Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape Explained

Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape
Iucn Category:V
Map:Philippines
Relief:1
Map Width:220
Location:Aurora, Philippines
Nearest City:San Jose
Coordinates:16.0867°N 121.7703°W
Established:June 9, 1992 (Watershed forest reserve)
April 23, 2000 (Protected landscape)
Governing Body:Department of Environment and Natural Resources

The Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape is a protected area covering the stretch of the Dinadiawan River from its headwaters in the Sierra Madre mountain range to its mouth on the Philippine Sea coast of the village of Dinadiawan in Aurora province, Philippines. The park covers an area of and includes its surrounding forested mountains, waterfalls and springs in Dipaculao municipality. It is composed of of forested area, of grassland, of forested shrubland, of cultivated area, and of the Dinadiawan River.[1] Its forest cover consists primarily of dipterocarp trees like tanguile, mayapis, white lauan, red lauan and bagtikan. It serves as a habitat of wild fauna such as the Philippine deer, Philippine long-tailed macaque, Philippine warty pig, spotted wood kingfisher and pygmy swiftlet.[2]

First established as a watershed forest reserve with an area of through Proclamation No. 918 issued by President Corazón Aquino in 1992, the protected area is now a declared Protected Landscape under the National Integrated Protected Areas System with the issuance of Proclamation No. 278 in 2000 by President Joseph Estrada.[3] [4]

The park is one of five protected areas in the province of Aurora.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape . Philippine Biodiversity Partnerships . 30 July 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065118/http://philbiodiversitypartnerships.com/index.php/bpp/database-standard/protected-areas-database/article/65 . dead .
  2. Web site: Senate Bill No. 2020 . . 30 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Proclamation No. 918, s. 1992 . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines . 30 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Proclamation No. 278, s. 2000 . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines . 30 July 2015.