Baganga Bay Protected Landscape and Seascape
Coordinates: 7 ° 29 ' N , 126 ° 32' E
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The Baganga Bay Protected Landscape and Seascape is located on the Pacific coast of Mindanao Island . It belongs to the Davao Oriental Province in the Philippines . The nature reserve extends along the coast in the municipality of Baganga on an area of 20,500 hectares and includes the barangays Baculin, Ban-ao, Bobonao, Central, Dapnan, Kinablangan, Lambajon, Salingcomot, San Victor, Lucod and Saoquegue. The community of Baganga is approximately 294 km from Davao City International Airport and can be reached via Mati City along the coastal road.
The nature reserve was established in December 1981 with Decree 2152 and was incorporated into Republic Law 7586 ( NIPAS Law ) in 1992.
The topography in the landside nature reserve is generally flat and the soil composition of alluvial soils, which is typical for mangrove areas, is temporarily flooded with brackish water due to the alternation of ebb and flow. The mangrove population of the protected area consists of the following species: the Bakuan , the Piapi ( Avicennia marina ), Pototanc ( Bruguiera sexangula ), the Tabici ( Xylocarpus granatum ) and the Langarai ( Bruguiera parviflora ). In this area a total of 10 rivers and brooks, which come from the higher mountain regions, have their estuary. They are the rivers Languyon, Kinablang, Daquit, Ban-ao, Baganga, Mahanub, Dapnan and the streams Kiagbaan, San Victor and Cadugungan.
In this protected area the following species are of birds before: the South Sea Swallow , the barn swallow , the Brown Shrike , the Tiger Shrike ( Lanius tigrinus ), the wagtail , the forest wagtail , the rice Fink , the Philippine Barnacle Gimpel , the Grabb ( Corvus enca samarensis ), the Brown-throated Sunbird , the Philippine and the small Mistelfresser , the mountain Brillenvogel , the Schwarzkopf oriole , the Philippine Bülbül , three kingfisher , the Philippine Cuckoo, the Mangrovenblauschnäpper and Philippine Frogmouth ( Batrachostomus septimus ).
Only a few mammals live in the nature reserve, such as the long-tailed macaque . Among the reptiles one can find the white monitor monitor .
In addition to the mangrove forests , the marine reserve also includes shallow coral banks and seagrass meadows .