• GREGG YAN The Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park lies in the Talinis Mountain Range, some 15 kilometers west of Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental. The
PROTECTED AREA. Tourists take a boat ride across Lake Balinsasayao in Negros Oriental in this undated photo. The United Nations Development Program-Biodiversity Finance Project has chosen the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes as one of six protected areas in the Philippines for the Year of the Protected Areas campaign this 2023. (Photo courtesy of UNDP-BIOFIN/Angelique Ogena) DUMAGUETE CITY -The United Nations Development Programme-Biodiversity Finance Project (UNDP-BIOFIN) has chosen the Twin Lakes of Balinsasayao and Danao in Negros Oriental province as among its six featured areas in the Philippines for the Year of the Protected Areas (YoPA) campaign. Gregg Yan, UNDP-BIOFIN consultant, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday, said the YoPA campaign aims to highlight the critical role of protected areas for people and nature. "The Balinsasayao Twin Lakes and the five other featured areas were chosen for this YoPA campaign because they are not as widely promoted as the o