Philippine cockatoo’s last refuge in peril

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…

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 chick of the critically endangered Philippine Cockatoo was reared in this year’s breeding season in Katala Institute (KI) Narra. This represents the first successful conservation breeding effort for this highly threatened parrot in Palawan, which is also home to the majority of the wild population of this species. The facility is run by Katala…