Press Releases

During the 2026 breeding season of the Philippine Cockatoo, Katala Foundation Inc. (KFI) implemented an intensive nest protection scheme to curb nestling poaching within the Iwahig Penal Reservation. Through the intervention, nests that previously fell victim to poaching successfully produced young cockatoos, effectively doubling the recruit count and facilitating ongoing recovery of third-largest global population…

On May 7, 2026, distinguished representatives from Vietnam’s environment sector and WWF-Vietnam engaged in a knowledge exchange on biodiversity conservation and management strategies implemented within lowland forests in the penal reservation and surrounding communities through the Katala Foundation Inc., in close partnership with IPPF, BuCor, key indigenous peoples, DENR, PCSDS, and the Western Command. In…

A meaningful dialogue between the Western Command of the Philippines (WESCOM) and Katala Foundation Inc. (KFI) was held on February 27, 2026, reaffirming a shared commitment to environmental conservation in Puerto Princesa City. The vicinity of WESCOM hosts one of the last remaining coastal forest stands in the city, an ecosystem of critical importance. Puerto…

Katala Foundation Inc. (KFI) celebrates the translocation of five critically endangered Philippine cockatoos Cacatua haematuropygia from care at the Katala Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation (KIEBC) in Narra, Palawan, to Dumaran Critical Habitat on Dumaran Island, Palawan. “Conservation translocation is one of the strategies to help recover the population of the Katala. Our Katala…

The Katala Foundation Inc. (KFI) and the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) signed on Aug. 26, 2025, the renewal of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to demonstrate their shared commitment to biodiversity conservation, especially for the critically endangered Philippine Cockatoo, or Katala as locally called. “This long partnership with the KFI is a symbol…