conservation conversations philippines
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Terrestrial Fauna
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Tamaraw?
V-Shaped Horns
C-Shaped Horns
Iglit-Baco Mountain Range
12°54′N 121°13′E
Home of the Mangyan People
Almasiga
Kamagong / Mabolo
Tindalo / Balayong
A Century of Logging
At the turn of the century,
the Philippines had
22 Million hectares of
tropical rainforest.
Today, barely 800,000
hectares of primary forest
remain.
+110Made in the
Philippines!
Asian Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
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Enhanced
Enforcement
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Recorded Tamaraw Numbers
2000 - 154
2001 - 187
2002 - 153
2003 - 261
2004 - 232
2005 - 269
2006 - 263
2007 - 239
2008 - 263
2009 - 274
2010 - 314
2011 - 274
2012 - 327
2013 - 345
2014 - 382
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