-Wade | Vagabondjourney.com- Wade, good to hear from you again. Yes I do get very tired of seeing UNESCO sites that have been over-exploited as tourist draws. Rather than let them fall, I’d rather see the ample money they have to prevent this from happening. Education centers rather them souvenir stalls if you catch my drift.

Your take on UNESCO is right on. Each place on the list becomes a tourist circus. If heritage is what they wish to preserve then they should let places fall to the ground.

It is my impression that heritage is deeper than piles of old stones. The buildings may stand but the heritage is gentrified out.

Wade

-jessiev- Yes there are serious problems with development in the world today. And hard to find a solution.

-Ivy- Thanks Ivy, it’s much appreciated. If WWF are not involved, then no problem; its their choice. But if they are, I think there are people here interested in knowing what and how they are involved with the Tarsiers in the Philippines.

Here’s a full list from

Wikipedia

that mentions programs that were set up to help the Tarsier. As you can see most have not been updated for 10 years by the looks of things. Which is one of my points.

Yes the world is losing out due to disappearing species. What’s worse is watching it happen in person.

I have sent the WWF an email, received an auto response stating someone will be in touch. Let’s see …

Likewise with the WWF. I had a look at their program in the Philippines, it’s not so well updated on their website. Adopt a Tariser, sure, but it doesn’t specify for what country and how the funding is used. Yes I saw the Kinabatandan page, but that’s Borneo. Again, the Philippines section is practically devoid of recent activity.

I’ve sent them an email, to find out if they are indeed running any program to support the Tarsier in the Philippines, and how. Let’s see if they respond …

In the mean time, that you for posting those links, hopefully anyone reading them might be able to help, find information, or at least learn about the Tarsier.

http://www.tarsierfoundation.org/contact-us

It seems that some organizations are trying to help but yes without funding it will be difficult. WWF is definitely still around and it turns out they are trying to help the Tarsiers as well through their conservation efforts in the kinabatangan area.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?gid=73

http://www.wwf.org.my/about_wwf/what_we_do/forests_main/kinabatangan___corridor_of_life/

-Nomadic Chick- Unfortunately, from what I can see, there’s been little update on his work over the past few years. Other than an on the ground presence. So I am reluctant to pass on any details, as I don’t like to suggest an NGO or private organization that i cannot vouch for myself. If there’s enough interest in this, I can look into it further, as really I do feel for the Tarsier.

Conflicted about Bohol, not so much. I made the right choice in not trying to live there for sure. My concern is that the type of developer the island is bringing in is the type that come crashing through without much concern for long term tourism infrastructure, sustainable environmental protection and local cultural awareness. Unfortunately money from these big developers talks, and some times the wrong people listen.

You seem conflicted about Bohol. On one hand, getting around is a hassle, on the other, you seem unsupportive of overseas investors sweeping in. I personally dislike developers, the large scale ones anyway. All they see are money and most of it doesn’t end up with the local people. Those are my 2 cents.