Parks and Protected Areas
Region X hosts at least ten (10) Parks and Protected Landscapes. The
following sites in the region have been proclaimed by law as protected
areas and components of the National Integrated Protected Areas System
(NIPAS):3
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
Mimbilisan Protected Landscape (Misamis Oriental)
Baliangao Protected Landscape/Seascape (Misamis Occidental)
Initao-Libertad Protected Landscape/Seascape (Misamis Oriental)
Mt. Kitanglad Natural Park (Bukidnon)
Mt. Kalatungan Range Natural Park (Bukidnon)
Mt. Malindang Natural Park (Misamis Occidental)
Timpoong & Hibok-hibok Natural Monument (Province of Camiguin)
Bacolod-Kauswagan Protected Landscape/Seascape (Lanao del Norte)
Mt. Inayawan Natural Park (Lanao del Norte)
Mt. Balatukan Range Natural Park (Bukidnon)
In total, officially proclaimed Parks and Protected Areas in Northern
Mindanao cover at least 114,628.03 hectares of land in Region X
(see Table 2).
Ancestral Domains
As of 2013, fifteen (15) Certificates of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs)
have been approved, covering a total area of 242,361.53 hectares. These
CADTs have benefitted at least 57,210 rights-holders coming from the
various tribes in Region X. Of the 15 CADTs approved, only four have been
registered with the Land Registration Authority (LRA) (see Table 3).
In the same period, five (5) Certificates of Ancestral Domain Titles (CALTs)
have been approved in Region X. These five CALTs were owned by at least
2,106 rights-holders. There is no information available if any of these CALTs
have been registered with the LRA (see Table 4).
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