Brighter future for rare parrot

Cockatoo nestlings rely on regular food supply in order to fledge. The proposed coal plant would cut of the flight path of adult birds from the mainland to Rasa. Photo: Peter Widmann, KFIDespite serious concerns brought forward by the civil society, the affected municipal government, environmental groups and experts, the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) under the chairmanship of Governor Abraham Kahlil Mitra endorsed the construction of a 15MW coal-fired power plant in Panacan, Narra, Palawan. The proposed site for the plant is about a kilometer away from Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary which is home for a large number of globally threatened animal and plant species, including the critically endangered Philippine Cockatoo.