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Katala Foundation Incorporated’s (KFI) Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Programme (PCCP) has been working to safeguard the cockatoos on the island of Rasa and Palawan mainland by cultivating local community support for the species. PCCP adopts a variety of approaches including population monitoring, restoration and management of habitats and protected areas, rescue and captive management, translocation of suitable birds within the historical range of the species, capacity building, conservation education and advocacy.
Mandai Nature plays a vital role in supporting PCCP through the establishment of their field station, driving conservation education promotion and local community empowerment, and hosting the PCCP team in various conservation education and animal husbandry initiatives. Mandai Wildlife Group’s Jurong Bird Park also houses several Philippine Cockatoos as part of a conservation breeding programme in partnership with KFI, with hopes of sending the progenies back to their wild habitat.
These combined efforts have certainly paid off. The Philippine Cockatoo population on Rasa island has grown from just 25 individuals in 1998 to more than 350 in 2021, while other project sites have also shown significant population recovery – a testament to the success of strong community involvement and ownership.
Katala Foundation Inc (KFI) is a conservation organisation working predominantly in the Palawan archipelago in the Philippines, and develops comprehensive conservation programmes around highly threatened species.
The Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program (PCCP) was started in 1998 to conserve the critically endangered Philippine Cockatoo through measures including protection and management of key conservation sites, habitat restoration, conservation education, community involvement, rescue of individual birds, translocation, and conservation breeding for re-introduction.
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