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Bill seeks to protect green sea turtles
Ellson Quismorio
October 25, 2013
A lawmaker has urged Congress to declare a major nesting site of the endangered green sea turtle in Tawi-Tawi a wildlife sanctuary.
House Bill 2771 by Tawi-Tawi Rep. Ruby M. Sahali turns the Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi into a protected area under the control and administration of the Protected Area Management Board.The Turtle Islands, established as a marine sanctuary by Presidential Proclamation No. 171 on Aug. 26, 1999, is one of only 10 breeding grounds for green sea turtles in the world.
The board, the bill states, will conduct studies on the various characteristics, features and conditions of the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary, and adopt and enforce a land-use scheme and zoning plan in adjoining areas to control of activities that may threaten the ecological balance in the protected area.
The bill prohibits hunting, destroying, disturbing or even possessing any of the plants and animals from the area without a permit from the board; and the dumping of any substances that could be harmful to the protected area.Violators will be punished by at most six years imprisonment or a fine of no more than P500,000.
Sahali said it was incumbent upon Congress to declare the Turtle Islands a protected area to safeguard its ecological significance and protect the diminishing population of the green sea turtles.
Source: www.mb.com.ph/bill-seeks-to-protect-green-sea-turtles/
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Ellson Quismorio
October 25, 2013
A lawmaker has urged Congress to declare a major nesting site of the endangered green sea turtle in Tawi-Tawi a wildlife sanctuary.
House Bill 2771 by Tawi-Tawi Rep. Ruby M. Sahali turns the Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi into a protected area under the control and administration of the Protected Area Management Board.The Turtle Islands, established as a marine sanctuary by Presidential Proclamation No. 171 on Aug. 26, 1999, is one of only 10 breeding grounds for green sea turtles in the world.
The board, the bill states, will conduct studies on the various characteristics, features and conditions of the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary, and adopt and enforce a land-use scheme and zoning plan in adjoining areas to control of activities that may threaten the ecological balance in the protected area.
The bill prohibits hunting, destroying, disturbing or even possessing any of the plants and animals from the area without a permit from the board; and the dumping of any substances that could be harmful to the protected area.Violators will be punished by at most six years imprisonment or a fine of no more than P500,000.
Sahali said it was incumbent upon Congress to declare the Turtle Islands a protected area to safeguard its ecological significance and protect the diminishing population of the green sea turtles.
Source: www.mb.com.ph/bill-seeks-to-protect-green-sea-turtles/
"Like" the Philippine Wildlife News/ PCTAR page at www.facebook.com/PhilippineWildlifeNews and receive regular updates.