President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. recently signed into law Republic Act (RA) 12225 declaring a protected area in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras, as a national park to be called the Taklong and Tandog Group of Islands Natural Park (TTGINP), which was previously a component of National Integrated Protected Areas System (Nipas). RA 12225 was one of three laws that established unique areas as protected areas. The other law, RA 12226, declared Alibijaban Wilderness Area in San Andres, Quezon, also an initial component of Nipas, as a protected area under the category of protected landscape and seascape. It is called the Alibijaban Protected Landscape and Seascape.

Mayuga, J. L. (2025, August 10). Legislation levels up conservation of protected areas. BusinessMirror, p. A7.