PA Guidebook (Concepts & Trivias Focused) Flashcards
known as “The Last Ecological Frontier of the Philippines.
Palawan
it is internationally acknowledged as the “Center of the Center of Marine Biodiversity. It separates Luzon and Mindoro
Verde Island Passage
an area of exceptional importance as it is recognized as the global center for marine biodiversity.
Coral Triangle
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Davao Oriental, Philippines. It is home to a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna, including over 1,000 species of plants, many of which are found nowhere else in the world.
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
The only coral reef in the PH to have been declared by the UNESCO World Heritage Site is the ______. It is in Sulu Sea.
Tubbataha Reef Natural Park
are a World Heritage Site consisting of a complex of rice terraces on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras/ Banaue Rice Terraces
is a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Philippines. It is home to one of the world’s most impressive underground rivers, which runs for over 8 kilometers through caves and caverns before flowing into the South China Sea. The park is also home to many plant and animal species, including many endangered or endemic to the region.
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Currently the Philippines has _____ ASEAN Heritage Parks sites, 2 of which are designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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The only ASEAN heritage park in CALABARZON (Region 4a)
Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve (Laguna)
Ipil is native to the country. What is its scientific name?
Leucaena leucocephala
According to RA 9147, what is the minimum years of imprisonment for those who killed critically endangered species?
1 year
It is the world’s ONLY freshwater sardine. They are endemic to _________
In 2019, IUCN categoized them as ______.
Sardinella tawilis/ tawilis
Taal Lake, Batangas
Endangered
was a German naturalist and explorer who is considered to be the father of ecology.
Alexander von Humboldt
____________ the “last forest bastion” in Lanao del Norte.
The park is also considered as the primary water source of surrounding and nearby communities and municipalities and as a source of irrigation and potable water of ____________, the rice granary of Lanao del Norte
It is home to the indigenous people of ________, also known as “People of the Lake.”
Mt. Inayawan Range Natural Park
Kapatagan Valley
Maranao
are ‘sites contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity
KBA
is a region that is globally important for bird conservatio
Important Bird Area
_________ is a Key Biodiversity Area and an Important Bird Area. Its contiguous block of old and secondary growth dipterocarp forest covers almost 90% of its area. it is the 10th ASEAN Heritage Park in PH.
PaNP encompasses four watersheds, each with separate water catchment areas and river systems: ______________
Pasonanca Natural Park in Zamboanga
Pasonanca, Ayala, Manicahan, and Culianan and Bolong watersheds
one of the Key Biodiversity Areas in the Philippines. It is considered as the last stronghold of the remaining rare and endangered Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) population.
Mt.Apo Natural Park (1984) in Cotabato
highest mountain peak in the Philippines
Mount Apo, also known locally as Apo Sandawa
This national park is the only place in the world where one can find the biggest remaining population of the tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis). It features Mt. Baco (2,488 meters above sea level) and Mt. Iglit or “Fungso Mangibok” (2,364 meters above sea level), where the most number of tamaraws roam.
Mt. iglit-Baco National Park
This ASEAN heritage park is considered as the center of endemism in Mindanao
Mt. Apo Natural Park (Cotabato)
This is also the ancestral domain of the Talaandig, Higaonon and Bukidnon ethnolinguistic groups that share common historical and cultural ties with Mt. Kitanglad.
Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park (Bukidnon)
This is an ASEAN heritage park located at Misamis Occidental
Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (2011)
It is an ASEAN heritage park located at Laguna that is well known for being one of the megadiverse tropical rainforests. It has 4 types of vegetation
Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve
It is the PH’s 6th UNESCO World Heritage Site and as an ASEAN Heritage Park in 2016. The mountain range along the Pujada Peninsula represents a complete, substantially intact and highly diverse mountain ecosystem.
Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
It is rich in species diversity, and level of endemism, as this Heritage Park is the habitat of Camiguin’s endemic birds and trees. It serves as watershed for the whole island of Camiguin.
Mt. _______ is its highest peak while ___ is the largest volcano
Mt. Timpoong Hibok-Hibok Natural Monument
Mt. Timpoong
Hibok-hibok
It is known as the island of seven volcanoes
Camiguin
It is the largest and least disturbed freshwater wetland in the country. The marsh plays an important ecological role in Caraga Region and has a complex network of marshes, rivers, lakes and ponds.
It is the RAMSAR Site ____
Home of Lolong
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Santura
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It is the saltwater crocodile in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary. that earned the distinction of being the world’s largest captive crocodile to date
Lolong
It is the only remaining primary forest and the largest rainforest dominated by dipterocarp species, and it contains a high diversity of flora and fauna.
