Apo Reef Natural Park is currently the second-largest no-take zone in the Philippines. It’s the world’s largest building shaped like a chicken. It’s also a hotel ...

Illegal logging is a threat to biodiversity and rural livelihoods in the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, the largest protected area in the Philippines. Every year between 20,000 and 35,000 cu. m ...

Criterion (ix): Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park lies in a unique position in the middle of the Sulu Sea and is one of the Philippines’ oldest ecosystems. It plays a key role in the process of ...

Other ASEAN Heritage Parks include the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, Mt. Apo Natural Park, Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary, Mt. Inayawan Range Natural ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreSamar Island Natural Park is located in the island of Samar in Eastern Visayas, Philippines. The 300,000-hectare park lies within the Eastern Visayas Bio-Geographic Zone ...

The Philippines is home to more than 30 national parks, including these top-rated ones: Calauit Safari Park, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, Aurora Memorial National Park, Biak ...

Tessa Minter, Jan van der Ploeg, Maria Pedrablanca, Terry Sunderland, Gerard A. Persoon, Limits to Indigenous Participation: The Agta and the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, the Philippines, Human ...

The Apo Reef Natural Park on the island of Mindoro is said to be the largest contiguous coral reef system in the Philippines and the second-largest in the world. It is home to over 482 fish ...

MANILA, Philippines — The US State Department has chosen a Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park keeper, popularly known as "Mama Ranger," as one of its 2025 International Women of Courage (IWOC), the US ...

NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – The Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP), dubbed as the “Lung of Negros,” is in a critical state due to land conversion and rapid upland development, an ...

Laguna Lake, by contrast, is the Philippines’ largest natural lake, with a catchment area of 90,000 hectares (222,000 acres) and serves as aquaculture and fishing grounds for the surrounding ...

Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park, which spans 12,009 hectares (29,676 acres) in the provinces of Aklan and Antique, was established in 2002 via a presidential proclamation.