February 2024
Sitio Lapat
The Boboli Creek Watershed boasts remarkable biodiversity, with 119 species of birds and many mammals, including fruit bats. Tropical hardwood trees and Rafflesia plants (which produce some of the world’s […]
Luzon
June 2019
Mount Isarog
In southeastern Luzon Island, Mount Isarog—a dormant 6,600-foot volcano—towers over one of the Philippines’ key biodiversity areas. The 783-acre Anayan-Rumangrap Watershed supplies water to 15 towns (including Naga City, which […]
June 2018
Lobo Municipality
The central Philippines, where the narrow Verde Island Passage separates the islands of Luzon and Mindoro, is home to huge numbers of fish species, whale sharks, several kinds of sea […]
June 2017
Agdangan Municipality
The municipality of Agdangan, which is located on the largest island in the Philippines, includes a dozen villages or barangays. Agdangan has an extensive coral reef area and dense mangrove […]
February 2015
Taal Lake
Beautiful Taal Lake, which fills a large caldera, was once part of the ocean. But over hundreds of years, volcanic eruptions cut the lake off from the South China Sea. […]