Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park

Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park as seen from Unidos in Nabas
Location in the Philippines
Location	Aklan and Antique, Philippines
Nearest city	Roxas
Coordinates	11°49′25″N 121°59′55″E / 11.82361°N 121.99861°E / 11.82361; 121.99861Coordinates: 11°49′25″N 121°59′55″E / 11.82361°N 121.99861°E / 11.82361; 121.99861
Area	12,009.29 hectares (29,675.6 acres)
Established	April 18, 2002
Governing body	Department of Environment and Natural Resources

The Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park is located on the island of Panay, in the provinces of Aklan and Antique of the Philippines which was proclaimed a natural park by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 18 April 2002 (Presidential Proclamation No. 186, 2002). The Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park has an area of 120.09 km², found within the municipalities of Nabas, Malay, Buruanga, Libertad and Pandan.

The site is home to a wide range of flora and fauna of the Western Visayas, as the Visayan leopard cat, the Visayan warty pig, the Visayan spotted deer, the Negros bleeding-heart dove, the blue-naped parrot, the Visayan hornbill, Walden's hornbill, and the Panay monitor.

The Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park is also an important watershed. The forest of the Natural Park channels the water from the rains into a system of springs and rivers that provide water for over 100,000 inhabitants. The water for Boracay Island and the hundreds of thousands of tourists that visit there every year is also provided by the Northwest Panay watershed.

As this area is considered highly important, the Northwest Panay Biodiversity Management Council (NPBMC) was formed in 1999 to protect it. The NPBMC is made up of the local government units of Northwest Panay, Non-governmental organizations like BioCon, and National and Local Government Agencies like the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines) (DENR).