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FAQ

Why is Palawan called the Last Frontier?

Palawan is called the last frontier because many of its wilderness are not yet explored. Its forests extends up to the shore where a lot of wildlife could be seen. In fact, in recent years, many new species of wildlife have been discovered in its rich forest and marine ecosystem.

Also, there is a high rate of migration in Palawan. People from many parts of the Philippines and even in other countries settle and enjoy the bounties of the frontier regions.

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Environmental Issues and Cases in Palawan

Case 4 - Family Protection of Coral Reef in Snake Island

Aggressive and vigorous campaigns to conserve the environment through community-based initiatives bear fruit. Fishers who appreciate the importance of conserving natural resources can go great lengths to help realize the goal of sustainable development. One such case is a family living in Snake...

Case 2 - Gleaning the Gleaned: Coping Behavior of Palaw'ans to Climate Change

The brunt of climate change impact has caused a major change in the way of life of the indigenous Palaw’ans of Culasian in southern Palawan in the Philippines. The peaceful and mostly isolated group of Palaw’ans saw their crops eaten by multitudes of rats out of nowhere during the driest months...

Case 1 - Palaw'an Ingenuity: Mini-Hydro Using Indigenous and Waste Materials

The author visited a community of indigenous people in Sitio Bohoy, Bataraza as part of a research project on forest ecosystem. He was amazed at what he saw. A simple but working hydroelectric power plant was built out of the ingenuity of a Palaw'an, one of the indigenous people of Palawan in the...

Case 3 - Marangas: The Enchanted Island

Even in the age of information, many people still believe in supernatural things and beings. The existence of supernatural things and beings lie in the realm of the unexplainable; things that baffle people in a certain way and cause them to act in a certain direction. What people think and...