Table 2. Protected Areas and Parks, Region X
Name
Location
Area
(hectares)
1. Mimbilisan Protected Landscape
Misamis Oriental
2. Baliangao Protected Landscape/
Seascape
Misamis Occidental
3. Initao-Libertad Protected Landscape/
Seascape
Misamis Oriental
4. Mt. Kitanglad Natural Park
Bukidnon
30,642.0
5. Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park
Bukidnon
21,301.0
6. Mt. Malindang Natural Park
Misamis Occidental
33,000
7. Timpoong & Hibok-hibok Natural
Monument
Camiguin
2,227.0
8. Bacolod-Kauswagan Protected
Landscape/Seascape
Lanao Del Norte
9,718.0
9. Mt. Inayawan Natural Park
Lanao Del Norte
4,521.0
10. Mt. Balatukan Range Natural Park
Bukidnon
9,645.0
TOTAL
66.0
294.1
3,214.0
114,628.1
Conflicting Land Claims and Overlaps in Jurisdiction
Region X is the second most populous region in Mindanao. Its 4,689,302
inhabitants comprise 22 percent of the total population of Mindanao,
making it the country’s ninth most populous region. Nearly a quarter of
Mindanao’s population try to share space and co-exist in Region X. By
2030, it projected to be the most populous region in Mindanao with at
least 6,086,400.4
The demands of a growing population, and the very fragile status of the
environment, necessitate the need to rationalize the land use of the region.
The very current strict competition for land and resources which leads to
land conflicts demands an urgency to address issues affecting the delivery
of asset reform laws and environmental resource management policies;
specifically the mandates of IPRA, CARP, NIPAS, and the CBFM Program.
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