Post by admin on Dec 31, 2013 5:32:39 GMT 8
Adams forest placed under protection
Ellalyn De Vera
December 25, 2013
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared a dipterocarp forest in Adams, Ilocos Norte, as a critical habitat for wildlife species.
The forest, which has a total land area of 3,250 hectares (32.5 square kilometers), has been named Adams Wildlife Critical Habitat (AWCH) under a DENR administrative order (DAO) signed by Secretary Ramon Paje.
He explained that declaring the area as a wildlife critical habitat would help protect and conserve Ilocos Norte’s “last frontier of dipterocarp forest,” and all floral and faunal species in the area.
Dipterocarps refer to a family of hardwood, tropical trees like mahogany.
The lush forests of the AWCH are known to be habitats of threatened species, such as the Philippine falconet, Philippine hanging parakeet, Philippine brown deer, Philippine warty pig, as well as jade vines, giant tree ferns, and other dipterocarp trees.
Source: www.mb.com.ph/adams-forest-placed-under-protection/
Ellalyn De Vera
December 25, 2013
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has declared a dipterocarp forest in Adams, Ilocos Norte, as a critical habitat for wildlife species.
The forest, which has a total land area of 3,250 hectares (32.5 square kilometers), has been named Adams Wildlife Critical Habitat (AWCH) under a DENR administrative order (DAO) signed by Secretary Ramon Paje.
He explained that declaring the area as a wildlife critical habitat would help protect and conserve Ilocos Norte’s “last frontier of dipterocarp forest,” and all floral and faunal species in the area.
Dipterocarps refer to a family of hardwood, tropical trees like mahogany.
The lush forests of the AWCH are known to be habitats of threatened species, such as the Philippine falconet, Philippine hanging parakeet, Philippine brown deer, Philippine warty pig, as well as jade vines, giant tree ferns, and other dipterocarp trees.
Source: www.mb.com.ph/adams-forest-placed-under-protection/