| General Information |
| Wetland Type |
Shallow sea bays, offshore islands and and islets |
| Province |
Palawan |
| Municipality |
El Nido, Taytay |
| Area (has) |
35,284 |
| Coordinates |
11°10'N 119°23'E |
| Altitude |
0-648 masl |
| Biological Diversity |
| Land Cover |
Some extensive areas of old growth forest
are shown on the low hills there on recent forest cover maps. There
are reported to be extensive areas of forest on limestone (ironwood)
and beach forest there. |
| Forest Cover Type |
Forest over limestone, beach forest, lowland evergreen forest,
semi-deciduous forest, mangrove forest |
| Major Endemic Fauna |
16 birds species are endemic to Palawan, 5 are considred common and 1 vulnerable, 9 endemic species of mammals, 25 species of herpetofauna are endemic
|
| Restricted Range, Endangered and Threatened Species
(Fauna) |
Marine Reptiles- Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys olivacea
Birds - Terpsiphone cyanescens, Prionochilus plateni, Anthracoceros marchei, Polyplectron emphanum, Collocalia palawanensis, Ixos palawanensis, Chloropsis palawanensis, Copsychus niger.
Marine Mammals -
Neophocaena phocaenoides
and Tursiops truncatus. |
Species Diversity |
45 genera of hard corals, 197 species of fish belonging to 28 families |
| Ecosystem Diversity |
Shallow sea bay, offshore islands and coral reefs |
| Socio-economic |
|
| Population |
El Nido municipality - 21,948 as of 1995, 28757 estimates in 1991. 1999 ENTRMPA has a total population of 16,177 |
| Transboundary Human Activities |
Fishing (>2/3 of the population) and farming (1/3 of the
population) also some internationally owned private resorts, seasonal gathering of birds nest.
|
| Tenure |
state and privately owned |
| Threats |
|
| External Source of Change |
sedimentation due to kaingin and commercial logging. Small scale
timber extraction and the operations of well-organized logging
operations are hastening the depletion of forest cover on the island. |
| Socio-economic drivers of change |
Population growth |
| Intervention |
|
| Development project |
One of the priority sites under the EU-DENR NIPAP.
The Ten Knots Development Corporation had developed the
El-Nido Resort for eco-tourism, including birdwatching. |
| Existing status of legislation |
El-Nido Managed Protected Area was proclaimed by virtue of
Proc. No. 32 on October 8, 1998.
Mainland Palawan and its associated islands are included in a
Biosphere reserve, Environmentally Critical Areas Network (ECAN), to
zone the island, which incorporates the existing El-Nido Marine
Sanctuary and other protected areas. This includes terrestial core
zone (primitive wilderness and strictly protected) and buffer zone
(regulated use allowed) areas.
|
| Existing National Plan |
Included in National Integrated Protected Areas Program (NIPAP) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
|
| Source of information |
Directory of Philippine Wetlands Vol I & II, PBCPP, El Nido-Taytay
Managed Resource Protected Area
General Management Plan, Philippines National Reports on Wetlands |
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