Philippine Tarsier Foundation
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| Environmental | |
| Industry | Environmentalism |
| Founded | April 17, 1996, Philippines |
| Headquarters | Tagbilaran City & Corella, Bohol, Philippines |
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Key people
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Carlito Pizarras Jesus Alvarez Fr. Florante S. Camacho, SVD Anos Fonacier Richard Uy Marlito Uy Mina Gabor |
| Products | Lobbying, research, consultancy |
| Website | http://www.tarsierfoundation.org/ |
The Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Incorporated (PTFI) is a non-profit, based in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines, established in 1996 to conserve, promote research and establish a sanctuary for the Philippine tarsier. It is an entirely private sector initiative, but has strong support from two leading organizations in conservation and eco-tourism, namely the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Tourism (DOT). To ensure the continued existence of the Philippine tarsier, the Foundation is attempting to bring tourism to the province of Bohol in a way that is ecologically friendly to the Philippine tarsier.
Organized by local businessmen in Bohol, an island of 1.2 million people, the foundation runs a 8.4-hectare (20.7-acre) sanctuary or forest reservation, nestled within a larger protected forest where about a thousand other Philippine tarsier are believed to live, protected by a permanent logging ban. At the reservation, visitors can observe the Philippine tarsier in its natural habitat, in an enclosure, or conduct research at the Philippine Tarsier Research and Development Center. Here, researchers fitting temporary radio collars helped establish the animals' breeding and eating habits as well as their territorial ranges.
Under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DENR signed on April 27, 1997, the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, Incorporated has the following missions: to establish a forest reserve in the island of Bohol which shall serve as the sanctuary of the Philippine tarsier; to protect and manage the tarsier sanctuary through the active participation of local communities; to establish and maintain a wildlife research laboratory for the study of the ecology and biology of the Philippine tarsier; to establish and maintain visitor facilities for ecotourism and disseminate information material about the Philippine tarsier with emphasis on the species' protection and conservation.
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