A couple of days before the New Year, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) proclaimed as the Adams Wildlife Critical Habitat (AWCH) a portion of the only remaining intact old-growth forests of dipterocarp trees in the town of Adams.

The 3,250 hectares (32.3 sq km) living museum of biological diversity is tiny compared to the proposed Northern Ilocos Norte Natural Park (it was assessed during the time of President Corazon Aquino and still pending approval).
Source:-
http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/47116...s-ilocos-norte