Philippines

Conservation and Management Programme

     Major on-going conversation and mangement projects/programs are the following: 
           1. Population Studies. 
           This aims to establish the marine turtle distribution in the country through tagging 
  activity. The DENR  through the PCP and the Field Action Officers (FAOs) of the Regional 
  Offices with the assistance of NGOs conduct this activity.

           2. Information Education Campaign (IEC). 
           3. Monitoring and Protection. 
           4. Web Page and Satellite Telemetry projects. 
           5. Turtle Islands Heritage Protected Area (TIHPA). 
           6. The Turtle Islands Integrated Conservation and Development Project (ICDP)