So the local and international parties together with the EEP and AZA Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGS) intended to assist the implementation of conservation action recommendations for some of the threatened taxa, thus leads to development of the "Bleeding-Heart Conservation Programme".
The genus Gallicolumba is not confined in the Philippines, though bleeding-hearts constitute a distinct subgroup of five species and at least six subspecies restricted to the Philippine biogeographic region. Luzon bleeding-heart (G. luzonica), Mindoro bleeding-heart (G. platenae), Negros bleeding-heart (G. keayi), Sulu bleeding-heart (G. menagei) and Mindanao bleeding-heart (G. criniger) have been distributed to the faunal region of the Philippines. And that all of the five species of bleeding-hearts are listed as critically endangered on the IUCN'S "threatened category" Red List.
One of the species of the bleeding-heart is found on our faunal region, the Sulu bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei)
The Sulu bleeding-heart (G. menagei) is a medium-sized, rather short-tailed pigeon with bright orange patch to otherwise white breast. Dark grey forehead merging into iridiscent green nape and upper mantle. It is restricted to Tawi-tawi and neighbouring islets of Tandubas Group (including Baliungan, Tandubatu and Dundangan; Diesmos and Pedragosa 1995).
Since there are no established Protected Area (PA) in our faunal region due to political instabilities and other conflicts the conservation program for the said species or actions might be underway. Military activity and insurgency continue to present a serious obstacle to the conservation in Sulu archipelago. A proposal exist to provide conservation funding for the Tawi-tawi/Sulu coastal areas, although neither the outcome nor the likely benefits to the species are known. In 1997, a public awareness campaign focusing on the conservation of terrestrial biodiversity on Tawi-tawi was initiated.
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