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.svg)  Taklong Island Location within the Philippines | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 10°24′16″N122°30′43″E / 10.40444°N 122.51194°E /10.40444; 122.51194 |
| Adjacent to | Panay Gulf |
| Administration | |
| Region | Western Visayas |
| Province | Guimaras |
| Municipality | Nueva Valencia |
Taklong Island is the main island of theTaklong Island National Marine Reserve located inNueva Valencia, Guimaras, off the southern end of the island ofGuimaras, in theWest Visayas of thePhilippines. The island and nearby vicinity was declared by PresidentCorazon Aquino in June 1990.[1] A marine biological station run by theUniversity of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) of nearbyIloilo Province is located on this island. The one-storey station established in 1977 and renovated twice (in 1987 and in 2008) sits on a 1.64 hectares parcel of land donated to UP in 1964, with Carlos P. Romulo as then University President. Donors included the family of the first Lieutenant Governor of then SubProvince of Guimaras, the late Antonio Ortiz. When proclaimed as a national marine reserve in Feb. 8, 1990 by then President Corazon C. Aquino, there was only one family residing in the island, the family of Vicente Basco, the only recognized tenured migrant when Taklong Island became part of the national marine reserve. Mr. Basco was employed by UPV as caretaker of its Station in Taklong Island since the 1970s until his retirement. There are UPV staff, including security guards stationed in the island.
Takong Island was affected by theGuimaras Oil Spill of 2006 with 90% of its mangrove forest being coated with the oil sludge.[2] Rehabilitation efforts in the area was started in 2007.[3] It has fully recovered.
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