๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ (๐๐๐๐๐๐) is the seventh Ramsar site of the Philippines. It was designated as a Wetland of International Importance on October 20, 2016.
NOCWCA is a contiguous wetlands area with a coastline of 109.52 kilometers covering 52 coastal barangays within three (3) cities and seven (7) municipalities of Negros Occidental. It serves as a habitat of globally threatened species, extensive mangroves and mudflats that serve as feeding grounds of thousands of migratory birds. The high biodiversity in the area also supports the livelihood of coastal communities and serves as a major food source for Negros Occidental. Eighty species of birds were recorded in NOCWCA including the globally endangered Great knot (๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ด), Far Eastern curlew (๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด) and Nordmannโs greenshank (๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐จ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ). Other threatened species that are present in the area include the Irrawaddy dolphin (๐๐ณ๐ค๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ด), and three species of marine turtles, the critically endangered Hawksbill turtle (๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ข), endangered Green turtle (๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐ด) and Olive ridley turtle (๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ข).