Executive Order No. 542 Creating the Task Force Pawikan and Appropriating Funds Therefore. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Regulation Date 1979 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Turtles Use restrictions Animal health Education Endangered species Hunting/capture Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Management/conservation Community management Protection of species Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The Order institutes a Task Force Pawikan in order to enforce existing rules and regulations on the protection of marine turtles from extinction, facilitate their breeding, increase collective awareness on the problem, both economic and ecological, of the marine turtle conservation, and coordinate the international agencies concerned with the conservation of marine turtles. The Task Force Pawikan Council shall administer a special yearly fund to conduct its activities and shall be chaired by the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Bureau of Forest Development Circular no. 08 regarding Regulations for the Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Philippines. Legislation | Philippines | 1979 Keyword: Turtles, Internal trade, Protection of species Source: FAO, FAOLEX