| General Information |
| Wetland Type |
Sea bays, rocky seacoast, sea cliffs, sea beaches
(sand, pebbles) streams; Marine |
| Province |
Batanes / Cagayan (Babuyanes) |
| Municipality |
Basco, Ivana, Mahatao, Uyugan, Sabtang, Itbayat (Batanes) |
| Estimated Area (has) |
20,084 (Batanes Group) 60,340 (Babuyanes
Group) |
| Coordinates |
19°20'N 121°27'E |
| Biological Diversity |
| Forest Cover Type |
Beach forest,secondary forest,lowland evergreen rainforest and montane
forest (Batanes Islands) |
| Major Endemic Flora |
16 spp of vascular plants are endemic to the Batanes, and at least 47 species are endemic to the Batanes and Babuyan |
| Endangered and threatened species (flora) |
Lilium philippinensis, Podocarpus costalis, P. polystachys |
| Restricted range, endangered and threatened species
(fauna) |
Pteropus dasymallu, Egretta eulophotes,Emberiza sulphurata,Chelonia mydas, Eretmochelys imbricata, Lepidochelys olivacea,Treron formosae,
Otus elegans, Hypothymis helenae |
| Threats |
| Intrinsic source of change |
Under pressure from clearance for cattle grazing and agricultural crops. There is some kaingin and over-exploitation of forest products, but widespread agricultural intensification is unlikely. The greatest threats are probably from future commercial development for tourism. There is some hunting of wildlife, for its supposed medicinal value. Coconut crabs and fruitbats that are exported as delicacies, and migrating Grey-faced Buzzards
Butastur indicus that are captured for consumption and pet trade. |
| External source of change |
Local people complain that Taiwanese fishermen are damaging the fish resources by through dynamite fishing. |
| Interventions |
| Past Development Project |
One of the ten priority sited under the World Bank-GEF funded CPPAP |
| Existing status of legislations |
Batanes Protected Landscape and Seascape-Proc 335 / February 28,1994; RA 8991 / January 5,2001 |
| Conservation Status |
Protected |
| Source of Information |
Directory of Philippine Wetlands Vol I & II,PBCPP,Key Conservation Sites in the Philippines |
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