle Pawikan Conservation Action Plan.
ACEN, led by its pioneering wind farms in the province – the NorthWind and North...
The pawikan hatchery project at Sitio Remedios
By Dr. Joven R. Cuanang
PAWIKAN PLIGHT From left: Green sea turtle or pawikan (Giorgia Doglioni)
There are ways in this world that bring people of mutual interest together.
This one involves a text message from George Canlas, sometime in...