![]() The ecologically and socio-economically significant Mananga Watershed Forest Reserve is also found within the CCPL. Today the spirit of “Kainumayan,” the name by which the Aetas referred to FPE’s enabling and supporting intervention, once again fuels their drive for self-sufficiency and well-being.Ĭebu is globally recognized as an important bird area, having three critical forest habitats, namely, Nug-as forest, Palinpinon range in Dalaguete, and the Tabunan forest, a component of the Central Cebu Protected Landscape (CCPL). Pinatubo in 1991 resulted in the displacement and separation of the Aetas from their ancestral land, depriving them of their lifeblood. FPE commissioned a research effort in Boso-Boso and Tayabasan, two of the four sub-watersheds of the site, where an approach that covers both biophysical and the socio-economic dimensions was applied. The aftermath of the 2009 typhoon Ondoy left this critical watershed reserve in the limelight, drawing much attention to the denuded state of its forest cover. Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape, Rizal.The indigenous peoples in Sibuyan Island are the Sibuyan Mangyan Tagabukid. ![]() Though its dense forests cover 81% of the island, Sibuyan still faces threats from mining, charcoal-making, and unregulated harvesting of timber and non-timber forest products. Guiting-Guiting and other areas of the island. Despite its protected status, there are serious threats to the biodiversity of Mt. Guiting-Guiting, was proclaimed a natural park in 1996. Dubbed the "Galapagos of Asia", it has high number of endemic species recorded, with approximately 77% of the species found in the area. Sibuyan is one of the remaining bastions of biodiversity in the country. Home to springs, waterfalls, and closed canopy mountain forests, and streams that lead to Pasaleng Bay, Kalbario Patapat Natural Park is listed as IUCN ( International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Category III (Natural Monument). It also offers a great view of Pasaleng Bay. A notable man-made attraction found here is the Patapat Viaduct in Pagudpud, an elevated bridge that winds around the mountainside to facilitate vehicular travel minus the dangers of landslides. ![]() FPE’s involvement has helped mitigate excessively consumptive practices by promoting CBRM.Įstablished in April 2009, this 3,800-hectare national park is a protected area located on the Patapat mountains, within the municipalities of Pagudpud and Adams, Ilocos Norte. Bulusan Volcano National Park is also notable for being a center of biodiversity, being home to some near-threatened and vulnerable endemic bird species, as well as endemic flora. Bulusan Volcano National Park, SorsogonĪn important watershed that supports the province of Sorsogon, the Mt. The establishment and empowerment of an environmental constituency among the surrounding communities has helped build a social fence against threats to the area’s BCSD. The “meeting point” of the northern and southern Luzon sub-faunal regions, the MBSCPL consists of four adjoining mountains, which is home to the remaining forest of Southern Luzon. Banahaw-San Cristobal Protected Landscape, Laguna/Quezon By reinforcing CBRM in the Buasao Watershed and Mount Poswey, however, FPE has helped re-establish the value of this ages-old beliefs and practices system. Threatened by a growing population, increasingly influenced by cosmopolitan culture and a cash economy, the traditional “lapat” system of natural resource management is in danger of disintegration. Conservation and protection through community-based capacity-building have therefore been pursued in this site. Its remoteness and considerable inaccessibility makes it vulnerable to rampant logging and illegal fishing activities. Through the Banao tribe’s “lapat” tradition, the area continues to maintain one of the most extensive tracts of old growth forest in the country.Ĭapacity-building initiatives in the biodiversity-rich limestone forest of Biak-na-Bato National Park have transformed natural resource extractors into vigilant stewards, giving this conservation site a fighting chance against the damage caused by marble quarrying, illegal logging and charcoal-making processes, and encroachment by illegal settlers.īelonging to the Cagayan corridor of the Sierra Madre range, Bolos Point is a pocket of biodiversity in the Pacific seaboard. ![]() The Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park and Banao watershed area in the Northern Cordillera is proof positive of the inherent capacity of indigenous communities in natural resource protection and management.
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