The Del Carmen Mangrove Reserve in Siargao Island Protected Panorama and Seascape in Surigao del Norte —Picture from the Division of Setting and Pure Assets
MANILA, Philippines — Two of the nation’s nature reserves had been added to the record of ”Wetlands of Worldwide Significance” beneath the Ramsar Conference on Wetlands, an intergovernmental treaty on conservation adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, and got here into pressure in 1975.
The Sibugay Wetland Nature Reserve in Zamboanga Sibugay and the Del Carmen Mangrove Reserve in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, had been listed because the Philippines’ ninth and tenth Ramsar Websites, the Division of Setting and Pure Assets introduced on Thursday.
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Designated as Ramsar Web site No. 2252, the Sibugay Wetland Nature Reserve is house to 5 waterbird species, the most important colony of flying foxes within the nation, and a number of other marine turtle species.
In the meantime, the Del Carmen Mangrove Reserve, or Ramsar Web site No. 2553, is a supply of meals, livelihood, ecotourism actions, and safety from storm surges for close by communities.
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The 2 websites be a part of an inventory of eight extra Philippine Ramsar Websites:
- Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary in Cebu (Ramsar Web site No. 656)
- Naujan Lake Nationwide Park in Oriental Mindoro (Ramsar Web site No. 1008)
- Tubbataha Reefs Pure Park in Palawan (Ramsar Web site No. 1010)
- Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Agusan del Sur (Ramsar Web site No. 1009)
- Puerto Princesa Subterranean River Nationwide Park in Palawan (Ramsar Web site No. 2084)
- Las Pinas-Parañaque Wetland Park in Metro Manila (Ramsar Web site No. 2124)
- Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Space in Negros Occidental (Ramsar Web site No. 2271)
- Sasmuan Pampanga Coastal Wetlands in Pampanga (Ramsar Web site No. 2445)
Representatives of the Zamboanga Sibugay and Surigao del Norte provinces accepted the awards in the course of the tenth Asian Wetland Symposium final November 25 to twenty-eight on the Crowne Plaza Galleria in Quezon Metropolis.