CORRIDOR
1. Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor
DESCRIPTION
- Framework was created using the most up-to-
date scientific information on the corridor's
biological wealth, socioeconomic status, factors
that may limit threatened species' long-term
survival, threats to ecosystem health and
functions, and which stakeholders are important
for the conservation of key biodiversity areas
2. Mindoro Biodiversity Corridor
3. Sierra Madre Corridor
- Mt Calavite is a rugged headland on Mindoro
Island's northwestern extremity. The area was a
wilderness until recently, with the north and
north-west sides forested to the beach, but most of
the forest has been destroyed for cultivation.
Large swaths of coronal grassland have emerged,
with second-growth lowland forest areas limited
to gullies and steep slopes. Several hundred
families live within the Mt Calavite National
Park, the majority of them are farmers. The land is
particularly important as a watershed and supply
of water for Paluan, a small town.
- The Sierra Madre mountain range contains the
largest remaining tract of old-growth tropical
rainforest in the Philippines. The longest
mountain range in the country (known as the
“backbone” of the northern island of Luzon), the
Sierra Madre contains 1.4 million hectares of
forest, representing 40% of the country’s forest
cover. The corridor is biologically significant not
only because of the remaining unbroken forest in
the mountain range's central region but also
because of its great plant diversity. Hundreds of
wildlife species, many of which are unique to the
Philippines, live in the Sierra Madre forests,
including the Philippine eagle and golden-
crowned flying fox.
4. Kalbario-Patapat Biodiversity Corridor - Established in April 2009, this 3,800-hectare
national park is a protected area located in the
Patapat mountains, within the municipalities of
Pagudpud and Adams, Ilocos Norte. A notable
man-made attraction found here is the Patapat
Viaduct in Pagudpud, an elevated bridge that
winds around the mountainside to facilitate
vehicular travel minus the dangers of landslides.
Its topography is generally mountainous with
rugged, steep terrain. Along the coast, there are
white sandy beaches, dunes, rock formations, and
good diving sites. Inland, there are extensive old-
growth dipterocarp forests, including both
lowland and mossy montane forests, and areas of
cultivation and secondary growth.

5. Palawan Biodiversity Corridor - It is considered a biodiversity corridor because,

 in addition to being the Philippines' largest
province and home to hundreds of marine and
terrestrial vulnerable species, it has preserved
roughly half of its original forest cover, including
extensive old-growth forests. It is being the refuge
to hundreds of marine and terrestrial threatened
species, it also has retained about 50% of its
original forest cover including vast old-growth
forests.

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