Honorable Mayor Lucena Demaala of Narra, Palawan Approved Municipal Resolution No. 2015-2501

Philippines, 28th April 2012—They travelled from the Philippines to Hong Kong stuffed in a smuggler’s bag with over 60 other reptiles, but on Friday, 18 Philippine Forest Turtles were returned safely home and are doing well in the care of the Katala Foundation. Please find the full press release online.

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…

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…

Despite serious concerns from the civil society, the affected municipal government, environmental groups and experts, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) under the chairmanship of Governor Abraham Kahlil Mitra endorsed the construction of a 15MW coal-fired power plant in Panacan, Narra, Palawan. The proposed site for the plant is about a kilometer away from…