Welcome!

Welcome to Palawaniana. This site is devoted to everything about Palawan, the Philippines’ Last Frontier which I grew fond of. Its verdant green forests and rich wildlife struck me with awe, one of the main reasons I decided to stay in this place as I love nature.

I took the task of compiling and writing articles about Palawan’s environment including its wildlife, people, places, attractions, and other subjects of interest unique to Palawan which, I believe, are not yet fully appreciated and understood. I also provided tips on many other things which may prove handy to many such as directions that will guide tourists in enjoying Palawan’s biodiversity-rich terrestrial and coastal ecosystems.

I hope visitors will find this site useful. I will appreciate comments and feedback to help improve this website.

I dedicate this to my family, friends, colleagues, students and Palaweños.

We live to serve God and our fellow men. This makes life meaningful.

Intended Users

There is a dearth of easily accessible information about wildlife in Palawan and facts about Palawan in general. Hence, this website was conceptualized by the author to provide information to students, educators, researchers, tourists and visitors who would like to discover the natural wonders of Palawan – the Philippines’ Last Frontier.

History of Project

I created this website in April 2008 to provide a venue for sharing information about the province of Palawan, known as the Philippines’ Last Frontier. It intends to provide a comprehensive collection of materials about the province’s wildlife, people, places and the environment in general.
The name “Palawaniana” was suggested by Ryan Fuentes, once the author’s advisee and a GIS expert, to encompass information about Palawan. Hence, the main focus of articles, photos, videos, issues, among other things pertain to the main island of Palawan and the adjoining islands and islets.
This project arose mainly from the author’s love for nature and the ardent desire to conserve and preserve wildlife by providing information about their status and habitat. A greater understanding of these animals which closely relates to man’s survival will help maintain their populations. It is also the author’s intention to use this website a a resource for students, both within and outside Palawan. And of course for anyone who would like to enjoy the uniqueness of the biota, places and people of Palawan, this project is dedicated.
This website uses drag-and-drop technology, an automated system provided by webnode.com where virtually no knowledge of html is required. But as get more experience in using webnode, I also eventually learned how to write in html as well as use Cascading Style Sheets or CSS.
Palawaniana started out as a free site with the url https://www.palawaniana.webnode.com in 2008. It’s such a long url, so I decided in to upgrade to the shorter https://www.palawaniana.net. In 2010, a major increase in visitors exceeded the 1GB free bandwidth allocation. This required additional storage space so I was forced to upgrade and have to pay additional amount for a premium account.
Significant updates and improvement on the site was made starting on October 4, 2010. A display update was made on March 5, 2011. Thus, for visitors who revisited the site, a new theme greeted them.
In July 2012, Palawaniana has catered to the needs of 2,455 unique visitors from the Philippines and other countries in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa who visited the site 7,426 times and viewed 18,312 pages.
Major changes on the content and design of Palawaniana was made on August 14, 2012 in an attempt to provide better service to the readers. More readers are coming in due to the improved design and speed as well as better search engine optimization as I gained a lot of ideas in my stint with website development. Again, on July 19, 2013, I made changes in design using a premium template. I also tried to make it load faster by making adjustments in the contents.
Duro gid nga salamat. Damo gid nga salamat. Matamang salamat. Daghang salamat. Maraming salamat. Thank you very much. – admin