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The Quirino Protected Landscape is a protected area in the Philippine island of Luzon that covers a large portion of the province of Quirino.It was established in 2004 to preserve the watershed area containing the headwaters of the Cagayan River, also known as the Rio Grande de Cagayan, which supports major irrigation systems in the entire Cagayan Valley region. [1]
The protected landscape area stretches over the municipalities of Dupax del Norte and Dupax del Sur in Nueva Vizcaya, Maddela in Quirino, and Dipaculao in Aurora. It was established to protect the watershed around the Casecnan River, a tributary of the Rio Grande de Cagayan which flows through the mountains of central Sierra Madre, the Caraballo and Mamparang ranges. [4]
Pages in category "Protected areas of the Sierra Madre (Philippines)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Quirino Protected Landscape; S.
Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares (11,400,000 acres) of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares (7,800,000 acres) of marine areas. [1] They are managed according to the following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).
Quirino covers a total area of 3,323.47 square kilometers (1,283.20 sq mi) [24] occupying the southeastern section of the Cagayan Valley region. A landlocked province, it is situated within the upper portion of the Cagayan River basin and bounded by Isabela on the north, Aurora on the east and southeast, and Nueva Vizcaya on the west and southwest.
Pages in category "Protected areas established in 2004" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. ... Quirino Protected Landscape; R.
A 2017 assessment found that 3,813 km 2, or 46%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. [1] Protected areas in the Luzon montane rain forests include: [9] Casecnan Protected Landscape (888.47 km 2), established 2000. Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (3594.86 km 2), established 2001. Also in the Luzon rain forests. Peñablanca Protected ...
The Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park is the largest protected area of the Philippines covering the northern range of the Sierra Madre mountains of eastern Luzon. [1] The park is located in the eastern part of the province of Isabela in Cagayan Valley (Region II) containing a total of 359,486 hectares (888,310 acres). [2]