Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

General Features
Location	Municipality of Bataraza (Southwest of Sulu Sea, approximately 10 nautical miles southeast of Rio Tuba,Bataraza, southern part of mainland Palawan
Habitat	Ursula Island Bird Sanctuary
Area	17.2 Hectares
Date Established	April 30, 1970
Legal Basis for Establishment	Presidential Decree No. 14
Management Category	Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary

Salient Achievements

Heightened clamor to lift the moratorium on eco-tourism activities to generate revenues that would sustain the management of the island.
Plans and programs were instituted to make the island attractive and appropriate for tourism activities.
Bataraza LGU committed to provide support in the maintenance and protection of the island.

Issues and Concerns

Due to the unabated bird poaching, illegal fishing and squatting of fishermen in the island in 2003, the birds became scarce. The island was also affected by the pollution of the wastes generated by the squatters in the area and the marine zone was devastated by illegal fishing employing cyanide and dynamite. The PAMB then declaring a MORATORIUM closed the island from residents, fisher folks and tourists.