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Help Save the Sea Turtles at Bataan's Pawikan Conservation Center

Help Save the Sea Turtles at Bataan's Pawikan Conservation Center

Started in 1999, the Center is a community-based initiative dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, protecting, and propagating marine turtles that are locally known as pawikan. Headed by the Bantay Pawikan Inc., the program was responsible for reviving the turtle population in Bataan. Three – the Hawksbill, the Olive Ridley, and the Green Turtle – of the five species of marine turtles found in the Philippines come to the coasts of Morong and Bagac to nest and breed.

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Published at 2020-09-28 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Leisure, Travel

Tags: Pawikan

Marine Turtles and the Philippine Forest Turtle

Marine Turtles and the Philippine Forest Turtle

Five of seven marine turtle species (Testudines) in the world can be found in the Philippines. These are the Green turtle, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley, and the Leatherback. These sea turtles are commonly called “Pawikan” in the Philippines.

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Published at 2020-09-17 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Fauna and flora

Tags: Pawikan, turtle