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Duterte signs laws declaring Mount Pulag, Mount Arayat as protected areas

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has approved measures declaring Mt. Pulag and Mt. Arayat in Luzon, as well as other areas, as protected landscapes, documents shared by Malacañang showed. </p><p>Other places that Duterte designated as protected areas included the historic Tirad Pass National Park in Ilocos Sur, a portion of land in Balbalan, Kalinga, and an area in Zamboanga Sibugay. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/travel/destination/12/09/18/the-12-philippines-peaks-worth-a-dayhike-this-christmas-break">The 12 Philippine peaks worth a dayhike</a></li></ul><p>Duterte signed the following laws to grant protected status to the areas, under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS). This means that the landscapes will be &quot;managed to enhance biological diversity and [get] protected against destructive human exploitation.&quot; </p><ul>	<li> Republic Act No. 11688 or the Banao Protected Landscape Act </li>	<li> Republic Act No. 11687 or the Tirad Pass Protected Landscape Act </li>	<li> Republic Act No. 11686 or the Naga-Kabasalan Protected Landscape Act </li>	<li> Republic Act No. 11685 or the Mt. Pulag Protected Landscape Act</li>	<li> Republic Act No. 11684 or the Mt. Arayat Protected Landscape Act </li></ul><p>The laws cited the areas&#x27; rich biological resources and their ecological importance.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/02/28/20/three-things-we-must-do-to-protect-mt-pulag-and-our-other-peaks-from-destructive-fires">Three things we must do to protect Mt. Pulag and our other peaks from destructive fires</a></li></ul><p>The laws will kickstart trust funds for the protection of these landscapes and would likewise create respective Protected Area Management Offices (PAMOs) for supervision and conservation purposes.</p><p>Mt. Pulag, a popular tourist spot known for its &quot;sea of clouds,&quot; is the highest peak in Luzon and is the second highest in the country. </p><p>In its website, UNESCO described the mountain as &quot;an important watershed providing the water necessities of many stakeholders for domestic and industrial use, irrigation, hydroelectric power production and aquaculture.&quot;</p><p>The mountain is part of the UNESCO <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=ph">tentative list,</a> or an area being considered to be nominated as a World Heritage Site.</p><p>Mt. Arayat, meanwhile, is known as a hub of wild animals. Its foot is surrounded by several waterfalls and numerous plants, UNESCO noted.</p><div><strong>FROM OUR ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2018707" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Other areas Duterte designated as protected areas include the historic Tirad Pass National Park in Ilocos Sur, a portion of land in Balbalan, Kalinga, and an area in Zamboanga Sibugay. 

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Duterte signs laws declaring Mount Pulag, Mount Arayat as protected areas

Job Manahan,

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Published April 30, 2022 06:44 PM PHT

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