๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค (๐๐๐๐)
The ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค (๐๐๐๐) in Oriental Mindoro is the countryโs second designated Ramsar Site, when it was included in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance on November 12, 1999 along with Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Agusan del Sur and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park in Palawan.
Bird Biodiversity
It is the fifth largest lake in the Philippines and serves as an important feeding and wintering area for 19 species of migratory birds, including the Tufted ducks (๐๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข). Large numbers of ducks and other waterbirds such as herons, egrets, rails, plovers and bitterns can also be found in Naujan Lake, as well as the endemic and threatened Philippine duck (๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข).
Indigenous Community
The Naujan Lake National Park also serves as home to at least three (3) Mangyan tribes residing within its boundaries namely: Alangan, Hanunoo and Tadyawan, who depend upon the lake for their livelihood, particularly through fishing.