Endemic Palawan FAUNA

Palawan Bearcat / Binturong (Arctictis whitei)

Palawan Hornbill / Talusi (Anthracoceros marchei)

Palawan Mousedeer/ Pilandok (Tragulus nigricans)

Palawan Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron emphanum)

Palawan bearded pig (Sus ahonorbus)

Philippine / Palawan Pangolin - scaly anteaters (Manis culionensis)

Purple crab (Insulamon palawanense) - 2012 - Hendrik Freitag

+4 other crab species discovered in 2012

Endemic Palawan FLORA

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Protected Areas

1. Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary

*"Is the Philippines major conservation showcase for wildlife habitat holding the single distinction as the first successful wildlife translocation experiment in Asia"

* established - August 31, 1976

* Presidential Decree no. 1578 (Ferdinand Marcos)

* SEP - Strategic Environmental Plan

2. Ursula Island Game Refige and Bird Sanctuary

*southernmost part of Palawan, near Brooke's Point

* the islet - migratory and wintering ground for shoebirds and seabrids

* Administrative Order No. 14

* declared April 30, 1960

3. El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area

* ENTMRPA

* Presidential Proclamation (Joseph Estrada)

* on October 8, 1998

4. Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park

* 97,030 hectares

* Sulu Sea

* part of Cagayancillo

* consists of two huge atolls (North and South atolls) and the smaller Jessie Bealey Reef

* also a UNESCO world heritage site - declared as of December 1993

* nominated at the New 7 Wonders Of Nature (2008)

* part of Coral Triangle

* Hawksbill and Green sea turtles

* has atleast 600 fish species, 360 coral species, 11 shark species, 13 dolphin and whale species, and 100 bird species

* Tubbataha = two Samal words combination: tubba and taha, which together means "a long reef exposed at low tide"

* featured on the reverse side of P1000 bill (with the bigges pearl?)

ship grounding incidents:

* Oct 31, 2005 - Rainbow Warrior (Greenpeace ship)

* Jan 17, 2013 - USS Guardian (US Navy)

* Apr 8, 2013 - F/V Min Long Yu (a Chinese fishing vessel)

5. Puerto Princesa Underground River (National Park)

*one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature (confirmed Jan 28, 2012)

*also a UNESCO world heritage site - declared as of Dec 4, 1999

*contains a full 'mountain-to-sea' ecosystem

*St. Paul Mountain Range-west coast, St. Paul bay-north, Babuyan River-east

*8.2 km long

*second longest undergound river on the world (1st-Mexico)

*longest NAVIGABLE underground river

*has a 20 million year old Sirenia (Order of sea cows/manatees) fossil embedded in the walls of the cave (discovered by La Venta)

6. The Malampaya Sound Land and Seascape Protected Area

*"Fishbowl of the Philippines"

*mangroves and swamps

*rich with zooplankton biomass

*Taytay

7. Coron Island Protected Area

*first declared a National Reserve by virtue of Proclamation # 219 on July 2, 1967

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites:

(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

1. Puerto Princesa Underground River Nat'l Park

2.Tubbataha Reef Marine Park