New ecotourism park opens in Isabela
>> Saturday, March 26, 2022
By Leander C. Domingo
THE Tumauini Watershed
Natural Park in Isabela with its improved ecotourism facilities is now ready to
accept tourists and visitors, according to the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley).
The DENR's Protected Area Management Board aid some P1.5 million has been spent for the picnic sheds and ticket booths built adjacent to the Magoli River area to help revive the local tourism in Tumauini town in Isabela.
A legislated protected area by virtue of Republic Act 11038 or the "Expanded National Integrated Protected Area Systems Act," the TWNP has a total area of 6,509 hectares covering six villages.
DENR-Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan and Assistant Regional Director Marcos Dacanay, Mayor Arnold Bautista, and other members of the PA governing board led the inauguration of the TWNP on March 11.
She said the establishment of the watershed and natural park's sheds and booths was initiated by the DENR-Region 2 through funding support from the Biodiversity Management Bureau.
"With ecological tourism, the local government and the community will be encouraged to protect the area because it is their source of livelihood," Bambalan said, emphasizing ecotourism as one of the most sustainable enterprises in a protected area.
During the opening, village residents were requested by the Tumauini town local chief executive to grow trees that will contribute to the sustainability of the watershed surrounding the park.
Also the PAMB chairman, Bambalan urged village officials to enforce health and safety protocols and to ensure that proper solid waste management is implemented.
Meanwhile, Bautista also made known his plans for the construction of restrooms and the renovation of the tourism office building as a counterpart of the local government unit.
"Tourism development is on top of our priority projects this year," Bautista said.
Mangoli River is the primary tributary of the Pinacanauan River that drains to the Cagayan River. Other natural attractions in the park include falls, rocks formation, caves and limestones.
Dionicio Deundo, Community Environment and Natural Resources officer, said about 300 hectares of plantations were established in the area under the National Greening Program.
The DENR's Protected Area Management Board aid some P1.5 million has been spent for the picnic sheds and ticket booths built adjacent to the Magoli River area to help revive the local tourism in Tumauini town in Isabela.
A legislated protected area by virtue of Republic Act 11038 or the "Expanded National Integrated Protected Area Systems Act," the TWNP has a total area of 6,509 hectares covering six villages.
DENR-Region 2 Executive Director Gwendolyn Bambalan and Assistant Regional Director Marcos Dacanay, Mayor Arnold Bautista, and other members of the PA governing board led the inauguration of the TWNP on March 11.
She said the establishment of the watershed and natural park's sheds and booths was initiated by the DENR-Region 2 through funding support from the Biodiversity Management Bureau.
"With ecological tourism, the local government and the community will be encouraged to protect the area because it is their source of livelihood," Bambalan said, emphasizing ecotourism as one of the most sustainable enterprises in a protected area.
During the opening, village residents were requested by the Tumauini town local chief executive to grow trees that will contribute to the sustainability of the watershed surrounding the park.
Also the PAMB chairman, Bambalan urged village officials to enforce health and safety protocols and to ensure that proper solid waste management is implemented.
Meanwhile, Bautista also made known his plans for the construction of restrooms and the renovation of the tourism office building as a counterpart of the local government unit.
"Tourism development is on top of our priority projects this year," Bautista said.
Mangoli River is the primary tributary of the Pinacanauan River that drains to the Cagayan River. Other natural attractions in the park include falls, rocks formation, caves and limestones.
Dionicio Deundo, Community Environment and Natural Resources officer, said about 300 hectares of plantations were established in the area under the National Greening Program.
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