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Mount Hamiguitan

Mountain in Davao Oriental, Philippines

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name	Mount Hamiguitan
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prominence_m	1497
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country	Philippines
state	Davao Region
state_type	Region
region	Davao Oriental
region_type	Province
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settlement_type	City/municipality
range	Hamiguitan Mountain Range
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type	Stratovolcano
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designation1_date	2014 (38th session)
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Mount Hamiguitan is a mountain located in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. It has a height of 1620 m. The mountain and its vicinity has one of the most diverse wildlife populations in the country. Among the wildlife found in the area are Philippine eagles and several species of Nepenthes. Some of the latter, such as the Nepenthes peltata and Nepenthes micramphora, are endemic to the area. The mountain has a protected forest area of approximately 2,000 hectares. This woodland is noted for its unique pygmy forest of century-old trees in ultramafic soil, with many endangered, endemic and rare species of flora and fauna.

The Mount Hamiguitan range, with an area of 6834 ha, was declared a national park and a wildlife sanctuary in 2003. In 2014, the park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, becoming the first in Mindanao and the sixth in the Philippines.

Mount Hamiguitan is part of the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor. Conservation of the mountain range is a multisectoral effort done involving the provincial government of Davao Oriental, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, local communities, and indigenous people.

Geography

Mount Hamiguitan is located in the province of Davao Oriental in the southeastern part of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. It occupies the land area within the political boundaries of Mati, San Isidro, and Governor Generoso.

Flora and fauna

Plants

Inventory of flora species in the mountain and its vicinity showed that its montane forest has the highest species richness of plants with 462 species, followed by its dipterocarp forest with 338 species, mossy forest with 246 species and agro-system with 246 species. The mountain also harbors 45 species of orchids, 23 of which are endemic to the Philippines. Some of the plants commonly found on Mount Hamiguitan include the following:

Leptospermum flavescens
Wendlandia nervosa
Tristaniopsis micrantha
Dacrydium elatum
Calophyllum blancoi
Symplocos polyandra
Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis)
Elaeocarpus verticillatus
Patersonia lowii
Astronia lagunensis
Nepenthes alata (sensu lato)
Nepenthes hamiguitanensis
Nepenthes justinae
Nepenthes micramphora
Nepenthes peltata
Schizaea inopinata
Schizaea malaccana
Paphiopedilum ciliolare
Dipodium paludosum
Epigeneium sp.
Dendrochilum longilabre
Dendrochilum tenellum
Dendrochilum sp. (unknown species)
Macodes petola
Coelogyne chloroptera
Bulbophyllum sp.
Appendicula sp.
Gleichennia hirta
Drimys piperita
Hydnophyton sp.
Dilochia deleoniae
Lindsaea hamiguitanensis
Ceratostylis latipetala
Bulbophyllum colubrimodum

Animals

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has identified at least 11 endangered vertebrate species. The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources and Development (PCARRD) reported that the mountain is inhabited by five endangered species, 27 rare species, 44 endemic species and 59 economically important species. The following species can be found in the area:

Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jeffreyi)
Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus)
Philippine forest roundleaf bat (Hipposideros obscurus)
Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta)
Philippine warty pig (Sus philippensis)
Philippine brown deer (Cervus mariannus)
Fischer's pygmy fruit bat (Haplonycteris fischeri)
Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Tawitawi brown-dove (Phapitreron cinereiceps)
Tarictic hornbill (Penelopides panini)
Grey-hooded sunbird (Aethopyga primigenius)
Giant scops-owl or Mindanao eagle-owl (Mimizuku gurneyi)
Batomys hamiguitan (a yellow-brown furry-tailed rat species endemic to the area)

Designations

In 2004, Mount Hamiguitan was declared as a wildlife sanctuary through the Mount Hamiguitan Law which was enacted by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo under the initiative of senator Loren Legarda.

In June 2014, the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Prior to this, the site has already been declared an ASEAN Heritage Park.

Notes

References

Amoroso, V.B. & R.A. Aspiras 2011. Hamiguitan Range: a sanctuary for native flora. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 18(1): 7–15.

References

"World Ribus - Philippines".
(2005). "Philippine Mountains – 29 Mountain Summits with Prominence of 1,500 Meters or Greater".
(2009). "''Nepenthes'': Species in the Philippines". The International Carnivorous Plant Society.
(2011). "Hamiguitan Range: A Sanctuary for Native Flora". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences.
(May 5, 2008). "Davao Oriental Wants Hamiguitan Declared as World Heritage Site". GMA News Online.
"Republic Act No. 9303".
(June 23, 2014). "Nine New Sites Inscribed on World Heritage List".
"Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary".
Quismundo, Tarra. (June 25, 2013). "Mt. Hamiguitan Being Considered as Unesco World Heritage Site". Inquirer.net.
"Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary".
(2018). "Noteworthy Records of Philippine Endemic Gingers (Zingiberaceae) in the Buffer Zone of Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary, Davao Oriental, Philippines". Environmental and Experimental Biology.
McPherson, Stewart. (2009). "[[Pitcher Plants of the Old World]]". Redfern Natural History Productions.
Gronemeyer, T., A. Wistuba, V. Heinrich, S. McPherson, F. Mey & A. Amoroso 2010. ''Nepenthes hamiguitanensis'' (Nepenthaceae), a new pitcher plant species from Mindanao Island, Philippines. In: S.R. McPherson ''Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats''. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole. pp. 1296–1305.
(2016). "Two New ''Nepenthes'' Species from the Philippines and an Emended Description of ''Nepenthes ramos''". Plants.
(July 30, 2004). "Republic Act No. 9303".
(June 23, 2014). "Six New Sites Inscribed on World Heritage List".

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