PALAWAN
ECO
November 14, 2025
Biodiversity is the burst of color that paints nature’s endless expanse of forest and seas with life and vigor. As populations rise, forests felled, buildings erected, and natural ecosystems replaced by automated agricultural farms, our country slowly loses its color. Palawan, largely acknowledged as the Philippines’ last ecological frontier for biodiversity, is at risk of losing its color as well. Imagine Palawan devoid of the Peacock Pheasant’s elegant blue feathers, the forests robbed of Calamian deers roaming and the grasslands of the gentle Palawan Pangolins foraging around for food. Imagine no longer seeing Palawan’s majestic mangroves and all the beautiful species it houses. Seeing only...
November 3, 2025
With many species being driven to the point of near extinction due to humanity’s activities, Palawan’s future looks incredibly bleak. However, not all hope is lost. There are many solutions and initiatives already in place, but how effective are they?Under the Strategic Environmental Plan (SEP) for Palawan Act (RA 7611 of 1992), the Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) framework was established and enacted, classifying areas into zones with graded protection. The image below enumerates each ECAN zone and the corresponding activities...
October 3, 2025
UNESCO has the following updated information on Palawan's status: 1,150,800 hectares of biosphere reserve 44,500 hectares of mangrove forests 105 out of the 475 threatened species in the Philippines are found in Palawan Out of the 105 threatened, 67 are endemic to the Philippines and 42 are Palawan-endemic Coastal and marine ecosystems include 379 coral species, 13 species...
October 3, 2025
Slowly but surely, habitats are being destroyed in Palawan, mortality rates of wildlife are increasing, and species are reducing in numbers. These concerning trends are driven by various, avoidable manmade activities. Deforestation, agricultural expansion, and urbanization lead to the killing and fragmenting of habitats. Many species are displaced from their homes....
October 3, 2025
We naturally strive towards development and progress. Palawan is visibly no different. Buildings rise, trades grow busier, and tourists flood the province, especially during summers. But there are unseen effects that anyone rarely thinks about. At the same time, forests are felled, animals are hunted to extinction, and barely any space is left for Palawan's ecosystem to breathe...
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