Articles with the tag National Park (11)

Lawmakers have filed resolutions to investigate reported drilling operations within the Masungi geopark, which has faced numerous threats. Despite the energy firm saying it holds the necessary permits, conservationists say some indigenous groups living in the area have no idea of the wind project
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Bataan National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the mountainous interior of Bataan province in Central LuzonRegion. The park straddles the northern half of Bataan Peninsula near its border with Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales. The park was first established in 1945 under Proclamation No. 24 with an initial area of 31,000 hectares and included portions in Subic, Zambales.
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Published on 17/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Bataan, National Park
The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park (also known as the Leyte Landing Memorial Park and MacArthur Park) is a protected area of the Philippines that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulfat the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944. This event led to the largest naval battle of World War II and Japan's eventual defeat and surrender after almost three years.
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Published on 17/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Leyte, Memorial, National Park
Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park (also known as Mount Balbalasang National Park) is a protected area of the Philippineslocated in the municipality of Balbalan, Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region. The park covers an area of 1,338 hectaresand is centered on Mount Balbalasang in the barangay of the same name near the provincial border with Abra.
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Published on 17/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: National Park
Minalungao National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the municipality of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon. The park covers an area of 2,018 hectares centered along the scenic Peñaranda River bordered on both sides by up to 16-meter high limestone walls in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountain range. It was established in 1967 by virtue of Republic Act No. 5100.
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Published on 17/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: Minalungao, National Park
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 of 2,117 hectares. It was declared a national park in 1937 by President Manuel Luis Quezon by virtue of its association with the history and site of the Biak-na-Bato Republic.
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Published on 17/02/2018 by puertoparrot
Categories: Documentary, Fauna and flora
Tags: National Park