A small country, Philippines, they supported the astonishing of the diversity of hornbills. Having 9species and 10subspecies are recognised. They belong to one, existing in a place since prehistory. With particular forms occurring only on particular islands or groups of islands that were formerly connected by land bridges.
However, the extent of destruction of forests, with fierce hunting of these birds for food(hornbills are still regarded as a delicacy in some places, best eaten as finger-food or 'pulutan' during beer drinking parties). In fact, hornbills were threatened than any other country in the world, but the most regretful is that the first known hornbill extinction, namely the Ticao tarictic (P. p. ticaensis) which was known only from Ticao Island, off Masbate.
A new tripartite 'Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)', formally signifying the establishment of a 'Philippines Hornbills Conservation Programme (PHCP)', has just been signed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR, Govt. of the Philippines), Vogelpark Avifauna (VA, Netherlands) and the North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo, U. K).
What they do to protect hornbills?
-Field status surveys -Habitat protection and restoration
-Development of properly structured conservation breeding and research programmes
-Production and distribution of public awareness/education materials -Organisation of local biodiversity conservation workshops and teacher's training programmes -Personnel training
URL : http://www.coraciiformestag.com/Conservation/Philippines.htm
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