21-474: The Mount Timolan Protected Landscape is a protected area covering Mount Timolan and its surrounding forested landscape in the region of Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao in the Philippines . The park encompasses an area of 1,994.79 hectares (4,929.2 acres) and a buffer zone of 695.39 hectares (1,718.3 acres) in the municipalities of San Miguel , Guipos and Tigbao in the province of Zamboanga del Sur . It
42-680: A civil administration for the Philippines. This regime, called the Insular Government , administered the country until 1935. "The Philippine Organic Act of July 1902 stipulated that... a Philippine Legislature would be established composed of a lower house, the Philippine Assembly , which would be popularly elected, and an upper house consisting of the Philippine Commission. The two houses would share legislative powers, although
63-540: A five-person group headed by Dr. Jacob Schurman , president of Cornell University , to investigate conditions in the islands and make recommendations. In the report that they issued to the president the following year, the commissioners acknowledged Filipino aspirations for independence; they declared, however, that the Philippines was not ready for it. Specific recommendations included the establishment of civilian government as rapidly as possible (the American chief executive in
84-599: Is also a habitat of the Philippine tarsier , Philippine warty pig , Asian palm civet cat (also known as alamid ), Philippine pygmy squirrel , Philippine tree squirrel , and reptiles such as the Philippine sailfin lizard , water monitor , snakes and geckos. List of protected areas of the Philippines In the Philippines, protected areas are administered by the Biodiversity Management Bureau of
105-515: Is considered the highest peak in the province situated in the Zamboanga Cordillera mountain range that runs north to south between the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay in the Mindanao peninsula of Zamboanga . Located some 20 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the provincial capital city of Pagadian just to the south of Mount Sugarloaf, the top of
126-564: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992. As of 2020, there are 244 protected areas in the Philippines, covering a total area of about 7,760,000 hectares (19,200,000 acres) – 15.4% of the Philippines' total area. The first important legislation that formed the basis of the current system of national parks and protected areas in
147-596: The bicameral Philippine Legislature was established in 1907, with the Commission as the upper house and the elected Philippine Assembly acting as lower house . The Jones Act of 1916 ended the Commission, replacing it with an elected Philippine Senate as the legislature's upper house. On January 20, 1899, President McKinley appointed the First Philippine Commission (the Schurman Commission),
168-1204: The Philippines is Act No. 648, enacted in 1903 by the Philippine Commission . 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." A total of eight national reserves had been established on July 26, 1904, pursuant to this law. These are the 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 . In
189-582: The United States , to assist with governing the Philippines . The First Philippine Commission , also known as the Schurman Commission, was appointed by President William McKinley on January 20, 1899 as a recommendatory body. The Second Philippine Commission , also known as the Taft Commission, was appointed on March 16, 1900 to provide civil government to areas under U.S. control. It relied on
210-563: 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
231-450: The following classifications described in Section 4 of the National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992 (NIPAS Act). World Heritage Site or part of a World Heritage Site World Heritage Site or part of a World Heritage Site Philippine Commission The Philippine Commission was the name of two bodies, both appointed by the president of
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#1732902092628252-474: The islands at that time was the military governor), including establishment of a bicameral legislature , autonomous governments on the provincial and municipal levels, and a system of free public elementary schools. From Philippines: A Country Study by Ronald E. Dolan: The Second Philippine Commission (the Taft Commission), appointed by McKinley on March 16, 1900, and headed by William Howard Taft ,
273-675: The landscape with the remaining areas consisting of secondary grassland. The headwaters of the Dinas and Labangan rivers are found here, and is also crossed by the Limonan, Lapuyan and Kumalarang rivers. The park also contains several streams and freshwater lakes, including Lake Timolan which has been transformed into a marshy area. Mount Timolan is a semi-conical mountain in New Tuburan and Timolan in Tigbao rising to 1,177 metres (3,862 ft) above sea level. It
294-487: The mountain has a crater lake known as Lake Maragang. Mount Timolan's landscape area is composed of 80% natural dipterocarp forests, as well 7% man-made forest plantation of gmelina and acacia . In the open bushland grow cogon grass and other species of family Graminae . It is an important bird area being home to the Philippine eagle , Philippine cockatoo , Philippine hawk eagle , brahminy kite , hornbill kite, wild ducks, pigeons, fruit doves , and jungle owls. It
315-750: The presidential war powers of the US military government for its authority. In 1901, the Spooner Amendment to the Army Appropriations Act of 1901 gave the commission, "All military, civil, and Judicial powers necessary to govern the Philippine Islands". The Philippine Organic Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1902 enshrining into more permanent law the commission's legislative and executive authority. As stipulated in that act,
336-528: The same year, the Forest Act of 1904 ( Act No. 1148 ) was adopted that expanded the scope of protected areas in the Philippines. Among the first of such mountain forest reserves to be declared was Mount Maquiling declared on November 21, 1910. On February 1, 1932, the National Parks Act ( Act No. 3195 ) was enacted that formally established the national parks system in the country. Mount Arayat became
357-486: The surrounding rice paddies and lowland communities. It spans six barangays or rural villages in Tigbao namely, New Tuburan, Timolan, Upper Nilo, Maragang, Limas and Guinling, and one each in San Miguel and Guipos municipalities namely, Dumalinao and Datagan, respectively. The park is characterized by steep slopes and dividing ridges, with rolling to moderately undulating topography. Lowland forests cover eighty percent (80%) of
378-527: The upper house alone would pass laws relating to the Moros and other non-Christian peoples. The act also provided for extending the United States Bill of Rights to Filipinos and sending two Filipino resident commissioners to Washington to attend sessions of the United States Congress . In July 1907, the first elections for the assembly were held, and it opened its first session on October 16, 1907." The body
399-400: 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. Protected areas in the Philippines encompasses 4,620,000 hectares (11,400,000 acres) of terrestrial areas and 3,140,000 hectares (7,800,000 acres) of marine areas. They are managed according to
420-434: Was established on 14 August 2000 through Proclamation Order No. 354 issued by President Joseph Estrada . The park was also earlier established by the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur as a provincial park and wildlife sanctuary known as the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Park through Provincial Ordinance No. 3 in 1992. The protected landscape is an important watershed of several river systems supporting irrigation for
441-665: Was granted legislative as well as limited executive powers. Between September 1900 and August 1902, it issued 499 laws. A judicial system was established, including a Supreme Court , and a legal code was drawn up to replace antiquated Spanish ordinances. A civil service was organized. The 1901 municipal code provided for popularly elected presidents , vice presidents , and councilors to serve on municipal boards. The municipal board members were responsible for collecting taxes, maintaining municipal properties, and undertaking necessary construction projects; they also elected provincial governors ." On July 4, 1901, Taft became governor of
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