The 216th UNESCO Executive Board Session declares Bohol Island as the country’s first Global Geopark. Here's why.
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Wednesday, May 24, declared Bohol Island as a Global Geopark – the first in the Philippines.
But history isn’t the sole criterion. These sites must also be “managed with a holistic concept of protection, education, and sustainable development,” UNESCO said. “From when we crafted our vision to become a prime eco-cultural tourism destination, we have resolved to pursue sustainable development through sound environmental management,” Chatto said.
The two-kilometer fault scarp in Barangay Anonang in Inabanga town used to be a flat rice field but the earthquake had pushed up the area to become a three-meter-high wall. “Because of its unique coral reef ecology, it is a major breeding ground and habitat of many different species of fishes, marine mammals, mollusks, and seagrasses,” according to UNESCO.Alicia Panoramic Park features the Binabaje Hills in Barangay Cambaol, Alicia town. The hills, 400 meters above sea level, are mostly covered in cogon, a tropical perennial grass that on windy days gives “a soft furry-like appearance to hills composed primarily of metamorphic rock.
“They too were a result of tectonic uplift in the not-so-distant geologic past, proof of the immense power of nature to create ever-changing landscapes,” the UN agency said.The Baclayon Marine Terraces is similar to that of Maribojoc but much older, dating back to Pliocene-Pleistocene period. “The spring is carved out of the Middle Miocene Carmen Formation comprised of 400 to 800 m thick calcareous sedimentary formation,” UNESCO said.
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