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These orchids are best known for their beautiful bronze flowers.
Recently, park rangers along the Legacy Trail at Masungi Georeserve in Rizal spotted the eulophia zollingeri, marking the first time the orchid species has been identified within the park grounds. Botanist Dany Tandang and Professor Annalee Hadsall had helped them do so.These ...
Endemic to the Philippines, the Jade Vine is considered a national treasure.
The endangered Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), locally known as Tayabak, is commonly found in damp tropical forests, ravines, or streams in the Philippines. It is one of the rarest vines in the world. And recently, Masungi park rangers just spotted the vine at ...
Crowns of vivid pink disturb the expansive green canopy in Masungi Georeserve.
In the middle of the forest in Masungi Georeserve, crowns of vivid pink disturb the expansive green canopy. Philippine cherry blossoms or salinggogon (Cratoxylum formosum) are starting to bloom, signaling the arrival of the dry season in the Philippines. Native to the Philippines, ...
Nadine Lustre is an ally, defender, and honorary park ranger of Masungi Georeserve.
Embattled sanctuary Masungi Georeserve can always count on its ally, defender, and honorary ranger ...
The limestones of Masungi formed 60 million years ago after a meteor strike wiped out the dinosaurs.
Something tiny and slimy is crawling on the wet and jagged surface of the mountainside: a microsnail, the size of a grain of rice. Measuring just 4 millimeters long, the Masungi microsnail is the newest species of snail in the world. Scientists ...
The BuCor wants to build its headquarters at the heart of the protected reserve.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), which runs the prisons in the Philippines, has postponed its plans to construct buildings on top of Masungi Georeserve's Lot 10, a 35-hectare land that features fragile limestone formations millions of years old. It is also home ...
Lot 10 of Masungi hosts fragile limestones, endangered species, and plants found nowhere else in the world.
On the morning of February 16, 2023, forest defenders at Masungi Georeserve received the shock of their lives when around 20 men and five vehicles pulled over at the entrance of the site and demanded they be granted access to conduct an ...
Around 20 men demanded access to the protected site.
On the morning of February16, 2023, forest defenders at Masungi Georeserve received the shock of their lives when around 20 men and five vehicles pulled over at the entrance of the site and demanded they be granted access to conduct an “ocular ...
Masungi faces an uphill battle with powerful mining companies eager to exploit the land under the forests of the protected sanctuary.
After years of fighting the uphill battle of protecting Metro Manila's last line of defense against typhoons and climate change, the Masungi Georeserve Foundation scored a major victory on February 8, 2023 after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources canceled the ...
