Philippine cockatoo’s last refuge in peril
Please find the full article online.
Please find the full article online.
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.
23 June 2015, Palawan, Philippines – Again, JUNE HAS COME and the KATALA’s chirp is loudly heard again as we celebrated our annual festivals in Narra and Dumaran, Palawan! “Save the Katala, tell the world!”, this year’s theme resounded the walls of the Narra gymnasium on June 26, 2015 as nearly 2,000 students had fun…
The 5th Kalabukay Festival of the Municipality of Dumaran in Northern Palawan, Philippines will showcase Dumaran’s beauties parading and competing for the Ms. Kalabukay 2008 title. Amongst other highlights of the festivities include the street dancing contest with barangays named after wildlife species recorded in their area and the Kalabukay Fun Day which is packed…
Biologist Peter Widmann and his conservation group the Katala Foundation Inc. (KFI) has added their voice to the chorus of groups opposing the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Rasa Island in Narra town, two hours south of Puerto Princesa City, saying the facility would pose dangers to the habitat of the nearly extinct…
19 June 2010, Palawan, Philippines – The yearly Philippine cockatoo festivals organized by the Katala Foundation are here again! Learning about nature with fun is the concept of these festivals. The Municipality of Dumaran in northern Palawan held its 8th Kalabukay Festival on the 15th of June while the Municipality of Narra in southern Palawan…
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…