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The Pasonanca Natural Park is a protected area that preserves a major watershed in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in the Zamboanga Peninsula.It contains the headwaters of the Tumaga River in the southern Zamboanga Cordillera mountain range that serves the water requirements of some 800,000 residents in Zamboanga City.
Mount Pulong Bato (Columbato) is a monolith located in Zamboanga City at the Zamboanga Peninsula, the western tip of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.The mountain is situated in the Upper Abong-Abong Park within the Pasonanca Natural Park, in Barangay Pasonanca, only a few kilometers away from the city's downtown section.
Pasonanca Main Pool 1 Pasonanca Main Pool 2. The park has three public pools. It boasts an Olympic-size swimming pool, a natural flowing pool and a children's pool with water slides. There are also many picnic areas. Pictured here is the Pasonanca Kiddie Pool. Designed for children's safety. There are four water slides.
Natural parks of the Philippines are relatively large reserved areas not materially altered by human activity where extractive resource uses are not allowed and maintained to protect outstanding natural and scenic areas of national or international significance for scientific, educational and recreational use.
This species appears to show a preference for montane habitats which are most at risk from mining activities especially for chromite and nickel. It occurs in a few protected areas like Pasonanca Natural Park , Mount Kitanglad National Park , Mount Apo National Park and Mt. Hilong-hilong Watershed but as with most areas in the Philippines ...
Populations are still declining due to habitat loss due to slash and burn farming, mining, illegal logging and habitat conversion, hunting and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade. It is found in multiple protected areas such as Pasonanca Natural Park, Bataan National Park, Mount Banahaw, Mount Kitanglad.
[118] [119] Situated at the western tip of the Mindanao mainland, Zamboanga City is a natural docking point for vessels traversing the rich fishing grounds of the Zamboanga Peninsula and the Sulu Archipelago. The production of canned sardines in this city have upgraded their production to conform to international food safety and quality standards.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and tropical moist montane forests up to 1,100 meters above sea level. It is often seen in mixed flocks with other forest birds. [ 3 ] It has been classified by the IUCN as Near-threatened due to habitat loss .