Livelihood projects
Precautionary development of the upland communities living near or
inside the forest: through PESCP as the implementer a number of livelihood
projects (pig fattening, carabao breeding, poultry breeding, sloping agriculture,
fruit and timber tree nursing/ outplanting, high value cash crop planting)
have been provided. Contracted participants are obliged to no longer use
the forest for timber and wildlife hunting. Each project costing from 400
to 800 US$.
Livelihood project - more information
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Hiring of Forest Rangers
To monitor the forests for illegal activities (timber poaching, wildlife
hunting) rangers are being hired, costing with insurances included, 1400
US$ per forest ranger per year.
Forest ranger project - more information |
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Guarding nests of endangered bird species,
for example, Philippine hornbills:
to cope with nest poaching, nest guards and community conservationists
are being hired with a monthly remuneration of 20 US$/month and a nest
incentive of 16 US$ per saved nest.
Nest guarding project - more information |
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Support of rescue centers
Rehabilitation and release of endangered wildlife at rescue centers
in NW Panay: confiscated / donated birds and other endangered wildlife
are rehabilitated till being able to fend for themselves when released;
with a hornbill for instance costing annually (food, medicine, caretaking,
health monitoring) ca. 200 US$.
Rescue center project - more information |
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Research
This is a sideline activity that complements
the management activities on the ground. It is driven by the genuine interest
in the biology of threatened species to improve management conditions in
the wild and understand the constraints imposed on survival in the wild.
Moreover, it is motivated by the sheer desire to understand the functioning
of complex ecosystem in a tropical setting of an archipelago that ranks
first in the world in terms of biodiversity per unit surface area.
Research project - more information |
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