Sibalom Nature Park is located in the province of Antique on the Panay Island, part of the Visayan Islands group. The park's 5,000 hectares 5,000 hectares of the park's territory preserves one of the last corners of an unspoilt floodplain forest, where you can find rare species of plants and animals, that are on the verge of extinction. The Sibalom, stretching from Mt Porras to Mt. Igmatindog, was established in 2000 by an executive order of the President of the Philippines.
To date, the park has not had an in-depth study of the local flora and flora and fauna, but scientists already know that the park's ecosystems are incredibly the park's ecosystems are incredibly biologically diverse. There are 59 species of birds, half of which depend on the floodplain forest for their survival, and eight species are Philippine endemics - Walden's hornbill, Sayan's hornbill, White-winged maggot, Negros hen pigeon, etc. Among mammals one can Among mammals one can meet such rare animals as the Visayan spotted deer and the Visayan warthog, both of which are critically endangered and are found only in the Western Visayas region.
In the forests of Sibalom, one can also see the Philippine dipterocarp trees, the white lauan and large-flowered dipterocarp trees, as well as several species of fruit trees. One of the largest flowers in the world, the rafflesia, also grows here, a very vulnerable species.
Different species of plants and animals thrive in different parts of the park. For example, on the mountain slopes at an altitude of 300 to 800 meters you can see sika deer and monkeys jumping through deciduous trees such as narra. Many species of birds feed in the meadows - munias, sparrows, woodpeckers. The vegetation here is represented by by shrubs like the cylindrical imperata.
Many rivers and streams flow through the territory of Sibalom, and its lakes are full of of fish and other aquatic life. In the vicinity of the Mau-it River there are scatterings of semi-precious stones such as jade, jasper, opal, onyx and agate.
The people of Antique Province believe that these forests and mountains are an integral part of their of their lives, which provides them with clean water and air and on which their own well-being and survival their own well-being and survival.
