List of protected areas of the Philippines explained

In the Philippines, protected areas are administered by the Biodiversity Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992.

As of 2020, there are 244 protected areas in the Philippines, covering a total area of about – 15.4% of the Philippines' total area.[1]

History

The first important legislation that formed the basis of the current system of national parks and protected areas in the Philippines is Act No. 648, enacted in 1903 by the Philippine Commission. This act authorized the civil governor to "reserve for civil public purposes, and from sale or settlement, any part of the public domain not appropriated by law for special public purposes."[2]

A total of eight national reserves had been established on July 26, 1904, pursuant to this law. These are the Lamao Forest Reserve in Bataan, Mariquina Reserve in Rizal, Angat River Reserve in Bulacan, Caliraya Falls Reserve in Laguna, La Carlota Reserve in Negros Occidental, San Ramon Reserve in Zamboanga, Magalang Reserve in Pampanga, and Hacienda San Antonio in Isabela.[3] In the same year, the Forest Act of 1904 (Act No. 1148) was adopted that expanded the scope of protected areas in the Philippines.[4] Among the first of such mountain forest reserves to be declared was Mount Maquiling declared on November 21, 1910.[5]

On February 1, 1932, the National Parks Act (Act No. 3195) was enacted that formally established the national parks system in the country.[6] Mount Arayat became the first national park in the Philippines established on June 27, 1933, following this act.

A series of acts and legislations were passed in the next decades that aimed to further strengthen these policies, including the Revised Forestry Code of 1975 (Presidential Decree No. 705) and Forest Administrative Order No. 7. Following the 1987 Constitution, the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act was enacted which further enhanced the administration and classification of protected areas and broadened the mandate of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in enforcing its provisions.

Classification

Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses of terrestrial areas and of marine areas. They are managed according to the following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).[7]

National parks

See main article: List of national parks of the Philippines.

Natural parks

 World Heritage Site or part of a World Heritage Site

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Apo Reef15792sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Occidental Mindoro
Balinsasayao Twin Lakes8016.05sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Negros Oriental
Bicol5201sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000
Bongsanglay244.72sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Masbate
Bulusan Volcano3672sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Sorsogon
Kalbario–Patapat3800sortable=onNaNsortable=on2007Ilocos Norte
Lake Danao2193sortable=onNaNsortable=on1998Leyte
Mahagnao Volcano635sortable=onNaNsortable=on1998Leyte
Mayon Volcano5775.7sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Albay
Mount Apo54974.87sortable=onNaNsortable=on1936
Mount Balatukan Range8423sortable=onNaNsortable=on2007Misamis Oriental
Mount Guiting-Guiting15265.48sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Romblon
Mount Inayawan Range3632.74sortable=onNaNsortable=on2007Lanao del Norte
Mount Isarog10112.35sortable=onNaNsortable=on2002Camarines Sur
Mount Kalatungan Range21247.73sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Bukidnon
Mount Kanlaon24388sortable=onNaNsortable=on1997
Mount Kitanglad Range31235.19sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Bukidnon
Mount Malindang34694sortable=onNaNsortable=on2002Misamis Occidental
Northern Negros80454.5sortable=onNaNsortable=on2002Negros Occidental
Northern Sierra Madre359486sortable=onNaNsortable=on1997Isabela
Northwest Panay Peninsula12009.29sortable=onNaNsortable=on2002
Pasonanca12107sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Zamboanga del Sur
Samar Island333300sortable=onNaNsortable=on2003Eastern Visayas
Sibalom5511.47sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Antique
Tubbataha Reef97030sortable=onNaNsortable=on2010Palawan

Natural monuments

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Bessang Pass693.32sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Ilocos Sur
Chocolate Hills14145sortable=onNaNsortable=on1997Bohol
Salinas6675.56sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Nueva Vizcaya
Timpoong and Hibok-Hibok2227.62sortable=onNaNsortable=on2004Camiguin

Protected landscape and seascapes

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Agoo–Damortis10513.3sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000La Union
Alburquerque–Loay–Loboc1164.16sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Bohol
Aliguay Island1191.89sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Zamboanga del Norte
Apo Island691.45sortable=onNaNsortable=on1994Negros Oriental
Baliangao295sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Misamis Occidental
Batanes213578sortable=onNaNsortable=on1994Batanes
Biri Larosa33492sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Northern Samar
Cuatro Islas12500sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Leyte
Dumanquilas Bay25948sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Zamboanga del Sur
Great and Little Santa Cruz Islands1877sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Zamboanga del Sur
Guiuan60448sortable=onNaNsortable=on1994Eastern Samar
Initao–Libertad1300.78sortable=onNaNsortable=on2002Misamis Oriental
Mabini6106sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Davao de Oro
Malabungot120.62sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Camarines Sur
Malampaya Sound200115sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Palawan
Murcielagos Island151sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Zamboanga del Norte
Peñablanca118781.58sortable=onNaNsortable=on2003Cagayan
Pujada Bay21200sortable=onNaNsortable=on1994Davao Oriental
Selinog Island1294.35sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Zamboanga del Norte
Siargao Island278914.13sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Surigao del Norte
Talibon Islands6456.87sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Bohol

Protected landscapes

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Aliwagwag10491.33sortable=onNaNsortable=on2011
Amro River6471.08sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Aurora
Baganga114.88sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Davao Oriental
Banao21567.53sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022[8] Kalinga
Bigbiga135.71sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Ilocos Sur
Buenavista284.27sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Quezon
Calbayog Pan-as–Hayiban7832sortable=onNaNsortable=on1998Samar
Casecnan88846.8sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000
Central Cebu29062sortable=onNaNsortable=on2003Cebu
Dinadiawan River3371.33sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Aurora
Hinulugang Taktak3.2sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Rizal
José Rizal Memorial439sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Zamboanga del Norte
Libunao46.7sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Ilocos Sur
Lidlidda1157.44sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Ilocos Sur
Magapit3403.62sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Cagayan
Mainit Hot Springs1374sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Davao de Oro
Manleluag Spring1935.17sortable=onNaNsortable=on2004Pangasinan
Mati914.26sortable=onNaNsortable=on2005Davao Oriental
Maulawin Spring149.01sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Quezon
Mimbilisan66sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Misamis Oriental
Mount Arayat3711.34sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022[9] Pampanga
Mounts Banahaw–San Cristobal10900.59sortable=onNaNsortable=on2009
Mount Mantalingajan120457sortable=onNaNsortable=on2009Palawan
Mount Matutum15600sortable=onNaNsortable=on1995South Cotabato
Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod3973.13sortable=onNaNsortable=on2007
Mount Pulag11602sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022[10]
Mount Timolan1994.8sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Zamboanga del Sur
Naga-Kabasalan5505.45sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022[11] Zamboanga Sibugay
Pamitinan600sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Rizal
Quezon938sortable=onNaNsortable=on2003Quezon
Quirino164364.46sortable=onNaNsortable=on2005Quirino
Rajah Sikatuna10452.6sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Bohol
Roosevelt786.04sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Bataan
Santa Lucia174.16sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Ilocos Sur
Simbahan–Talagas2266.49sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Aurora
Taal Volcano62292.14sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Batangas
Talaytay3526.29sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Aurora
Tirad Pass7507.6sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022[12] Ilocos Sur
Upper Marikina River Basin26125.64sortable=onNaNsortable=on2011Rizal

Protected seascapes

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Panglao Island385.67sortable=onNaNsortable=on2003Bohol
Sarangani Bay215950sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Sarangani
Tañon Strait450sortable=onNaNsortable=on1998

Game refuge and bird sanctuaries

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Calauit Safari Park3400sortable=onNaNsortable=on1976Palawan
Calavite and FB Harrison121983.81sortable=onNaNsortable=on1920Occidental Mindoro
Lake Buluan6300sortable=onNaNsortable=on2006Cotabato
Lake Malimanga12.35sortable=onNaNsortable=on1980Zambales
Olango Island920sortable=onNaNsortable=on1992Cebu
Palawan761416sortable=onNaNsortable=on1967Palawan

Resource reserves

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Siocon793.74sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Zamboanga del Norte
Upper Agno River Basin77561sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000

Managed resource protected areas

Marine reserves

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Masinloc and Oyon Bay7568sortable=onNaNsortable=on1993Zambales
Palaui Island7415.48sortable=onNaNsortable=on1994Cagayan
Sagay32000sortable=onNaNsortable=on2001Negros Occidental
Taklong Island1143.45sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Guimaras

Watershed forest reserves

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Aklan River23185sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Aklan
Alabat688sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Quezon
Alijawan–Cansuhay–Anibongan River3630sortable=onNaNsortable=on1992Bohol
Allah Valley92450sortable=onNaNsortable=on1985South Cotabato
Angat Watershed6600sortable=onNaNsortable=on1968Bulacan
Aurora430sortable=onNaNsortable=on1936Aurora
Bawa8955sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Cagayan
Binahaan River465sortable=onNaNsortable=on1991Quezon
Calabgan4803sortable=onNaNsortable=on1992Aurora
Calatrava–San Andres–San Agustin2670sortable=onNaNsortable=on1982Romblon
Calauag328sortable=onNaNsortable=on1939Quezon
Capalonga752sortable=onNaNsortable=on1966Camarines Norte
Catanduanes26010sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Catanduanes
Dahican44sortable=onNaNsortable=on1933Camarines Norte
Dalanas River8558sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Antique
Dibalo–Pingit–Zabali–Malayat4528sortable=onNaNsortable=on1992Aurora
Dipaculao1786sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Aurora
Doña Remedios–General Tinio20760sortable=onNaNsortable=on1988
Dupax424.8sortable=onNaNsortable=on1934Nueva Vizcaya
Ilocos Norte Metro2815sortable=onNaNsortable=on1934Ilocos Norte
Ilog-Hilabangan10211sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Negros Occidental
Infanta384sortable=onNaNsortable=on1967Quezon
Jalaur River9228sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Iloilo
Kabankalan432sortable=onNaNsortable=on1991Negros Occidental
Lake Lanao180460sortable=onNaNsortable=on1992Lanao del Sur
Libungan52820sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Cotabato
Loboc River19410sortable=onNaNsortable=on1953Bohol
Lopez418sortable=onNaNsortable=on1940Quezon
Lower Agno39304sortable=onNaNsortable=on1983Benguet
Maasin6150sortable=onNaNsortable=on1923Iloilo
Mahugunao136sortable=onNaNsortable=on1932Misamis Oriental
Malagos235sortable=onNaNsortable=on1933Davao del Sur
Marcos Highway6105sortable=onNaNsortable=on1978Benguet
Mariveles (Palanas)325sortable=onNaNsortable=on1919Bataan
Mulanay26sortable=onNaNsortable=on1938Quezon
Naguilian90sortable=onNaNsortable=on1936La Union
Olongapo (Palanas)6335sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Zambales
Palawan4776sortable=onNaNsortable=on1982Palawan
Palompon2392sortable=onNaNsortable=on1988Leyte
Panay River4350sortable=onNaNsortable=on1990Capiz
Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed84500sortable=onNaNsortable=on1969Nueva Ecija
Polillo130sortable=onNaNsortable=on1966Quezon
Santa25sortable=onNaNsortable=on1935Ilocos Sur
South Upi1894.2sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Maguindanao
Talavera37156sortable=onNaNsortable=on1938
Tanap41sortable=onNaNsortable=on1971Ilocos Norte
Tibiang–Damagandong280sortable=onNaNsortable=on1938Quezon
Torrijos105sortable=onNaNsortable=on1932Marinduque
Tumauini17670sortable=onNaNsortable=on1994Isabela
Wangag6992sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Cagayan

Natural biotic areas

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Abasig–Matogdon–Mananap5420.12sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Camarines Norte
Basilan4497sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Basilan
Buug1095sortable=onNaNsortable=on1998Zamboanga del Sur
Lagonoy444.6sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Camarines Sur
Tugbo224sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022Masbate

Wildlife sanctuaries

 World Heritage Site or part of a World Heritage Site

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Agusan Marsh14835.99sortable=onNaNsortable=on1996Agusan del Sur
Chico Island7.77sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Masbate
Marinduque8827.96sortable=onNaNsortable=on2004Marinduque
Mount Calavite18016.19sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Occidental Mindoro
Mount Hamiguitan Range6834sortable=onNaNsortable=on2004Davao Oriental
Naro Island109.98sortable=onNaNsortable=on2000Masbate
Rasa Island1983sortable=onNaNsortable=on2006Palawan
Sicogon Island251sortable=onNaNsortable=on2022Iloilo
Turtle Islands242967sortable=onNaNsortable=on1999Tawi-Tawi

Wilderness areas

NameAreaEstablishedLocation
Alibijaban430sortable=onNaNsortable=on1981Quezon
Awasan Bay Islands1981Surigao del Norte
Bantayan Island1981[13] Cebu
Basot–Quinalang–Malabungot Islands185.38sortable=onNaNsortable=on1981Camarines Sur
Caniago Strait Islands210sortable=onNaNsortable=on1981Bohol
Cebu Strait Islands34sortable=onNaNsortable=on1981Bohol
Dampalit Island1981Masbate
Guinauyan–Naro–Chico–Pobre Islands23.25sortable=onNaNsortable=on1981Masbate
Isabela
1985sortable=onNaNsortable=on1987Isabela
Majaba-Napayuan Islands18sortable=onNaNsortable=on1981Masbate
Panag Bay Islands1981Surigao del Norte
Rasa Island1981Palawan

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Biodiversity Management Bureau . 2020 Biodiversity Management Bureau Accomplishment Report . 2020 . Quezon City, Metro Manila . 2799-0710.
  2. Web site: Act No. 648 . en . Supreme Court E-Library.
  3. Book: Executive Order No. 33 . October 10, 2023 . en,es . Executive Orders and Proclamations Issued by the Governor-General During the Year 1904 (1905, Manila: Bureau of Public Printing).
  4. Web site: Act No. 1148 . en . Supreme Court E-Library.
  5. Book: Forestry Leaves . 1960 . 90 . 26 January 2024 . en.
  6. Web site: Act No. 3915 . en . Supreme Court E-Library.
  7. Web site: Philippines Republic Act 7586 . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Database . DOC.
  8. Web site: 2022 . Republic Act No. 11688 . Official Gazette.
  9. Web site: 2022 . Republic Act No. 11684 . Official Gazette.
  10. Web site: 2022 . Republic Act No. 11685 . Official Gazette.
  11. Web site: 2022 . Republic Act No. 11686 . Official Gazette.
  12. Web site: 2022 . Republic Act No. 11687 . Official Gazette.
  13. News: Sabalo . Wenilyn . Management plan, land use plan sought for Bantayan Island . 27 January 2024 . SunStar Publishing Inc. . 17 November 2019 . en.

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