Case Study
Baliuag University
Baliuag, Bulacan
In partial fulfillment in the subject
Tourism Sustainabilty
Palanan Wilderness – Palanan, Isabela
(Case Study Analysis)
Submitted to:
Ms. Michelle Mendoza
Submitted by:
Monica Feliza Juan
Maricar Mempin
Cherish Ann Veraguas
Maureen Santos
August 2012
Introduction
Palanan is a remote 2nd class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.
According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,254 people in 2,837 households. It was in Palanan that one of the final chapters of the Philippine-American War was written on March 23, 1901, when Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by American forces led by Gen. Frederick Funston, who had gained access to Aguinaldo's camp by pretending to surrender to the Filipinos. Primary mode of transportation is by plane through the Palanan Municipal Airport.
PALANAN WILDERNESS AREA
The Palanan Wilderness Area is a large tract of undisturbed forest which forms a large part of the combined nature preserve of the Northern Sierra Madre National Park and Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape. It contains the most extensive area of preserved rainforest in the Philippines at 359,486 hectares. The larger of 2 remaining areas of intact primeval forest in Luzon (the other being a much smaller wooded area in the Cordilleras), it is considered one of the most diverse forests in the world. Known as the Palanan Complex, Palanan Rainforest, or Palanan Wilderness Area, it was designated a wilderness area in 1979. In 1997, it was designated a national park also known as the Northern Sierra Madre National Park. In 2003 this conservation area was combined with the neighboring Penablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape.
Background
* It is estimated that there are 1500 species of vascular plants in Palanan Wilderness Area and that, of these, more than 50 species are locally endemic and over 100 species are endemic to the Philippines. Numerous endemic and
Baliuag, Bulacan
In partial fulfillment in the subject
Tourism Sustainabilty
Palanan Wilderness – Palanan, Isabela
(Case Study Analysis)
Submitted to:
Ms. Michelle Mendoza
Submitted by:
Monica Feliza Juan
Maricar Mempin
Cherish Ann Veraguas
Maureen Santos
August 2012
Introduction
Palanan is a remote 2nd class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.
According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,254 people in 2,837 households. It was in Palanan that one of the final chapters of the Philippine-American War was written on March 23, 1901, when Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by American forces led by Gen. Frederick Funston, who had gained access to Aguinaldo's camp by pretending to surrender to the Filipinos. Primary mode of transportation is by plane through the Palanan Municipal Airport.
PALANAN WILDERNESS AREA
The Palanan Wilderness Area is a large tract of undisturbed forest which forms a large part of the combined nature preserve of the Northern Sierra Madre National Park and Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape. It contains the most extensive area of preserved rainforest in the Philippines at 359,486 hectares. The larger of 2 remaining areas of intact primeval forest in Luzon (the other being a much smaller wooded area in the Cordilleras), it is considered one of the most diverse forests in the world. Known as the Palanan Complex, Palanan Rainforest, or Palanan Wilderness Area, it was designated a wilderness area in 1979. In 1997, it was designated a national park also known as the Northern Sierra Madre National Park. In 2003 this conservation area was combined with the neighboring Penablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape.
Background
* It is estimated that there are 1500 species of vascular plants in Palanan Wilderness Area and that, of these, more than 50 species are locally endemic and over 100 species are endemic to the Philippines. Numerous endemic and