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Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares (11,400,000 acres) of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares (7,800,000 acres) of marine areas. [1] They are managed according to the following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).
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 ...
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 .
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 .
Sacred Mountain National Park is a national park in Marawi, Lanao del Sur in the Southern Philippines. The 94-hectare (230-acre) national park and protected area, located in Brgys. Guimba and Papandayan, was established on August 5, 1965, by Republic Act no. 4190. [ 1 ]
The Apo Reef is a protected area of the Philippines classified as a Natural park encompassing 274.69 km 2 (106 sq mi). [7] Of the total area, 157.92 km 2 (61 sq mi) comprises the Apo Reef Natural Park while the remaining 116.77 km 2 (45 sq mi) constitute a buffer zone surrounding the protected area.
The migration season is every August to April and there could be 5,000 individual birds daily. Among these birds are the Little Egret, Black-crowned night heron and the Common Moorhen. [13] Among the endemic species in the area is the Philippine duck. The LPPCHEA is the only known breeding ground for the ducks in Metro Manila.
Palaui Island was declared as a National Marine Reserve on August 28, 1994 encompassing an area of 7,145 hectares (17,660 acres). [3] The waters around the island boast of 21 commercial species of fishes with about 50 hectares (120 acres) of undisturbed corals. Palaui Island is a sanctuary for 90 migratory birds. [4]