Elders, conservationists race to record fading sacred ties to Philippines’ endemic birds

Mongabay
Aug 18, 2026, 3:55 pm110 ptsTrending
PUERTO GALERA, Philippines — The forest settles into a gentle rhythm as the trail climbs into the Iraya Mangyan ancestral domain in Puerto Galera town, on the Philippines’ Mindoro Island. Only birdsong breaks the silence as towering trees sway overhead. A clear stream tumbles across the trail over smooth…

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