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| | It Takes a Village |
 | | PUERTO PRINCESA SUBTERRANEAN RIVER NATIONAL PARK, PALAWAN — Along the dusty road leading to the pier, women with smiles on their faces huddle inside tiny stalls and persuade passing tourists to buy vegetables or colorful sarong. |
 | | Dome-shaped St. Paul Mountain on the west coast of Puerto Princesa was proclaimed the St. Paul River Subterranean River National Park on March 26, 1971. |
 | | Less than a month earlier, a presidential proclamation had renamed it the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and expanded its size from the original 3,901 hectares, the core zone that would be strictly protected, to 22,202 hectares-with the additional area serving as buffer zone where certain economic activities are allowed. |
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