List of protected areas of the Philippines

This is a list of protected areas of the Philippines administered by the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR)'s Biodiversity Management Bureau under the National Integrated Protected Areas System
(NIPAS) Act of 1992. As of 2013, there are 240 protected areas in the Philippines covering a total area of 54,500
square kilometers (21,000 sq mi) – 14.2% of the Philippines' total area.[1][2]

History
The first important legislation that formed the basis of the current system of national parks and protected areas in
the Philippines is the Philippine Commission Act No. 648 enacted in 1903 by the US Congress. This act authorized
the Civil Governor to "reserve for civil public purposes, and from sale or settlement, any part of the public domain
not appropriated by law for special public purposes." [3]
A total of eight national reserves had been established on July 26, 1904 pursuant to this law. These are: Lamao
Forest Reserve in Bataan, Mariquina Reserve in Rizal, Angat River Reserve in Bulacan, Caliraya Falls
Reserve in Laguna, La Carlota Reserve in Negros Occidental, San Ramon Reserve in Zamboanga, Magalang
Reserve in Pampanga, and Hacienda San Antonio in Isabela.[4] In the same year, the Forest Act of 1904 (Act No.
1148) was adopted that expanded the scope of protected areas in the Philippines. [5] Among the first of such
mountain forest reserves to be declared was Mount Maquiling declared on November 21, 1910.[6]
On February 1, 1932, the National Parks Act (Act No. 3195) was enacted that formally established the national
parks system in the country.[7] Mount Arayat became the first national park in the Philippines established on June 27,
1933 following this act.
A series of acts and legislations were passed in the next decades that aimed to further strengthen these policies,
including the Revised Forestry Code of 1975 (Presidential Decree No. 705) and Forest Administrative Order No. 7.
Following the 1987 Constitution, the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act was enacted which further
enhanced the administration and classification of protected areas, and broadened the mandate of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources in enforcing its provisions.

Classification
Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 40,700 square kilometres (15,700 sq mi) of terrestrial areas and
13,800 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi) of marine areas.[1] They are managed according to the following
classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act).

National parks
Main article: List of national parks of the Philippines

Natural parks
 World Heritage Site or part of a World Heritage Site

Name Area Established Location

Apo Reef 15,792.00 ha 1996 Occidental Mindoro

(39,022.9 acres)

Balinsasayao Twin Lakes 8,016.05 ha 2000 Negros Oriental

(19,808.1 acres)

Camarines
Bicol 5,201.00 ha 2000 Norte
(12,852.0 acres) Camarines
Sur
Bongsanglay 244.72 ha 2000 Masbate
(604.7 acres)
Bulusan Volcano 3,672.00 ha 2000 Sorsogon
(9,073.7 acres)
Kalbario–Patapat 3,800.00 ha 2007 Ilocos Norte
(9,390.0 acres)
Lake Danao 2,193.00 ha 1998 Leyte
(5,419.0 acres)
 Name Area Established Location

Mahagnao Volcano 635.00 ha 1998 Leyte

(1,569.1 acres)
Mayon Volcano 5,775.70 ha 2000 Albay
(14,272.1 acres)
Mount Apo 54,974.87 ha 1936 Davao del
(135,845.9 Sur
acres) Cotabato
Mount Balatukan Range 8,423.00 ha 2007 Misamis Oriental
(20,813.7 acres)
Mount Guiting-Guiting 15,265.48 ha 1996 Romblon
(37,721.8 acres)
Mount Inayawan Range 3,632.74 ha 2007 Lanao del Norte
(8,976.7 acres)
Mount Isarog 10,112.35 ha 2002 Camarines Sur
(24,988.2 acres)
Mount Kalatungan Range 21,247.73 ha 2000 Bukidnon
(52,504.3 acres)
Mount Kanlaon 24,388.00 ha 1997 Negros
(60,264.1 acres) Occidental
Negros
Oriental
Mount Kitanglad Range 31,235.19 ha 1996 Bukidnon
(77,183.8 acres)
Mount Malindang 34,694.00 ha 2002 Misamis Occidental
(85,730.7 acres)
Northern Negros 80,454.50 ha 2002 Negros Occidental
(198,807.4
acres)
Northern Sierra Madre 359,486.00 ha 1997 Isabela
(888,309.3
acres)
Northwest Panay 12,009.29 ha 2002 Aklan
Peninsula (29,675.6 acres) Antique
Pasonanca 12,107.00 ha 1999 Zamboanga del Sur
(29,917.0 acres)
Samar Island 333,300.00 ha 2003 Eastern Visayas
(823,602.2
acres)
Sibalom 5,511.47 ha 2000 Antique
(13,619.1 acres)
Tubbataha Reef 97,030.00 ha 2010 Palawan
(239,766.4
acres)

Natural monuments

Name Area Established Location

Bessang Pass 693.32 ha 2000 Ilocos Sur

(1,713.2 acres)

Chocolate Hills 14,145.00 ha 1997 Bohol

(34,953.1
acres)
 Name Area Established Location

Salinas 6,675.56 ha 2000 Nueva Vizcaya

(16,495.7
acres)

Timpoong and Hibok- 2,227.62 ha 2004 Camiguin

Hibok (5,504.6 acres)

Protected landscape and seascapes

Name Area Establishe Location

d

Agoo–Damortis 10,513.30 ha 2000 La Union

(25,978.9 acres)

Alburquerque–Loay–Loboc 1,164.16 ha 1999 Bohol

(2,876.7 acres)

Aliguay Island 1,191.89 ha 1999 Zamboanga del Norte

(2,945.2 acres)

Apo Island 691.45 ha 1994 Negros Oriental

(1,708.6 acres)

Baliangao 295.00 ha 2000 Misamis Occidental

(729.0 acres)

Batanes 213,578.00 ha 1994 Batanes

(527,762.7
acres)

Biri Larosa 33,492.00 ha 2000 Northern Samar

(82,760.5 acres)

Cuatro Islas 12,500.00 ha 2000 Leyte

(30,888.2 acres)

Dumanquilas Bay 25,948.00 ha 1999 Zamboanga del Sur

(64,118.9 acres)

Great and Little Santa Cruz 1,877.00 ha 2000 Zamboanga del Sur

Islands (4,638.2 acres)

Guiuan 60,448.00 ha 1994 Eastern Samar

(149,370.3
acres)
 Name Area Establishe Location
d

Initao–Libertad 1,300.78 ha 2002 Misamis Oriental

(3,214.3 acres)

Mabini 6,106.00 ha 2000 Davao de Oro

(15,088.3 acres)

Malabungot 120.62 ha 2000 Camarines Sur

(298.1 acres)

Malampaya Sound 200,115.00 ha 2000 Palawan

(494,494.9
acres)

Murcielagos Island 151.00 ha 2000 Zamboanga del Norte

(373.1 acres)

Peñablanca 118,781.58 ha 2003 Cagayan

(293,515.7
acres)

Pujada Bay 21,200.00 ha 1994 Davao Oriental

(52,386.3 acres)

Selinog Island 1,294.35 ha 2000 Zamboanga del Norte

(3,198.4 acres)

Siargao Island 278,914.13 ha 1996 Surigao del Norte

(689,211.8
acres)

Talibon Islands 6,456.87 ha 1999 Bohol

(15,955.3 acres)

Protected landscapes

Name Area Established Location

Davao de Oro
Aliwagwag 10,491.33 ha 2011 Davao
(25,924.6 acres) Oriental

Amro River 6,471.08 ha 2000 Aurora

(15,990.4 acres)
Baganga 114.88 ha 2000 Davao Oriental
(283.9 acres)
Bigbiga 135.71 ha 2000 Ilocos Sur
(335.3 acres)
Buenavista 284.27 ha 2000 Quezon
 Name Area Established Location

(702.4 acres)
Calbayog Pan-as–Hayiban 7,832.00 ha 1998 Samar
(19,353.3 acres)
Casecnan 88,846.80 ha 2000 Cagayan
(219,545.2 Valley
acres) Aurora
Central Cebu 29,062.00 ha 2003 Cebu
(71,813.8 acres)
Dinadiawan River 3,371.33 ha 2000 Aurora
(8,330.7 acres)
Hinulugang Taktak 3.20 ha 2000 Rizal
(7.9 acres)
José Rizal Memorial 439.00 ha 2000 Zamboanga del Norte
(1,084.8 acres)
Libunao 46.70 ha 2000 Ilocos Sur
(115.4 acres)
Lidlidda 1,157.44 ha 2000 Ilocos Sur
(2,860.1 acres)
Magapit 3,403.62 ha 2000 Cagayan
(8,410.5 acres)
Mainit Hot Springs 1,374.00 ha 2000 Davao de Oro
(3,395.2 acres)
Manleluag Spring 1,935.17 ha 2004 Pangasinan
(4,781.9 acres)
Mati 914.26 ha 2005 Davao Oriental
(2,259.2 acres)
Maulawin Spring 149.01 ha 2000 Quezon
(368.2 acres)
Mimbilisan 66.00 ha 1999 Misamis Oriental
(163.1 acres)
Mount Mantalingajan 120,457.00 ha 2009 Palawan
(297,655.7
acres)
Mount Matutum 15,600.00 ha 1995 South Cotabato
(38,548.4 acres)
Mount Timolan 1,994.80 ha 2000 Zamboanga del Sur
(4,929.3 acres)
Mounts Banahaw–San Cristobal 10,900.59 ha 2009 Quezon
(26,935.9 acres) Laguna
Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na- 3,973.13 ha 2007 Cavite
Gulod (9,817.8 acres) Batangas
Pamitinan 600.00 ha 1996 Rizal
(1,482.6 acres)
Quezon 938.00 ha 2003 Quezon
(2,317.8 acres)
Quirino 164,364.46 ha 2005 Quirino
(406,153.4
acres)
Rajah Sikatuna 10,452.60 ha 2000 Bohol
(25,828.9 acres)
Roosevelt 786.04 ha 2000 Bataan
(1,942.3 acres)
Santa Lucia 174.16 ha 2000 Ilocos Sur
(430.4 acres)
Simbahan–Talagas 2,266.49 ha 2000 Aurora
 Name Area Established Location

(5,600.6 acres)
Taal Volcano 62,292.14 ha 1996 Batangas
(153,927.2
acres)
Talaytay 3,526.29 ha 2000 Aurora
(8,713.7 acres)
Upper Marikina River Basin 26,125.64 ha 2011 Rizal
(64,557.9 acres)

Protected seascapes

Name Area Established Location

Panglao 385.67 ha 2003 Bohol

Island (953.0 acres)

Sarangani Bay 215,950.00 ha 1996 Sarangani

(533,624.1
acres)

Cebu
Tañon Strait 450.00 ha 1998 Negros
(1,112.0 acres) Oriental

Game refuge and bird sanctuaries

Name Area Established Location

Calauit Safari Park 3,400.00 ha 1976 Palawan

(8,401.6 acres)

Calavite and FB 121,983.81 ha 1920 Occidental Mindoro

Harrison (301,428.6 acres)

Lake Buluan 6,300.00 ha 2006 Cotabato

(15,567.6 acres)

Lake Malimanga 12.35 ha 1980 Zambales

(30.5 acres)

Olango Island 920.00 ha 1992 Cebu

(2,273.4 acres)

Palawan 761,416.00 ha 1967 Palawan

(1,881,499.9
acres)
Resource reserves

Name Area Established Location

Siocon 793.74 ha 1999 Zamboanga del Norte

(1,961.4 acres)

Cordillera
Upper Agno River 77,561.00 ha 2000 Nueva
Basin (191,657.4 Vizcaya
acres)

Managed resource protected areas

Name Area Establishe Location

d

El Nido Managed Resource Protected 89,134.76 ha 1998 Palawan

Area (220,256.8
acres)

Marine reserves

Name Area Established Location

Masinloc and Oyon 7,568.00 ha 1993 Zambales

Bay (18,700.9
acres)

Palaui Island 7,415.48 ha 1994 Cagayan

(18,324.1
acres)

Sagay 32,000.00 ha 2001 Negros Occidental

(79,073.7
acres)

Taklong Island 1,143.45 ha 1990 Guimaras

(2,825.5 acres)

Watershed forest reserves

Name Area Established Location

Aklan River 23,185.00 ha 1990 Aklan

(57,291.4 acres)

Alabat 688.00 ha 1987 Quezon

 Name Area Established Location

(1,700.1 acres)

Alijawan–Cansuhay–Anibongan 3,630.00 ha 1992 Bohol

River (8,969.9 acres)

Allah Valley 92,450.00 ha 1985 South Cotabato

(228,448.9
acres)

Angat Watershed 6,600.00 ha 1968 Bulacan

(16,309.0 acres)

Aurora 430.00 ha 1936 Aurora

(1,062.6 acres)

Bawa 8,955.00 ha 1987 Cagayan

(22,128.3 acres)

Binahaan River 465.00 ha 1991 Quezon

(1,149.0 acres)

Calabgan 4,803.00 ha 1992 Aurora

(11,868.5 acres)

Calatrava–San Andres–San Agustin 2,670.00 ha 1982 Romblon

(6,597.7 acres)

Calauag 328.00 ha 1939 Quezon

(810.5 acres)

Capalonga 752.00 ha 1966 Camarines Norte

(1,858.2 acres)

Catanduanes 26,010.00 ha 1987 Catanduanes

(64,272.1 acres)

Dahican 44.00 ha 1933 Camarines Norte

(108.7 acres)

Dalanas River 8,558.00 ha 1990 Antique

(21,147.3 acres)

Dibalo–Pingit–Zabali–Malayat 4,528.00 ha 1992 Aurora

(11,188.9 acres)
 Name Area Established Location

Dipaculao 1,786.00 ha 1987 Aurora

(4,413.3 acres)

Bulacan
Doña Remedios–General Tinio 20,760.00 ha 1988 Nueva
(51,299.1 acres) Ecija

Dupax 424.80 ha 1934 Nueva Vizcaya

(1,049.7 acres)

Ilocos Norte Metro 2,815.00 ha 1934 Ilocos Norte

(6,956.0 acres)

Ilog-Hilabangan 10,211.00 ha 1990 Negros Occidental

(25,231.9 acres)

Infanta 384.00 ha 1967 Quezon

(948.9 acres)

Jalaur River 9,228.00 ha 1990 Iloilo

(22,802.9 acres)

Kabankalan 432.00 ha 1991 Negros Occidental

(1,067.5 acres)

Lake Lanao 180,460.00 ha 1992 Lanao del Sur

(445,926.4
acres)

Libungan 52,820.00 ha 1990 Cotabato

(130,521.1
acres)

Loboc River 19,410.00 ha 1953 Bohol

(47,963.2 acres)

Lopez 418.00 ha 1940 Quezon

(1,032.9 acres)

Lower Agno 39,304.00 ha 1983 Benguet

(97,122.3 acres)

Maasin 6,150.00 ha 1923 Iloilo

(15,197.0 acres)

Mahugunao 136.00 ha 1932 Misamis Oriental

(336.1 acres)

Malagos 235.00 ha 1933 Davao del Sur

(580.7 acres)

Marcos Highway 6,105.00 ha 1978 Benguet

(15,085.8 acres)

Mariveles (Palanas) 325.00 ha 1919 Bataan

(803.1 acres)

Mulanay 26.00 ha 1938 Quezon

(64.2 acres)

Naguilian 90.00 ha 1936 La Union

 Name Area Established Location

(222.4 acres)

Olongapo (Palanas) 6,335.00 ha 1987 Zambales

(15,654.1 acres)

Palawan 4,776.00 ha 1982 Palawan

(11,801.8 acres)

Palompon 2,392.00 ha 1988 Leyte

(5,910.8 acres)

Panay River 4,350.00 ha 1990 Capiz

(10,749.1 acres)

Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed 84,500.00 ha 1969 Nueva Ecija

(208,804.0
acres)

Polillo 130.00 ha 1966 Quezon

(321.2 acres)

Santa 25.00 ha 1935 Ilocos Sur

(61.8 acres)

South Upi 1,894.20 ha 1987 Maguindanao

(4,680.7 acres)

Talavera 37,156.00 ha 1938 Nueva

(91,814.5 acres) Ecija
Nueva
Vizcaya
Tanap 41.00 ha 1971 Ilocos Norte
(101.3 acres)

Tibiang–Damagandong 280.00 ha 1938 Quezon

(691.9 acres)

Torrijos 105.00 ha 1932 Marinduque

(259.5 acres)

Tumauini 17,670.00 ha 1994 Isabela

(43,663.5 acres)

Wangag 6,992.00 ha 1987 Cagayan

(17,277.6 acres)

Natural biotic areas

Name Area Established Location

Abasig–Matogdon– 5,420.12 ha 2000 Camarines Norte

Mananap (13,393.4
acres)

Basilan 4,497.00 ha 2000 Basilan

(11,112.3
acres)
 Name Area Established Location

Buug 1,095.00 ha 1998 Zamboanga del Sur

(2,705.8 acres)

Lagonoy 444.60 ha 2000 Camarines Sur

(1,098.6 acres)

Wildlife sanctuaries
 World Heritage Site or part of a World Heritage Site

Name Area Establishe Location

d

Agusan Marsh 14,835.99 ha 1996 Agusan del Sur

(36,660.5 acres)

Chico Island 7.77 ha 2000 Masbate

(19.2 acres)

Marinduque 8,827.96 ha 2004 Marinduque

(21,814.4 acres)

Mount Calavite 18,016.19 ha 2000 Occidental Mindoro

(44,519.0 acres)

Mount Hamiguitan 6,834.00 ha 2004 Davao Oriental

Range (16,887.2 acres)

Naro Island 109.98 ha 2000 Masbate

(271.8 acres)

Rasa Island 1,983.00 ha 2006 Palawan

(4,900.1 acres)

Turtle Islands 242,967.00 ha 1999 Tawi-Tawi

(600,384.5
acres)

Wilderness areas

Name Area Established Location

Alibijaban 430.00 ha 1981 Quezon

(1,062.6
acres)
 Name Area Established Location

Awasan Bay Islands 1981 Surigao del Norte

Bantayan Island 1981 Cebu

Basot–Quinalang–Malabungot Islands 185.38 ha 1981 Camarines Sur

(458.1 acres)

Caniago Strait Islands 210.00 ha 1981 Bohol

(518.9 acres)

Cebu Strait Islands 34.00 ha 1981 Bohol

(84.0 acres)

Dampalit Island 1981 Masbate

Guinauyan–Naro–Chico–Pobre 23.25 ha 1981 Masbate

Islands (57.5 acres)

Isabela 1,985.00 ha 1987 Isabela

Monte Alto Timber Resource Corp. (4,905.0
acres)

Majaba-Napayuan Islands 18.00 ha 1981 Masbate

(44.5 acres)

Panag Bay Islands 1981 Surigao del Norte

Rasa Island 1981 Palawan