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The Philippine yew tree, which contains a compound associated with cancer treatment, is found on Mount Pulag. [14] Its bark is used by indigenous Ibaloi and Kalanguya communities to make tea. [15] At lower elevations, Mount Pulag has a mossy forest full of ferns, lichens, and moss. [13] Among its native wildlife are 33 bird species and several ...
Mount Canatuan – a sacred mountain in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte for the Subanen people, who believe that the mountain is the home of a variety of well-respected nature spirits; [23] the divine mountain was destroyed by a mining company, and a huge mass of it has been transformed into the Canatuan mine, [24] despite indigenous protests [25] [26]
Mount Pulag National Park: 11,550.00 ha (28,540.7 acres) 1987 Benguet; Ifugao; ... Sacred Mountain National Park: 94.00 ha (232.3 acres) 1965 Lanao del Sur: Mindanao
The Cordillera Central is the highest mountain range in the Philippines. It comprises about 1/6 of the whole Luzon island with a total area of 22,500 km 2 (8,700 sq mi). The highest mountain in the range, Mount Pulag, is also the highest mountain in Luzon at 2,928 metres (9,606 ft). [1]
A ghost forest of dead fraser fir stands in Mount Mitchell State Park, North Carolina. Invasive species pose a significant risk to the landscape of the Appalachian temperate rainforest, with two major introduction events in living memory.
In 2008, Filipino researchers including Dr. Danilo Balete found a specimen in the canopy of Mount Pulag National Park, the first scientifically observed individual of the species since 1896. [3] The captured individual was "about 185 grams and has dense soft reddish-brown fur, a black mask around large dark eyes, small rounded ears, a broad and ...
Mount Kitanglad and its outlying area was proclaimed a protected area under the natural park category through Presidential Proclamation 896 dated October 24, 1996. On November 9, 2000, the park finally became a full-fledged protected area when Congress approved R.A. 8978 also known as the Mt. Kitanglad Range Protected Area Act of 2000. [2]
The Upper Agno reserve protects the northernmost 45.94 km (28.55 mi) section of the Agno River from the Mount Data National Park in Buguias to Binga Dam in Itogon. [13] It is located to the east and north of the city of Baguio in the southern Cordillera Central mountains and covers the catchment area between the ridges of the Central and Polis ranges.