▁Philipp ine ▁T ars ier ▁Foundation , ▁In cor por ated ▁( PT FI ) ▁is ▁a ▁non - pro fit , ▁non - stock ▁corpor ation ▁based ▁in ▁Tag b ilar an ▁City , ▁Boh ol , ▁Philippines , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁to ▁con serve , ▁promote ▁research ▁and ▁establish ▁a ▁san ctu ary ▁for ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁t ars ier . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁entirely ▁private ▁sector ▁initi ative , ▁but ▁has ▁strong ▁support ▁from ▁two ▁leading ▁organizations ▁in ▁conservation ▁and ▁e co - t our ism , ▁namely ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Environment ▁and ▁Natural ▁Resources ▁( D EN R ) ▁and ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Tour ism ▁( D OT ). ▁To ▁ensure ▁the ▁continued ▁existence ▁of ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁t ars ier , ▁the ▁Foundation ▁is ▁attempting ▁to ▁bring ▁tour ism ▁to ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁Boh ol ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁that ▁is ▁e colog ically ▁friendly ▁to ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁t ars ier . ▁ ▁Organ ized ▁by ▁local ▁business men ▁in ▁Boh ol , ▁ ▁an ▁island ▁of ▁ 1 . 2 ▁million ▁people , ▁the ▁foundation ▁runs ▁an ▁ 8 . 4 - he ct are ▁( 2 0 . 7 - acre ) ▁san ctu ary ▁or ▁forest ▁res ervation , ▁nest led ▁within ▁a ▁larger ▁protected ▁forest ▁where ▁about ▁a ▁thousand ▁other ▁Philipp ine ▁t ars ier ▁are ▁believed ▁to ▁live , ▁protected ▁by ▁a ▁permanent ▁logging ▁ban . ▁At ▁the ▁res ervation , ▁visitors ▁can ▁observe ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁t ars