LOOK: 1PawiCAN recognized as 2026 Galing Pook Finalist

PASIG CITY โ€“ Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), through the ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š ๐ฆ โ€“ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐Œ๐ƒ๐-๐‹๐†๐„๐Œ๐‚), proudly congratulates ๐‹๐†๐„๐Œ๐‚ ๐๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก 4 ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Œr. Raphael C. De Leon as one of the Finalists for the 2026 Galing Pook Awards.

Mr. Raphael De Leon, who serves as Assistant Department Head of the Provincial Government of Bataan, conceptualized the 1PawiCAN (1 Bataan Pawikan Conservation Alliance Network) during his learning journey in the ๐๐Œ๐ƒ๐-๐‹๐†๐„๐Œ๐‚ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ.

In 2022, 1PawiCAN was developed to have a more inclusive, coordinated, and holistic attempt for pawikan conservation. Mr. De Leon spearheaded its implementation with reported initial gains on hatching success rates attributed to interventions of the PLGU including cascading of protocols, benchmarking, capacity-building, and information campaign among others.

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