Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park

The Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park is a protected area in Lambunao, Iloilo in the island of Panay in the Philippines.

The conservation park, is named after mariit, an indigenous belief in Western Visayas with roots from animism.

[2] The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippine national government and the Mulhouse Zoo of France set up the Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park in 1993, initially as part of conversation efforts for the Visayan spotted deer.

[3] The protected area was placed under the management of the West Visayas State University–College of Agriculture and Forestry (WVSU–CAF)[3] In 1995, efforts on breeding Visayan Writhed billed hornbill in the facility began.

[1] It was also opened to the public in June 2019 as part of efforts to secure additional revenue for the park.