Comments on: Pawikan Conservation

By: CESAR "TETAL" SISON

CESAR "TETAL" SISON — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:54:24 +0000

GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING!

I SAW A TURTLE OR TORTOISE ( CAN’T DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE) IN MY FRIEND’S POND NA NAPULOT LANG DAW. ANG SHELL OR BAHAY NIYA AY NOT MATAMBOK PARANG IT WAS DESIGNED FOR AERODYNAMICS. ANG NAPANSIN KO LANG AY MATULIS ANG NGUSO NIYA NA PARANG ANTEATER AND IT’S AGGRESSIVE. DOES IT BELONG TO RARE SPECIES? WALA KASI AKONG CAMERA KAYA HINDI KO NAKUNAN. THE PLACE IS SAN ISIDRO, NUEVA ECIJA.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:27:37 +0000

Hi blairdelacruz,

Please contact the people from Bataan LGU or at the Pawikan Centre. For other ecotourism destinations, you may want to contact El Nido Resorts as well, they have a pretty good track record being a true ecotourism destination. :)

Regards

By: blairdelacruz

blairdelacruz — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:35:04 +0000

good day!

sir, were planning to have a seminar regarding community based eco-tourism and were planning to go in pawikan conservation center. my alam po b kau n pwede nmin mging guest speaker para sa event nmin? or ung pwedeng mag lecture about sa pawikan conservation center?

thank you po in advance…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:59:21 +0000

Hi Mae,

Go ahead, you may use the photos. The group shot of Bantay Pawikan Inc, isn’t mine however but it came from the Pawikan Conservation themselves.

I will check if I have other photos, will let you know. Sorry, for the delayed reply.

Ryan

By: zherie mae

zherie mae — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:50:58 +0000

sir ryan,this is Mae Esperancilla,researcher from TV5,I have seen your photos in this website and I would like to ask for permission if we can use your photos in our show TeknoTrip which is aired in Aksyon TV 41

Our episode for this week will be promoting the province of Bataan and since the Pawikan Conservation center is part of the tourist attractions in Bataan this will serve as a a great help in featuring the place

We will appreciate it much if you will give us the permission to use your photos with an inclusion of your name as the provider of the images

It will be much better if you also have photos of the adopt a turtle and the releasing of the turtles

Thank you very much

Mae Esperancilla
Researcher-teknoTrip
0905-296-3232
zhemhaye_esperancilla@yahoocom

By: Blogie Robillo

Blogie Robillo — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:58:29 +0000

Hi Emma. Where is it exactly? Pls contact me via http://angdabawenyo.com/contact and I will do my best to help!

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 26 May 2011 06:16:54 +0000

Hi.. Is it possible that you rescue 3 Pawikans from Davao City? as an MS Biology student taking up conservation biology this summer, part ng plans namin is to visit a so-called pawikan conservation site. However, i was emotionally torn nung pagdating namin sa site, seeing three SMALL dirty pools of pawikan. one of them is cleary very sick. The project was supposedly handled by some local politician na nakausap namin recently. Pero the MOA for the conservation of these turtles has already expired, at sobrang isang taon nang walang bundget na nakalaan para sa welfare nung tatlong turtles. imagine, they are being held captive by a local barangay, whose officials are fond of the icon na nagcoconserver sila kunwari ng pawikan. sobrang naiiyak ako knowing that nagrerely lang sila sa mga volunteers at donations bago mapakain ng matino ang turtles. so ibig sabihin, habang walang nagdodonate, wala ring makain ung mga pawikan. and their pools are never cleaned regularly. sobrang kaawa-awa knowing that they are in an almost anoxic water environment na mabaho. we tried talking to the barangay officials na kung pwede sana i-acclimatize nila sa dagat since iilang meters lang naman ang layo nung pools nila from the sea. ayaw nilang maniwala samin because wala raw protocol at papatayin lang daw ng mga local residents ang pawikan. hindi kaya na mas morally matatanggap pa nating mamamatay yung pawikan because of ignorance, kesa naman they’ll die in captivity or some politician??? :( this is so sad.

By: Bobby G

Bobby G — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:24:36 +0000

Thank you Manolo and the rest of the staff! We enjoyed our stay! Really inspiring and heartwarming to experience the kind of accommodation you all extend to your visitors human or otherwise.

Godbless!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:39:38 +0000

Hi Nicole,

You may want to contact those people listed on the article if there are other ways to donate. :)

Ryan

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:33:34 +0000

Hi Marcus,

AFAIK, there were no entrance fees. But that may have changed. Donations are encouraged. I am not sure if Holy Week would be the best time for turtle hatching, you may want to check with the conservationists listed.

Kudos for your thoughts however. I hope you can come and visit them!

Ryan