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Acknowledgements

 

Almost all texts on this website are  original creations. Several sources however were used for the creation of  texts. Most of these sources are resources located on the internet. For using these  sources (texts), in a attempt  to make worth full  texts,  no explicit permission was requested from the authors concerned. 

I would like to thank  all those who have made the production of this educational and non-commercial website the Philippines possible, by giving permission to use  some of their materials (pictures, tables, figures, abstracts, full text of journal articles etc.). I want to mention all, but I realize that it is possible  that I forget somebody or some organization. I hope I will be able in the future to add their names to the following list of the  persons and organizations who wanted to help freely to make this website (for educational ends only) possible.

Though I asked permission to persons and organizations to use pictures and other materials, it is still possible that something on this website infringes in any way. Please let me know and it will be removed promptly. 

    Especially credits to the following people and organizations:

    Name of the organization or person     Theme / region
Arcbc organization, http://www.arcbc.org.ph/  Turtles, Turtle islands
Avian Companions: http://www.aviancompanions.com/index.html Picture Philippine Cockatoo
Balik Kalikasan, http://www.bwf.org Ampalaya
Bennet, Daniel ; daniel@glossop.co.uk  Lizards
Bentham, John; http://outlawtv.com  Video-clips and pictures of the Ifugao, tarsier and dolphins
Boer, Harry ; www.TopShot4You.com  Coral waters, cockfighting
Booc, Robert Pictures of the Higaunon
Brandeis,Hans ; http://brandeis.home.pages.de Carabao, hornbill
Bridge Cities, http://www.pp-paradise.com/ Bridge Cebu - Picture of  Mactan bridge
Bridges, David L. ; dbridges@semo.net Metro Manila, Bohol (Chocolate Hills & Tarsier), Mount Mayon
BWF: www.bwf.org/interactivism/actionletters/wao_photos.html information about anti-logging
Cebustrings; www.cebustrings.com/  Production of Guitars, Cebu/Mactan island

Dale, John; www.tarsieruk.homestaead.com                                   

The tarsier
DelaCova, Antonio; www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova  Metro Manila, jeepneys, shops
Deleon, Samuel, www.geocities.com/sami_deleon/  Aeta, Zambales
Department of Tourism, The Philippines Tourism
Dieter, Darla; ddieter@academicplanet.com  Water Monitor

Dinsworld.com

Black Nazarene picture
Dipolog.org, www.dipolog.org/Coconut.htm Coconut tree, coconuts, vegetables
Drift, Nico van der, the Netherlands  Pictures Bohol, jeepneys, tarsier
Durian Palace, www.durianpalace.com The durian
Expedia.nl, www.expedia.nl Maps of regions (islands) of the Philippines

Fairchild Tropical Garden,  USA www.fairchildgarden.org,              

Tropical fruit
Gardner, Robert; www.aenet.org/philip/  Volcano Mayon, information about cockfighting
Filipino.com; www.filipino.com.au/ Information Santa Cruzan
Floridagardener, Erdek, Paul, www.floridagardener.com/fg_feedback.htm Carambola tree
Freedom Riders MC of the Philippines; http://motorcyclephilippines.com  Motor taxis, bikecabs
Frysinger, Galen R; www.galen-frysinger.org/the_traveler.htm Autobus, jeepney, fruit-stall
Geothermal Education Office; http://geothermal.marin.org  Geothermal energy on Leyte

Geocities, www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Harbor/9776/tribes2.html 

Information Ifugao
Hellingman, Jeroen, http://www.bohol.ph/ Pictures and information Bohol
Hiroyuki, Japan,  http://page.freett.com/cebucebu/hiroyuki/ nangka
Hornung, Thomas; www.cebu-city.ph Cebu city, Santo Niņo & bridge

Hadsan  Resort hotel                                                                          

Mactan Island, beach resort
Jarsoftware.com; www.jarsoftware.com  Housing

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)  an educational and research institute

New website: www.knowledgebank.irri.org

Training working with a carabao

Agriculture/rice based information

Ivo, alias Mr Mac Mr Mac; www.mcintosh.myweb.nl/Philippines/  Tarsier &  trees
Institute of Pharmaceutical sciences, Kazuo Yamasaki, www.pharm.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/, Japan Fruit trees
Mr Kunchan, Japan Vegetables. on the market

Leiter, Manfred; www.tropicalisland.de/>http://www.tropicalisland.de 

Jeepneys, jeepney fabric, metro Manila
Lewis, Daphne, www.dogscooter.com, Seattle Washington USA Bamboo shoots
Luyten,  Marco;  mluyten@hr.nl                                                           Rice terraces, Ifugao, villages of the Ifugao
MacAdam, Don; donmac@pcmagic.net Jeepney fabric on Luzon
Malaysiakini; http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/                              Filipino illegal workers in Malaysia
Manila.nt, Eartajo, E.; www.manila.nt.ph Fruit, trees, vegetables
Mansion Group Website; http://www.mansiongroup.com.ph    Map of Metro Manila
Marcotte, Steve; tosteve@canyonmist.com Picture Flores de Mayo

National Statistics Office (NSO), the Philippines;

Statistics of the Philippines,

Map of the Autonomous Region Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

NRE (Department of natural Resources and Environment, State of Victoria, Australia, www.nre.vic.gov.au/trade/asiaveg/thes-00.htm Vegetables
Nunez, Oliver; http://cebuwebsite.tripod.com  Cebu City, Colon street & Magellan Cross
Neele, Jeroen; www.home.zonnet.nl/jneele/philippines/  Tricycle
Nisikori,Japan,  www.angel.ne.jp/~nisikori/cebu/ Markets, fruit and vegetables

Oskam, Annelies; University of Leiden, the Netherlands, www.leidenuniv.nl/interfac/cml/cmlond/doctond/filip/

Northern Luzon 
Ossen, Frank; http://www.frankossen.com/photogalleries.htm Culture: Ati-Atihan pictures
Ostman, Lance; http://ntm.org.ph/lance_ostman/unripe_ones/index.htm Information about the Higaunon
Outreach Philippines, Inc. Lisondra, Jun; http://mozcom.com  Carabao
Pauly, Dominique; http://dpauly.free/luzon/  Rice fields on Luzon
Princessa Holiday Resort, Palawan; www.pinoyfirst.com/palawan/  Trees on Palawan
Philippine Airlines (PAL), http://www.philippineairlines.com/ rates domestic flights
Philippi eagle Foundation, http://www.philippineagle.org/ Philippine eagle
Philippine History group of  Los Angeles, www.bibingka.com Ati-Atihan information
Philippine Tarsier Foundation;  tarsier@mozcom.com   The tarsier
Pygargue productions, France Pictures of the Cockatoo
Qvist, Claus ; http://www.cqj.dk T'boli
Rawlife.com, Nilson, Paul; www.rawlife.com/exoticfruit.html  Exotic fruit from Asia

Research Whaleshark organization; www.whaleshark.org/

Whale sharks
Roberson, Don ; creagrus@montereybay.com  Philippine eagle
Sauerborn, Dr. Joachim, University of Hohenheim; www.uni-hohenheim.de/   Rice terraces on Luzon
Santa NinodeCebu Org;  www.santoninodecebu.org Cebu city, Santo Niņo & kiosk
Schoolmeester; Christine de;  Christine1987@planet.nl Assistance: Technical support 
Schoolmeester-Codilla, Dorothy de; Utrecht All kinds of information
Sia Holidays Italy;  www.siaholidays.it Bohol, the tarsier & Chocolate Hills
Sinulog Foundation Inc; http://www.sinulog.ph/ Information about the Sinulog
Supercat; www.supercat.com.ph/ Rates ferryboats and destinations
Tan, W.L.  Church in Cebu City

Travel Expedia, www.travel.expedia.nl 

Maps of the Philippines and the islands
Toshima, Yasushi; www.post1.com/home/noji/elnido/ Palawan
Taksdal, Tor; http;//home.tiscali.no/~filippino/ Leyte
Tribo org, Kenneth Y. Ilio;  http://www.tribo.org/history/index.html  History of the Philippines
Tropical Plants Library; http://mgonline.com Fruit trees
Tropical Traditions;  www.tropicaltraditions.com   Coconut information
US Geological Survey; http://volcanoes.usgs.gov Volcanoes
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory; http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/ Maps with the volcanoes, pictures of volcanoes, animation
Vibert, JF; http://www.actionreporter.com Pictures T'boli
Washington State University Cooperative Extension and the American Bamboo Society, http://agsyst.wsu.edu Brochure Bamboo shoots,  2001
Whaleshark org.; www.whaleshark.org Whale sharks

Walz, Michael; www.moikel.de, Germany

Tropical fruit
Williams, Scott; www.glassray.com Cebu City, Carabao
Worldbank org.; www.wolrdbank.org/html/fpd/energy/geothermal Geothermal energy

Woolf, Frank;  http://motorcyclephilippines.com

Motorcycle taxis