KNOWLEDGE TOUR. Participants of a training-workshop on community-based ecotourism development sponsored by the United Nations Development Program-Biodiversity Finance Initiative, in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, at Sibalom Natural Park in Antique. Held May 25 to June 3, 2022, the training equipped stakeholders with concepts on community-based ecotourism as the park has opened as a tourism destination in March. (Photo courtesy of SNP) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The United Nations Development Program-Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP-BIOFIN) trained select residents, environment officials, and personnel from other government agencies on how to properly care for and nurture the Sibalom Natural Park (SNP). The SNP, about 12 kilometers away from Sibalom town proper, opened as an ecotourism destination on March 1. It has a total land area of 12,289.91 hectares, with 5,511.47 hectares covered by Presidential Proclamation 282 and Republic Act
NATURAL PARK.The Sibalom Natural Park (SNP) in the Municipality of Sibalom, Antique. SNP Protected Area Superintendent Anthony Evangelio said on Friday (March 4, 2022) the park is open to visitors starting March 1, 2022.(Photo courtesy of Park Superintendent Anthony Evangelio) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Tourists are now allowed to visit the Sibalom Natural Park (SNP) situated about 12 kilometers away from the town proper of the municipality of Sibalom. SNP Protected Area superintendent Anthony Evangelio, in an interview on Friday, said several activities were restricted following its declaration as a natural park through Republic Act 11038 in 2018. The natural park, now teeming with endangered and endemic plants and animal species, is located at the 6,778.44 hectares area in Mt. Porras in Barangay Imparayan. It was opened as a tourist attraction starting March 1, 2022. "Tourists would be able to see the world's largest flower Rafflesia, which is now blooming at the SNP,