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The forest of the Natural Park channels the water from the rains into a system of springs and rivers that provide water for over 100,000 inhabitants. The water for Boracay Island and the hundreds of thousands of tourists that visit there every year is also provided by the Northwest Panay watershed.
Boracay ([bɔˈrakaɪ]; sometimes shortened by non-natives as Bora [a]) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay Island.
Mount Arayat became the first national park in the Philippines established on June 27, 1933, following this act. A series of acts and legislations were passed in the next decades that aimed to further strengthen these policies, including the Revised Forestry Code of 1975 ( Presidential Decree No. 705 ) and Forest Administrative Order No. 7.
Boracay, Philippines. In 2018, Boracay, a popular tourist island in the Philippines, ... The authorities have set a target of developing new housing within the national park, ...
Mount Iglit, part of the Mounts Iglit–Baco Natural Park. In the Philippines, Natural Parks as defined by law are relatively large areas not materially altered by human activity. The extraction of natural resources is not allowed in these areas and they are maintained to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or international ...
Apo Reef Natural Park: Sulu Sea: vii, ix, x (natural) 2006 The site is the second biggest producer of juvenile marine fishes in the world, next only to the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. [21] Mt. Pulag National Park Benguet, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya: ix, x (natural) 2006 The site is the third highest point in the Philippines. [22] Mt. Malindang ...
The natural park was established on April 20, 2007, by Proclamation no. 1275 encompassing 3,800 hectares (9,400 acres) with a buffer zone of 1,937 hectares (4,790 acres). The park was created under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. [2]
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. [1] [8]