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The Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP) is under Natural Park Category of Protected Areas and it is located on the northern part of Negros Island with an aggregate area of 70, 826.16 hectares and falls within the political jurisdiction of 11 local government units namely the municipalities of Murcia, Don Salvador Benedicto, E. B. Magalona, Toboso and Calatrava and cities of Talisay, Silay, Victorias, Cadiz, Sagay and San Carlos.The protected area forms part of the largest watershed of the Province being the main source of water for seventeen (17) municipalities and cities. Four major river systems originate from the NNNP which supports the household and agricultural needs of the northern part of Negros Occidental. These are the Malogo, Imbang, Himuga-an and Bago River. 

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The park is a habitat to important fauna including the Visayan spotted deer, Visayan warty pig, Philippine naked-backed fruit bat, and the endangered Negros shrew.  

Number of endemic and threatened species of birds have been documented in the park, which includes the Visayan hornbill, Negros bleeding-heart, white-winged cuckooshrike, flame-templed babbler, white-throated jungle flycatcher, Visayan flowerpecker and green-faced parrotfinch.

Flora documented within the park include hardwood tree species (Dipterocarps), as well as palms, orchids, herbs and trees with medicinal value. Very rare is the local species of the cycas tree (locally called pitogo), probably a Cycas vespertilio, considered a living fossil from the times of dinosaurs. Another prehistoric flora is present in the park like the tree ferns and the also protected Agathis philippinensis, (locally known as almaciga).

Source: Deep Green Resistance New Service. (2020, November 13). Philippines: Northern Negros National Park Threatened. https://dgrnewsservice.org/civilization/ecocide/habitat-loss/philippines-northern-negros-national-park-threatened/

BRIEF HISTORY

 

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The NNNP was formerly known as the Northern Negros Forest Reserve (NNFR) established in 1935 thru Proclamation No. 798 signed by then Acting Governor General Joseph R. Hayden.

It was declared as a PROTECTED AREA thru Presidential Proclamation No. 895 signed by former President Gloria M. Arroyo in August 15, 2005 under the Republic Act 7586 or the NIPAS Act of 1992. On June 22, 2018, President Rudrigo R. Duterte signed R.A. No.11038 of 2018 Known as Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System or ENIPAS Act of 2018.

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