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Danjugan is a small island of approximately 43 hectares, measuring approximately 1.5km long with
a maximum width of 0.5km. The islands lies in the Sulu Sea adjacent to Negros Occidental (Barangay Bulata, Cauayan) in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It has a
high relief topography with limestone hills approximately 80m in height covered in tropical forest
and is surrounded by fringing coral reef, a combination of two of the most biodiverse ecosystems in
the world. The total area of island and reef is approximately 200 hectares.
Danjugan has five lagoons, two of which are open to the sea and four of which have surrounding
mangrove stands. The island has a broken shoreline with numerous inlets of coral rubble and coarse
sandy beaches. One of the sandy beaches is a confirmed nesting site for green turtles (Chelonia
mydas). There is no permanent freshwater on the island.
Danjugan is one of the few small islands in the Philippines with relatively unspoilt vegetation. This
vegetation includes plants like Pandanus spp. (screw pines), Veitchia merrilii (previously only
known to occur in Palawan) and the threatened Pemphis acidula. The sub-tropical rainforest is an
important bird nesting and feeding site for at least 55 resident and migrant avifauna species. The
small limestone caves throughout the island act as important refuges of at least six bat species.
The island is completely encircled by fringing coral reef descending to a depth of approximately
30m. Seagrass beds occur along the western and eastern margin of the island. Prior to this report
very little was known concerning the physical and biological composition of the reef system
surrounding Danjugan (PRRP, 1996). |
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