Honorable Mayor Clarito Demaala of Narra, Palawan Approved Municipal Resolution No. 2013-1935

Sept. 1, 2015 (Manila, Philippines) – The Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program (PCCP) in Narra, Palawan was chosen one of the ten Galing Pook Awardees in 2015 from 16 finalists all over the Philippines. The award was received by none other than the Municipal Mayor of Narra, Lucena D. Demaala along with her municipal council and…

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…

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…

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…