Roosevelt Park
Dinalupihan, Bataan
The Roosevelt Protected Landscape, also known as Roosevelt Park, is a protected area in the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. It occupies an area of 786.04 hectares of grasslands and old growth forest in northern Bataan province near Olongapo and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
The park was established as Roosevelt National Park covering an area of 1,485 hectares on 30 May 1933 ...
through Proclamation No. 567 signed by Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. In 1965, the national park was reduced to 1,334 hectares. On 23 April 2000, the park was reclassified as a protected landscape area and was further reduced to its present area of 786.04 hectares.
The Roosevelt Protected Landscape area sits on a narrow valley at the foot of Mount Santa Rita and Mount Malasimbo in the Zambales Mountain Range at the border between the municipalities of Dinalupihan and Hermosa in Bataan.
The park is bisected by several streams, including the Cucubog and Olongi rivers. It is composed of 87% grassland dominated by cogon and talahib, and 13% remnants of old growth forest and mahogany and teak plantations. The park is a habitat for several endangered species and game animals which include pythons, monitor lizards, cloud rats, quails, kingfishers, flycatchers and fruit bats. Wiki
Roosevelt Park Protected Landscape News
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Paraiso Ng Kalikasan Planned For Bataan Site
A private investor assured Thursday that the conversion of the 218 hectares forested areas called Roosevelt Protected Landscape into "Paraiso ng Kalikasan" in barangay Roosevelt will now be pushed through, saying three large swimming pools had already been constructed in the area.
Renato Legaspi and his son John Legaspi, president and chief operating officer, respectively, of the Green Asia Construction and Development Corp., discussed with Raul H. Mamac, head of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, the immediate development of the area into an Integrated Ecotourism De ... -
Bataan forests vie for ASEAN heritage list
The 20,607 hectares of forested areas in Bataan have been recommended by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to be included among the protected areas in the Heritage Parks list of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
DENR's newly-designated Regional Executive Director Francisco Milla, Jr., said the Bataan Natural Park has a total of 19,821 hectares, while the Roosevelt Protected Landscape has 786 hectares of forested areas that are being protected by the DENR and the provincial government to prevent poaching and illegal logging.
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Four CL areas proposed as Asean heritage parks
Four protected areas in Pampanga, Bulacan and Bataan have been proposed for inclusion in the list of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) heritage parks and reserves, the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here bared.
Francisco Milla, Jr., DENR director for Central Luzon, identified the areas as the Biak na Bato National Park (2,177 hectares) in Bulacan, Mt. Arayat National Park (3,715 hectares) in Pampanga, and Bataan Natural Park (19,821 hectares) and Roosevelt Protected Landscape (786 hectares), both in Bataan.
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Mount Arayat eyed as heritage park
The Mt. Arayat National Park in Arayat, Pampanga has been proposed for inclusion in the list of Asean heritage parks and reserves.
This was disclosed by Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional director Francisco Milla Jr. who said in a statement that Mt. Arayat National Park, with a total area of 3,715 hectares, is among the four areas in Central Luzon eyed as Asean parks.
Milla confirmed that Biak na Bato National Park (2,177 hectares) in Bulacan, and Bataan Natural Park (19,821 hectares) and Roosevelt Protected Landscape (786 hectares), both in Bataan, have also ... -
600 Narra Trees Planted In Roosevelt Protected Landscape In Bataan
At least 600 indigenous narra trees were recently planted inside the 786-hectare Roosevelt Protected Landscape here in support to the government's National Greening Program (NGP).
Officials and employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Bataan and some 200 volunteers from the Alagang Kapatid Foundation Inc. of TV 5 and its prime time soap "Enchanted Garden" and the Green Asia Construction and Development, have joined the activity to save the Mother Earth.
Maximo Dichose, executive director of the DENR in Central Luzo ... -
Roosevelt To Be Developed Into Ecotourism
The 218 hectares idle lot but is called Roosevelt Protected Landscape in barangay Roosevelt will be developed into an Integrated Ecotourism Development project by a private investor.
Based on the Memorandum of Agreement entered into between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Region 3) office through the Protected Area Management Board-Roosevelt Protected Landscape (PAMB-RPLS) and the Green Asia Construction and Development Corp., the 218 hectares in barangay Roosevelt will be developed by the private investor in order to "provide the public better and ecologically aestheti ...