The concept of core zones is part of the Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) map, which was conceived to protect Palawan’s forests and biodiversity vis-a-vis development plans. Next to core ...

Palawan is around 270 miles long and just 25 across at its widest point. "On a map Palawan looks like an arm extending from the Philippines to Borneo," Travel + Leisure wrote. With limestone ...

shows that areas originally classified as core zones in the 2006 map (left) became open for development. Source: Palawan Council for Sustainable Development The case of Naglayan Island One of the 41 ...

The Rio Tuba mine and a processing facility in Palawan, Philippines ... officials who changed land use and environment zoning maps to accommodate mining. “It's very alarming that zones ...

Recently, the ECAN maps of Palawan’s municipalities of Quezon and Bataraza, known to be economically dependent on mining, were submitted for amendment. The requested updates in the zoning ...

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Philippines —Unspoiled beaches ... determined to put the island province on the map of the country’s coffee industry. “People don’t know that there are ...

Traditional, double outrigger boats called banca glide across the glass-like waters of Palawan, an idyllic island province in the Philippines. A narrow rock formation separates the Twin Lagoons ...

The concept of core zones is part of the Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN) map, which was conceived to protect Palawan’s forests and biodiversity vis-a-vis development plans.