Apo Island

Apo is the name of a 72 -acre island in the Philippines. This is 7 km off the south coast of Negros and is a barangay of the municipality of Dauin. On Apo with an extension of approximately 1,500 × 700 m, a handful of volcanic basalt hill pushing up. 140 m elevation at the coordinates 9 ° 05 'North, 123 ° 15 ' East. From Negros from the island from the pier in Maluay ( Zamboanguita ) in about 30 minutes - in a calm sea - with a boom boat. Around 750 people, of whom about 25 % children living on the island on the border between Mindanaosee and Sulu Sea.

An eponymous island is located in Apo Reef off the west coast of Mindoro.

1983 launched the Silliman University in Dumaguete City on Negros, first against the opposition of local fishermen, a pioneering environmental project in collaboration with the municipal administration, which is now bearing fruit for local residents, the environment and tourists. On 9 August 1994, the Marine Reserve Apo Iceland Protected Landscape / Seascape was officially incorporated as part of the national protection program for the protection of the biosphere. Approximately 74.2 hectares of marine area have been designated on the southeast coast of the island as a protection zone. In return, residents receive 75 % of the tourist entrance fee. The money will benefit the whole community, such as a generator so that water tanks were built, bought a boat for the Coast Guard purchased etc.. The remaining 25 % goes to the environmental protection association. The inhabitants derive their income primarily from fishing.

The island is very much appreciated by divers and snorkelers. In the protection zone is a coral area that is unique in the wide area. It can be observed also the striking yellow and black Oriolus chinensis chinensis, also magnificent frigatebirds ( Fregata magnificens ) represent a random, especially in the rising strong wind.