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The Tubbataha Natural Park, also known as the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Filipino: Bahurang Tubbataha), is a protected area of the Philippines located in the middle of the Sulu Sea. The marine and bird sanctuary consists of two huge atolls (named the North Atoll and South Atoll) and the smaller Jessie Beazley Reef covering a total area of ...
Two Ramsar sites in the Philippines have been declared by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites, namely Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. [2] Last August 01, 2024 another Two Ramsar sites were declared, Sibugay Wetland Nature Reserve and Del Carmen Mangrove Reserve (DCMR) in Siargao Island Protected ...
Sulu Sea is also where the Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park, one of the World Heritage Sites is located. [7] Panay Gulf is an extension of the Sulu Sea. Straits out of the Sulu Sea include the Iloilo Strait, the Guimaras Strait, and the Basilan Strait.
Apo Reef Natural Park: Sulu Sea: vii, ix, x (natural) 2006 The site is the second biggest producer of juvenile marine fishes in the world, next only to the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. [21] Mt. Pulag National Park Benguet, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya: ix, x (natural) 2006 The site is the third highest point in the Philippines. [22] Mt. Malindang ...
In October 2012, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park won the Future Policy Award for marine resource management, the first Philippine site to receive the prestigious international conservation award. [38] On the same month, the Heritage City of Vigan was recognized for "best practice in World Heritage Site management."
On September 24, 2007, Reef Check (the world’s largest reef conservation organization) stated that only 5% of Philippines' 27,000 square-kilometers of coral reef are in “excellent condition" : Tubbataha Reef, Marine Park in Palawan, Apo Island in Negros Oriental, Apo Reef in Puerto Galera, Mindoro, and Verde Island Passage off Batangas.
Southeast Asia has the fewest UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia, next to Central and North Asia, despite being the base of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific headquarters located in Bangkok, Thailand and having a diverse line of natural and cultural heritage sites. Due to this, numerous scholars have been calling on Southeast Asian governments to ...
Located between the islands of Palawan and Negros in the Sulu Sea, Cagayancillo is the closest settlement to the Tubbataha National ... by many low reefs. But the ...