| General Information |
| Coordinates |
13°29'N,120°24'E |
| Area |
not estimated |
| Altitude |
1,515 masl |
| Biological Diversity |
| Land cover |
Until recently the area was a wilderness, with the north and north-west sides forested to the beach, but much of the forest has been cleared for agriculture. There was now large tracts of cogonal grassland, with second growth lowland forest patches confined to gullies and very steep slopes. |
| Major Endemic Fauna |
Recent sightings of the Tamaraw Bubalus
mindorensis in Mt. Calavite National Park were reported. |
| Restricted range,endangered and threatened species (fauna) |
Gallicolumba platanae, Ducula carola, Penelopides mindorensis, Dicaeum retrocinctum. |
| Socio-Economic |
|
Human Activities |
Several hundred families reside inside
Mt. Calavite National Park, and most are engaged in farming.
|
| Threats |
| Intrinsic source of change |
Perennial fires in the grassland adjoining
forests have eroded the buffer zones of open canopy second growth
forest or brush around them. |
| External Source of Change |
Most grasslands are used as pasture, and regular
burning is the conventional practice used to encourage the growth of
young grass shoots which are often left to spread into the forest. |
| Policy |
| Existing status of legislations |
Mt. Calavite and FB Harrison were declared together as a game refuge and bird sanctuary by virtue of Executive Order No. 9 on 28 January 1920. They are now proposed as a wildlife sanctuary under the NIPAS. Mt. Calavite National Park (17,000 ha) was declared
by Executive Order No. 9 on 26 January 1925. |
| Source of information |
Philippines National Reports on Wetlands |
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