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In 2012, there were 240 protected areas in the Philippines, of which 35 have been classified as National Parks. [2] By June 22, 2018, an additional 94 critical areas were designated as national parks, increasing the total national parks to 107, when President Rodrigo Duterte signed the E-NIPAS Act of 2018. [3] [4]
Biak-na-Bato National Park. / 15.118879; 121.085081. Biak-na-Bato National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located almost entirely within Barangay Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel, Bulacan from where it derives its name. The park also extends to the nearby municipalities of San Ildefonso and Doña Remedios Trinidad covering a total area ...
5,201 hectares (12,850 acres) Established. February 13, 1934 (National park) December 29, 2000 (Natural park) Governing body. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Bicol Natural Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region of southern Luzon. It straddles the mountainous border between the provinces of ...
The site is the largest national park in the Philippines. [17] Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park: Mindoro: ix, x (natural) 2015 The site is a declared ASEAN Heritage Park. [18] Coron Island Natural Biotic Area Palawan: iii, ix, x (mixed) 2006 The site is within the Palawan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. [19] El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area ...
Minalungao National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the municipality of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, near its Boundary with Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan. The park covers an area of 2,018 hectares [ 1 ] centered along the scenic Peñaranda River bordered on both sides by up to 16-meter high limestone walls in the ...
The Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, California, was established by Act of Congress in 1962. The National Park Service, however, administers the recreational facilities only at Whiskeytown Reservoir, while the Forest Service takes care of similar, more extensive facilities at Shasta and Trinity.
Balbalasang–Balbalan National Park. Bangan Hill National Park. Bataan National Park. Biak-na-Bato National Park. Bud Dajo. Bulabog Putian National Park.
November 20 – December 2. Cyclones Muifa ( Unding), Merbok ( Violeta ), Winnie and Nanmadol ( Yoyong) hit the country, affecting million people, causing massive fatalities and damages. In November, a tropical depression ( Winnie) kills more than 1,500 people, causes damages of estimated ₱679 million (US$15.8 million).