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NegOcc backs efforts to protect Philippine flying foxes

(File photo of Mambukal courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government is supporting efforts to protect the vulnerable Philippine flying foxes, also known as fruit bats. Mambukal, situated on the foot of Mt. Kanlaon, is one of the few bat sanctuaries in the Philippines. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the hosting of the 1st National Flying Fox Forum at the Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary in Murcia town until Wednesday is a headway in the efforts to protect the endangered species from extinction. "While it is true that the balance of our biodiversity isn't always easy to maintain, we must nonetheless undertake the necessary steps for its protection and balance; for ecological, medical, agricultural, and even aesthetic and recreational importance," Lacson added. He noted that the Philippines is host to 10 species of flying foxes, of which five are found only in the country. In Mambukal, at least three species of flying ....

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Mt. Kanlaon flora expedition set in July

PROTECTED AREA. The twin falls inside the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park. A team led by Filipino botanist Shiella Mae Olimpos, a flora specialist of the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc., will launch a flora expedition inside the protected area on Negros Island in July.(Photo courtesy of DENR-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY - A flora expedition will be held in the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) in July to update the database on the various plant species found inside the protected area on Negros Island. As of Wednesday, the team led by Filipino botanist Shiella Mae Olimpos, a flora specialist of the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (PhilBio) and a Master of Science student at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, has been gearing up for the project. "I'm very happy that Shiella will lead this initiative. She is a PhilBio staff and her thesis is about the Mt. Kanlaon flora," PhilBio president Errol Gatumbato said in an interview over ....

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