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In 2012, there were 240 protected areas in the Philippines, of which 35 have been classified as National Parks. [2] By June 22, 2018, an additional 94 critical areas were designated as national parks, increasing the total national parks to 107, when President Rodrigo Duterte signed the E-NIPAS Act of 2018 .
Awasan Bay Islands 1981 Surigao del Norte: Bantayan Island: 1981 [13] Cebu: Basot–Quinalang–Malabungot Islands 185.38 ha (458.1 acres) 1981 Camarines Sur: Caniago Strait Islands 210.00 ha (518.9 acres) 1981 Bohol: Cebu Strait Islands 34.00 ha (84.0 acres) 1981 Bohol: Dampalit Island 1981 Masbate: Guinauyan–Naro–Chico–Pobre Islands 23. ...
The islands were proclaimed as a Critical Habitat by the Philippine government through Presidential Proclamation No. 1412 on April 22, 2007. [6] It covered 175 hectares (430 acres) covering the two interconnected islands where important bird habitats such as mangroves, beach forests, lagoons, and mudflats are found. [ 7 ]
Pages in category "Important Bird Areas of the Philippines" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The protected landscape is an important bird area having been initially proclaimed a game refuge and bird sanctuary. It is home to a diverse number of bird species such as the Philippine eagle-owl, Philippine falconet, Philippine hawk-cuckoo, Philippine drongo-cuckoo, Philippine hawk-owl, ashy thrush, brahminy kite, crested serpent eagle, Philippine fairy-bluebird, Philippine trogon, black ...
The Hundred Islands National Park is the first Philippine national park and a protected area located in Alaminos, Pangasinan. The islands, totaling 124 at low tide and 123 at high tide, are scattered in Lingayen Gulf covering an area of 16.76 square kilometres (6.47 sq mi). Only four of them had been developed for tourism: Quezon Island (the ...
The Olango Island Group is a group of islands found in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It comprises Olango island and 6 satellite islets namely: Caubian, Camungi, Caohagan, Gilutongan, Nalusuan, Pangan-an, and Sulpa. The island group has a total land area of approximately 1,030 hectares (2,500 acres).
Poverty Incidence of Turtle Islands 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 52.57 2003 49.66 2006 43.40 2009 28.57 2012 30.38 2015 35.07 2018 18.57 2021 35.11 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Agriculture and aquaculture Natural land cover types in the islands are classified as wooded, mangrove, brush, grass and bare. Most of the areas on the five inhabited islands used for agriculture are planted with ...