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DENR Regional Office XIII Brgy. Ambago, Butuan City, 8600 Website: http://caraga.denr.gov.ph/ E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Regional Public Affairs Office Tel. No.: 341-32-29 Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary August 2015 http://issuu.com/cdo-caraga DENR-CARAGA Protect & Save Protect & Save Protect & Save Agusan Marsh Agusan Marsh Agusan Marsh Wildlife sanctuary Wildlife sanctuary Wildlife sanctuary considered as the largest and the last considered as the largest and the last considered as the largest and the last stronghold wetland in the Philippines. stronghold wetland in the Philippines. stronghold wetland in the Philippines. Facts & Figures of Agusan Marsh Wild Life Sanctuary Location : Lies between 125°52’ and 126°02” longitude and 8°07 and 8°19 latitude, Agusan del Sur, northeastern Mindanao Area : 14,835 hectares Buffer Zone : 4,360 hectares Maximum Depth : 4 meters Altitude : 55 m. asl. Legal Basis : Proclamation No. 913 dated October 31, 1996 Conservation Status : Extremely High critical (EHc) per results of the National Biodiversity Conservation Priority Setting Project undertaken by PAWB-DENR jointly with Conservation International and UP-CIDS Covered Municipalities : 4 municipalities: Bunawan, Loreto, La Paz, and Veruela Major Marsh Settlements Mabalili and San Marcos in municipality of Bunawan Climatic Condition : Type IV Climate Main Outlet : Agusan River Major River Catchment : Adgaoan, 93,704 ha; Umayan, 88,813 ha; Biga, 45,154 ha; Baolo, 26,976 ha; AoAo, 29,314 ha; Agusan, 166,204 ha; Simulao, 99,778 ha; Sulibao, 27,993 ha; and Gibong, 83,760 ha. Annual Flooding Cycle : Between October and February Wetland Habitat Types : Open water (oxbow lakes, floodplain lakes and ponds); Flowing water; Herbaceous swamp; Scrub swamp; Swamp forest; River bank; Inundated forest. Fishes : Twenty six (26) species belonging to Sixteen (16) families [Hubilla-Travis, et.al, 2008] Birds : Nineteen (19) species Butterflies : Sixty-five (65) species Reptiles : Two (2) crocodile species; 22 lizards species and seven (7) snake species Amphibians : Fourteen (14) amphibian species PURPLE URPLE URPLE HERON ERON ERON Ardea purpurea Ardea purpurea Ardea purpurea CATTLE ATTLE ATTLE EGRET GRET GRET Bubulcus ibis cormandus Bubulcus ibis cormandus Bubulcus ibis cormandus

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DENR Regional Office XIII

Brgy. Ambago, Butuan City, 8600 Website: http://caraga.denr.gov.ph/

E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Regional Public Affairs Office Tel. No.: 341-32-29

Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary ♥ August 2015

http://issuu.com/cdo-caraga DENR-CARAGA

Protect & Save Protect & Save Protect & Save Agusan MarshAgusan MarshAgusan Marsh

Wildlife sanctuaryWildlife sanctuaryWildlife sanctuary considered as the largest and the last considered as the largest and the last considered as the largest and the last stronghold wetland in the Philippines. stronghold wetland in the Philippines. stronghold wetland in the Philippines.

Facts & Figures of Agusan Marsh Wild Life Sanctuary

Location : Lies between 125°52’ and 126°02” longitude and 8°07 and 8°19 latitude, Agusan del Sur, northeastern Mindanao

Area : 14,835 hectares

Buffer Zone : 4,360 hectares

Maximum Depth

: 4 meters

Altitude : 55 m. asl.

Legal Basis : Proclamation No. 913 dated October 31, 1996

Conservation Status

: Extremely High critical (EHc) per results of the National Biodiversity Conservation Priority Setting Project undertaken by PAWB-DENR jointly with Conservation International and UP-CIDS

Covered Municipalities

: 4 municipalities: Bunawan, Loreto, La Paz, and Veruela

Major Marsh Settlements

Mabalili and San Marcos in municipality of Bunawan

Climatic Condition

: Type IV Climate

Main Outlet : Agusan River

Major River Catchment

: Adgaoan, 93,704 ha; Umayan, 88,813 ha; Biga, 45,154 ha; Baolo, 26,976 ha; AoAo, 29,314 ha; Agusan, 166,204 ha; Simulao, 99,778 ha; Sulibao, 27,993 ha; and Gibong, 83,760 ha.

Annual Flooding Cycle

: Between October and February

Wetland Habitat Types

: Open water (oxbow lakes, floodplain lakes and ponds); Flowing water; Herbaceous swamp; Scrub swamp; Swamp forest; River bank; Inundated forest.

Fishes : Twenty six (26) species belonging to Sixteen (16) families [Hubilla-Travis, et.al, 2008]

Birds : Nineteen (19) species

Butterflies : Sixty-five (65) species Reptiles : Two (2) crocodile species; 22 lizards

species and seven (7) snake species Amphibians : Fourteen (14) amphibian species

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CCCATTLEATTLEATTLE EEEGRETGRETGRET Bubulcus ibis cormandusBubulcus ibis cormandusBubulcus ibis cormandus

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A gusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary is an important area for conservation of bio-logical diversity being identified as Extremely High critical (EHc) per results of the National Biodiversity Conservation Priority Setting Project undertak-en by PAWB-DENR jointly with Conservation International and UP-CIDS.

The marsh is the floodplain of Agusan River where nine (9) major

rivers drain in it and acts as the storage of rain waters and reduces the immediate downstream flow of flood water into Butuan City and nearby population centers.

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Lolong, a 6.4 meters (21-foot) crocodile is the world’s biggest saltwater crocodile caught at Agusan Marsh, Bunawan, Agusan d e l S u r o n September 2011 but died on February 10, 2013.

INDO-PACIFIC / SALTWATER

CROCODILE Crocodylus porosus

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Twenty six (26) fish species belonging to sixteen (16) families are found in Agusan Marsh (Hubilla-Travis, et.al 2008). The native fishes are likely to consist only of Puntius sp., Channa striata, Clarias macrophalus, Anabas testudineus, Glossogobius giurus, Megalops cyprinoids, and Mugil sp.

SPOTTED BARB Puntius binotatus

CLIMBING PERCH Anabas testudinueus

SNAKEHEAD MURREL / MUDFISH Channa striata

WHITE GOBY Glossogobuis guiris

INDO-PACIFIC TARPON Megalops cyprinoides

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Agusan Marsh is the home of some 127 birds which belongs to 47 families according to Haribon Foundation in February 1999 survey.

PHILIPPINE SWAMPHEN (Porphyrio pulverulentus)

EMERALD DOVE Chalcophaps indica

Ecological significance of the Agusan Marsh:

Serves as the catch basin of Agusan-Davao Plain in Eastern Mindanao where nine major rivers drain in.

Plays as a vital role in the socio-economic development of the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur.

Ecologically significant wetland ecosystem in the Philippines with seven habitat types harboring a unique assemblage of flora and fauna.

Holds the largest expanses of marsh left in the Philippines, which represents wetland habitat types and contains a very large area of habitat type (the swamp forest) and a peat swamp forest not found anywhere else in the Philippines.

Home of the largest known remaining populations of Crocodylus porosus and possibly of Crocodylus mindorensis in the country.

LITTLE SPIDERHUNTER Arachnothera longirostra flammifera