Babban gandun daji na Negros-Panay

Yankin dazuzzukan ruwan sama na Greater Negros–Panay (WWF ID: IM0114) ya mamaye tsakiyar Tsibiran Visayan a Philippines, gami da tsibiran Panay, Negros, Cebu, Masbate, Sibuyan, Ticao, Guimaras, Romblon, Tablas, Siquijor, da Bohol, amma bai haɗa da Leyte da Samar ba. A zamanin kankara na ƙarshe, waɗannan duk suna kan tsibiri ɗaya. Rashin gadar ƙasa zuwa Asiya a lokacin kankara ya hana yawancin manyan kifaye na Asiya, gami da giwaye da damisa, isa Philippines da Tsibiran Visayan, waɗanda ke ɗauke da nau'ikan halittu daban-daban da suka shahara, wasu kuma na musamman ne kawai ga tsibiri.    

 Wuri da bayanin 
Panay, Negros da tsibiran da ke kewaye da su a cikin Visayas suna tsakiyar ƙasar Philippines. Yawancin tsibiran suna da ƙarfi, inda mafi girman wurin shine  a Dutsen Kanlaon .

 Yanayi 
Yanayin yanayin muhalli shine yanayin dazuzzukan ruwan sama na wurare masu zafi ( Köppen climate classification (Af)). Wannan yanayi ana siffanta shi da zafi, danshi, kuma yana da akalla ruwan sama mm 60 a kowane wata.   Tsibiran suna samun ruwan sama mai matsakaicin 2,417 mm/shekara, inda Yuli da Agusta sune watanni mafi danshi. 

 Flora da fauna 
Tsire-tsire a yankin muhalli ya dogara ne da nisan da ke tsakanin bakin teku da tsayi. Tsire-tsire na bakin teku suna haɗuwa zuwa dajin bakin teku daga bakin teku, suna da bishiyoyin Casuarina (wani dogon ganye mai kama da gashin fuka-fukai) da Barringtonia . Akwai kuma bishiyoyin mangrove a bakin teku waɗanda ke ba da hanya ga dajin ruwan sama na wurare masu zafi a cikin ƙasa. Waɗannan dazuzzukan ƙasa suna mamaye da bishiyoyin genus ( Dipterocarpus ), amma dipterocarps suna haɗuwa da Pterocarpus indicus, Pandans Pandanus, da sauransu. 

Ana samun dazuzzukan dipterocarp na sama daga mita 650 zuwa mita 1,000, inda bishiyoyin da suka fi rinjaye su ne Shorea polysperma, oak, chestnuts, da elaeocarps . Dazuzzukan Montane suna farawa daga kimanin mita 1,000 tare da itacen oak da laurel. 

Akwai nau'ikan dabbobi masu shayarwa guda 58 a yankin muhalli, 13 daga cikinsu suna da yawa. Manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa da ke da sha'awar kiyayewa sun haɗa da barewa masu launin ruwan kasa na Philippines ( Cervus alfredi ), da kuma alade mai suna Visayan warty ( Sus cebifrons ) . 

Musamman wani tsibiri, Tsibirin Sibuyan mai tsaunuka, wanda aka keɓe shi, ya ƙunshi nau'ikan dabbobi masu shayarwa guda shida. Hakanan yana da nau'ikan shuke-shuken jijiyoyin jini guda 700, 54 daga cikinsu suna da yawa, da kuma nau'ikan tsuntsaye guda 131, babban matakin bambancin da ke tsakanin ƙaramin tsibiri. 

 Yankunan da aka kare 
Sama da kashi 9% na yankin muhalli ana kare shi a hukumance.  Waɗannan yankunan da aka kare sun haɗa da:

 Wurin Shakatawa na Dutsen Guiting-Guiting
 Dutsen Kanlaon National Park
 Wurin Shakatawa na Halitta na Sibalom

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