There are 290 sites all over the country that are classified under various categories of protected areas status such as:

National Parks

National Marine Parks and National Marine Reserves (67)

Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuaries (8)

Wilderness Areas (16)

Watershed Areas (85)

Mangrove Swamp Forest Reserves (27)

Tourist Zones and Marine Reserves (56)

others (35)

Ten of these sites have been identified as the priority sites for the implementation of Republic Act 7586 or the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Law.

These include:

Batanes Protected Landscapes and Seascapes (BPLS)
Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (NSMNP)
Subic-Bataan Natural Park (SBNP)
Apo Reef Marine Natural Park (ARMNP)
Mt. Canlaon Natural Park (MCNP)
Turtle Island Marine Natural Park (TIMNP)
Mt. Kitanglad Natural Park (MKNP)
Mt. Apo Natural Park (MANP)
Siargao Island Wildlife Sanctuary (SIWS)
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS)

These ten sites were chosen because of the high level of species and ecosystem diversity and endemism in some (e.g, MANP, MKNP, NSMNP), unique ecosystems in others (e.g., NSMNP, TIMP, BPLS), and ecolological roles and importance (e.g, AMWS, SIWS, NSMNP) or a combination of these values (e.g. NSMNP, SIWS, MKNP).