Mount Data Explained

Mount Data
Elevation M:2310
Prominence M:18
Parent:Cordillera Central
Map:Luzon mainland#Philippines
Country:Philippines
State:Cordillera Administrative Region
State Type:Region
Region Type:Province
Range:Cordillera Central
Coordinates:16.8833°N 120.8467°W

Mount Data is a mountain located in the Cordillera Central mountain range rising to a height of in the north of Luzon Island, Philippines.[1] It is about north of Baguio on the borders of the provinces of Benguet and Mountain Province along the Halsema Highway.[2] [3] The mountain and surrounding area has been declared a national park since 1936. In 1940 the park was expanded to .[4] [5] The slopes of the mountain are covered with pine forests and mossy oak forests.

The national park hosts five major rivers: the Chico, Ahin, Siffu, Abra, and Amburayan rivers. The Agno River also originates from Mount Data and flows through Benguet.[6] The reserve is also a watershed, which serves towns in Mountain Province, Buenget, and Ifugao.[7]

The mountain is the site of the Mount Data Peace Accord of 1986 between the government of the Philippines and the Cordillera People's Liberation Army.[8]

Fauna

Mount Data is formerly known for its great biological diversity and is a place that has long been in the attention of biologists. In 1895, the Englishman John Whitehead gathered a vast collection of mammals and birds from the mountain. This mammal collection was then donated to the British Museum. A research by zoologist Oldfield Thomas showed that many unknown species inhabit the area. Half a century later, a large collection of small mammals was collected by an expedition led by the Filipino biologist Dioscoro S. Rabor.[9] Some of these mammals are Carpomys melanurus (short-footed Luzon tree rat) and Carpomys phaeurus (white-bellied Luzon tree rat). In addition to several rare species of mammals, there are also some bird species like the Collocalia whiteheadi (Whitehead's swiftlet), which was only known then from a specimen that was caught during the expedition of John Whitehead on the mountain.[10]

Carpomys melanurus (greater dwarf cloud rat) was first found on Mount Data in 1896.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Data . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180422202632/https://www.protectedplanet.net/mount-data-national-park . April 22, 2018 . April 22, 2018 . Protected Planet.
  2. Book: Grele, Dominique . 100 Resorts in the Philippines: Places with a Heart . Jouve . Lily Yousry . 2003 . Encyclea . 971-91719-7-9 . 2nd . Mandaluyong City . 77.
  3. Web site: Mt. Province Travel Information . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010507075933/http://www.asiatravel.com/philippines/mprovince/mprovinceinfo.html . May 7, 2001 . February 22, 2019 . Asia Travel.
  4. Book: Land and Cultural Survival: The Communal Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Asia . 2009 . Asian Development Bank . 978-971-561-801-4 . Perera . Jayantha . Mandaluyong City . 71.
  5. Book: Shifting Cultivation Policies: Balancing Environmental and Social Sustainability . 2017 . CABI . 978-1-78639-179-7 . Cairns . Malcolm . Oxfordshire . 720.
  6. News: July 6, 2015 . Cordilleras Lose 500 Hectares of Forest Cover Yearly–Alvarez . Business Mirror . live . August 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123141801/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2015/07/06/cordilleras-loses-500-hectares-of-forest-cover-yearly-alvarez/ . January 23, 2022.
  7. News: Quitasol . Kimberlie . June 13, 2016 . DENR Rejects Mt. Data Downgrade from Protected Park . Inquirer.net . live . August 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201202170850/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/790314/denr-rejects-mt-data-downgrade-from-protected-park . December 2, 2020.
  8. News: De Mesa . Karl R. . September 20, 2011 . Cordillera Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Peace Accord . GMA News Online . live . August 2, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123141757/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/232874/cordillera-celebrates-25th-anniversary-of-peace-accord/story/ . January 23, 2022.
  9. Web site: Heaney . Lawrence R. . Balete . Danilo S. . Sarmiento . Joel . Alviola . Phillip . July 4, 2006 . Losing Diversity and Courting Disaster: The Mammals of Mt. Data National Park . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070713031523/http://www.haribon.org.ph/?q=node%2Fview%2F355 . July 13, 2007 . June 13, 2007 . Haribon Foundation.
  10. Book: Heaney, Lawrence R. . The Mammals of Luzon Island: Biogeography and Natural History of a Philippine Fauna . Balete . Danilo S. . Rickart . Eric A. . 2016 . Johns Hopkins University Press . 978-1-4214-1837-7 . illustrated . Baltimore, Maryland . 5–7 . Lawrence R. Heaney.
  11. Web site: Field Museum . May 2, 2008 . Dwarf Cloud Rat Rediscovered After 112 Years . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210211171953/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080501154209.htm . February 11, 2021 . August 2, 2020 . ScienceDaily.

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