Set off the coast of Sablayan, Apo Reef Natural Park spans 13 square miles (around 33 square kilometers), making it the world’s second-largest contiguous coral reef system after Australia’s ...
There are now 14 Philippine natural parks included the ASEAN Heritage Parks list (AHP) after the Apo Reef Natural Park, the Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary, and Balinsasayao Twin Lakes have been ...
The new Philippine AHPs are Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park (BTLNP), Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary (TIWS) and Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP). The two others are Phou Xieng Thong National ...
Three Philippine parks known to be rich in biodiversity were included in the list of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Heritage Parks, according to the Department of Tourism.
(CNN) — Wilfried Gebhardt still remembers his first dive at Apo Reef over 30 years ago. The now-retired German geographer had just moved to Sablayan, a municipality on Mindoro island, southwest ...