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Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines, and the Luzon rain forest is the most extensive rainforest ecoregion of the country. The ecoregion includes the lowlands of Luzon and neighboring islands below 1000 meters elevation. Very little of the original rainforest remains, and the status of this area is critical/endangered. [2]
Pasig Rainforest Park, also known as Pasig City Rainforest Adventure Experience (RAVE Rainforest Park) and Pasig Central Park, [1] is a public park in Pasig, eastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It spans 8 hectares (20 acres), and is a mixed recreational and natural park with a mini-zoo. [ 2 ]
The LPPCHEA hosts one of the few remaining mangrove forests in Metro Manila. There are 11 mangrove species in the area. There are 11 mangrove species in the area. These are locally known as the Bungalon, Bakauan Babae, Bakauan Bato, Pototan, Kolasi, Pagatpat, Banalo, Tabigi, Saging-saging, Buta-buta and Nilad.
The La Mesa Watershed Reservation is a protected area that preserves the only major watershed in Metro Manila, Philippines.Also known as the Novaliches Watershed, it contains the last remaining rainforest of its size in Metro Manila surrounding the La Mesa Dam and Reservoir, the primary source of potable drinking water for 12 million residents in the Manila metropolitan area. [1]
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).
Image Name Location Coordinates Size Arroceros Forest Park: Ermita, Manila: 2 ha (4.9 acres) Balara Filters Park: Diliman, Quezon City 60 ha (150 acres) Isla Pulo: Tanza, Navotas
The other main factor that defines the Philippine ecoregions is elevation; the high mountains of Luzon and Mindanao host distinct montane rain forest ecoregions. The mountains of Luzon are also home to the Luzon tropical pine forests .
Located some 330 kilometres (210 mi) southeast from Manila, the park is well known for its "EME" (from Imee Marcos's name), a winding road through the park that forms part of the Pan-Philippine Highway (N1/AH26) to Naga and Legazpi, the region's largest cities. The park is crossed by five rivers and eleven creeks which empty into the Bicol ...