Mayon Volcano Natural Park
Geography
Mayon Volcano Natural Park encompasses an area of 5,775.7 hectares (14,272 acres) located in the eight cities and municipalities that has jurisdiction of the mountain. These communities are Camalig, Daraga, Guinobatan, Legazpi City, Ligao City, Tabaco City, Malilipot, and Santo Domingo, all in the province of Albay. The peak of the volcano is the highest elevation in the Bicol Region at 2,462 metres (8,077 ft).
History
The protected area was first declared as Mayon Volcano National Park, with an initial area of 5,458.65 hectares (13,488.6 acres), on July 20, 1938, by Proclamation no. 292 during the Commonwealth presidency of Manuel L. Quezon. In 1992, the Republic Act No. 7586 or the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act was established to create, designate, classify and administered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, all the protected areas of the country for the present and future generations of the Filipino people. Under NIPAS, the Mayon Volcano National Park was reclassified and renamed as Mayon Volcano Natural Park with the signing of Proclamation No. 412 on November 21, 2000. The natural park was ultimately declared a national park under Republic Act No. 11038 (Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2018) signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in July 2018.
Image gallery
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View of Mt. Mayon via Sumlang Lake in Albay
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ATV adventure at Mt. Mayon
See also
References
- ^ "Region 5 - Protected Areas" Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau of the Philippines. Retrieved on May 23, 2013.
- ^ "Mayon". Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved on May 23, 2013.
- ^ "Republic Act No. 7586". Philippine Sustainable Development Network. Retrieved on May 20, 2013.
- ^ Aurelio, Julie M. (July 7, 2018). "Expanded Nipas law creates 94 more nat'l parks across PH". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 21, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.