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The little island of Danjugan is about 125 km. south-west of Bacolod, 15 km north of Sipalay and three km. west of Bulata. It's 1 1/2 km. long and 500m across at its widest point, hilly and covered with a thick blanket of green. Seven different kinds of mangrove grow in lagoons here. On the south-east coast you can find deserted sandy bays, and on the west coast beautiful white beaches which are visited by hawksbill turtles during egg-laying season. Several caves provide shelter and roosting places for lively swarms of bats, and the rain forest echoes exotically to the cries of about 50 species of bird, including white breasted sea eagles, grey headed fishing eagles, herons and kingfishers as well as providing a welcome rest stop for many migratory birds. In 2000 the island and the waters surrounding it were designated a nature reserve (Danjugan Island Marine Reserve and Sanctuaries- DIMRS).
Active conservationists from Bacolod with the financial support of the British World Wide Land Conservation Trust (WWLCT) bought the island in 1994 and handed it over to the Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation, Inc (PRRCFI), which had been set up to save Danjugan Island. In 1995, the London based company Coral Cay Conservation Ltd. (CCC) allied itself with this exemplary project for the effective protection of the environment and ever since then has sent volunteers to research and conduct surveys of the local marine life. Keenly interested Philippine students are also often guests at the camp to learn what they can about the ecosystem of this tropical island in workshops lasting several days.
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