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Friday, June 09, 2006
DENR 10 celebrates Philippine Eagle Week 2006
By Bong Torres and Edgar Cañete
Correspondence and REWT-10 Team Leader
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Region 10 once again spearheaded the commemoration of annual Philippine Eagle Week celebration this June 4-10, 2006 with the theme: "Inang Kalikasan Kalingain, Agila ng Lahi Sagipin."
This will be conducted throughout the northeastern Mindanao area, which consists of 5 provinces--Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Camiguin.
A total of 15 mountain ranges located within these provinces are identified to be habitats of the critically endangered Philippine Eagle and other equally important raptors or birds of prey.
Region 10 has been recorded to have the most number of Philippine Eagle in the wild according to latest field survey by the Regional Eagle Watch Team.
The Philippine Eagle Week celebration is one way of taking cognizance and to highlight the protection of our critically endangered national bird as declared per Presidential Proclamation 165 as well as the conservation of its natural habitat.
The Regional Eagle Watch Team of Region 10 is aligning various field activities commemorating this weeklong celebration. These ranges from streamers production and hanging on strategic areas, press releases using trimedia, region-wide meeting of all REWT members, active PE nest site and habitat visitations and monitoring, IEC caravan involving environmentalist mountain bikers group called Morters & Timber.
The national government through the DENR for years had implemented the Philippine Raptors Conservation Program using the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) as the flagship species among the 27 diurnal or daylight active prey hunting eagles and 11 nocturnal or night active prey hunting owls. The Philippine Eagle number in the wild accounted to a total of 169 (Source: PAWB-2005).
The Philippine Eagle, which is locally known as "Tipule" by the Subanen tribe and "Kalumbata" by the Higaonons of Region 10, is the second largest eagle of the world and the most majestic of all eagles.
It stands more than a meter tall and had a two meters wingspan. As a top predator in our tropical rain forest, it is considered as a biological yardstick in the measurement of the overall health of our forest ecosystem and its nearby environs.
Its protection is also the preservation of the entire forest ecosystem habitat, which in turn gives various benefits to the people such as food, medicine, water, fresh air and stable micro climatic condition in the area.
(June 9, 2006 issue)
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