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Mount Calavite is located in an 18,016.19-hectare (44,519.0-acre) protected area known as Mount Calavite Wildlife Sanctuary.It was first declared as a game refuge and bird sanctuary in 1920 to protect the natural habitat of the endemic Mindoro tamaraw.
The Mindoro rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID:IM0130) covers the island of Mindoro, which lies between the island of Luzon and the Palawan Archipelago in the Philippines.The island has been subject to heavy commercial logging, with the only original forests remaining on the high ridge of the central mountain range.
The success of these conservation efforts is attributed to the steadfast support from various stakeholders, including the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), Mindoro Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (MBCFI), D'Aboville Foundation (DAF) Inc., World Wildlife Fund (WWF), UNDP-BIOFIN, Far Eastern University, University of Santo Tomas ...
Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km 2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ), it has a population of 1,408,454, as of the 2020 census. It is located off the southwestern coast of Luzon and northeast of Palawan. Mindoro is divided into two provinces: Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro.
The Mindoro cuckooshrike (Coracina mindorensis) is a passerine bird in the family Campephagidae that is endemic to the islands of Mindoro and Tablas in the Philippines. The species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the bar-bellied cuckooshrike .
The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), also known as the Mindoro crocodile, the Philippine freshwater crocodile, the bukarot [4] in Ilocano, and more generally as a buwaya in most Filipino lowland cultures, [4] is one of two species of crocodiles found in the Philippines; the other is the larger saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).
The Mindoro island thrush was first described by Scottish ornithologist William Robert Ogilvie-Grant in 1896. [2] It was later considered to be a subspecies of Island thrush. Following a 2023 phylogenic study, the island thrush complex was split into 17 different species by the IOC and Clements checklist. Based on this, it was discovered that ...
Poverty incidence of Paluan 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 58.70 2009 38.03 2012 29.58 2015 40.60 2018 22.64 2021 20.93 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority History Paluan became a municipality on January 5, 1901, but its history dates back to the early 17th century when the village was known as the Religious District of Calavite. Demographics Population census of Paluan Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 ...