Proclamation No. 2455




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 2455, September 24, 1985 ] ESTABLISHING AS WATERSHED FOREST RESERVATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING A RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND LAND-USE, A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE PROVINCES OF SULTAN KUDARAT AND SOUTH COTABATO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES. WHEREAS, water supply is indispensable to the socio-economic development and well-being of Allah Valley; WHEREAS, it is necessary to protect and properly manage the watershed of Allah Valley, particularly the upper reaches and tributaries of Allah river in order to maintain or improve its water supply and to restrain inappropriate forest exploitation and land-use; WHEREAS, reserving the said land for watershed purposes is in the best interest of the public; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources and in accordance with Section 1 of Republic Act 3891, do hereby withdraw from sale and settlement and set aside as watershed forest reserve, subject to private rights, if there be any, and to the operation of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof for specific purposes, a parcel of land located in the Municipalities of Isulan, Banga, Surallah, and Kiamba, Province of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato more particularly described as follows: Beginning at Corner 1, a point at the bank of Allah River which is 1,850 meters S 58° 30’E of Corner 1 of Alienable or disposable land Block I Proj. 4 (LC Map No. 1922) and with longitude 124° 38’E and latitude 6° 26? 49? in the Province of South Cotabato; Thence S 43° 30’E, 1,250 meters to Corner 2, a point on east of Isuland provincial road; Thence N 73° 00’E 1,690 meters to Corner 3, a point on ground; Thence N 52° 00’E 1,300 meters to Corner 4, a point on ground; Thence S 55° 00’E 2,080 meters to Corner 5, a point on slope; Thence S 51° 30’E 3,400 meters to Corner 6, a point on slope; Thence S 3° 00’E 2,800 meters to Corner 7, a point on side road; Thence S 9° 30’E 2,900 meters to Corner 8, a point on slope; Thence S 16° 30’E 1,700 meters to Corner 10, a point on slope; ” S 67° 00’E 1,280 meters to Corner 11, a point on slope; ” S 20° 30’E 2,950 meters to Corner 12, a point on slope; ” S 63° 31’E 2,900 meters to Corner 13, a point on slope; ” S 29° 00’E 2,550 meters to Corner 14, a point on slope; ” S 22° 00’E 2,580 meters to Corner 15, a point on slope; ” S 36° 00’E 2,350 meters to Corner 16, a point on slope; ” S 5° 00’W 1,825 meters to Corner 17, a point on slope; ” S 35° 00’E 1,800 meters to Corner 18, a point along slope; ” S 20° 00’E 2,280 meters to Corner 19, a point on slope; ” S 25° 00’E 2,320 meters to Corner 20, a point along slope; ” S 9° 00’W 530 meters to Corner 21, a point along slope; ” S 54° 00’E, 3,060 meters to Corner 22, a point along the ridge; ” S 72° 30’E, 3,000 meters to Corner 23, a point on top of ridge; ” S 70° 00’E, 2,500 meters to Corner 24, a point on top of ridge; ” S 8° 30’W, 3,160 meters to Corner 25, a point on top of ridge; ” S 21° 00’W, 1,650 meters to Corner 26, a point on top of ridge; ” S 14° 30’W, 1,900 meters to Corner 27, a point on top of ridge; ” S 61° 00’W, 2,050 meters to Corner 28, a point on top of ridge; ” S 77° 00’W, 2,975 meters to Corner 29, a point along the ridge; ” N 49° 00’W, 1,500 meters to Corner 30, a point on top of ridge; ” S 70° 00’W, 4,500 meters to Corner 31, a point on top of ridge; ” S 65° 00’W, 3,300 meters to Corner 32, a point on top of ridge; ” S 77° 00’W, 2,550 meters to Corner 33, a point on top of ridge; ” N 62° 00’W, 3,950 meters to Corner 34, a point along the ridge; ” S 50° 00’W, 780 meters to Corner 35, a point on top of ridge; ” N 43° 30’W, 2,350 meters to Corner 36, a point on top of ridge; ” N 37° 30’W, 2,830 meters to Corner 37, a point on top of ridge; ” N 26° 00’W, 1,990 meters to Corner 38, a point on Peak of Mt. Busa; ” N 43° 30’W, 3,000 meters to Corner 39, a point along the ridge; ” N 13° 30’W, 3,160 meters to Corner 40, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 33° 00’W, 3,350 meters to Corner 41, a point along the ridge; ” N 37° 00’W, 1,590 meters to Corner 42, a point on top of ridge; ” N 17° 30’E, 1,920 meters to Corner 43, a point along the ridge; ” N 21° 60’W, 2,200 meters to Corner 44, a point on top of ridge; ” N 63° 00’W, 1,720 meters to Corner 45, a point on top of ridge; ” N 10° 00’W, 1,800 meters to Corner 46, a point on top of Pitol; ” N 43° 00’W, 2,350 meters to Corner 47, a point on top of ridge; ” S 52° 00’W, 2,800 meters to Corner 48, a point on top of ridge; ” S 65° 00’W, 1,700 meters to Corner 49, a point on top of ridge; ” S 61° 00’W, 3,600 meters to Corner 50, a point on top of ridge; ” N 4° 00’W, 1,600 meters to Corner 51, a point on top of ridge; ” N 5° 00’W, 3,500 meters to Corner 52, to point on top of ridge; ” N 50° 00’W, 1,680 meters to Corner 53, to point on top of ridge; ” N 40° 00’W, 1,250 meters to Corner 54, a point on top of ridge; ” Due North, 1,550 meters to Corner 55, a point along the ridge; ” N 30° 00’E, 2,600 meters to Corner 56, a point along the ridge; ” N 5° 00’W, 2,000 meters to Corner 57, a point on top of ridge; ” N 41° 00’E, 2,820 meters to Corner 58, a point on top of ridge; ” N 19° 00’W, 1,420 meters to Corner 59, a point on top of ridge; ” N 31° 00’E, 2,000 meters to Corner 60, a point on top of ridge; ” N 26° 00’W, 1,090 meters to Corner 61, a point on top of ridge; ” N 52° 30’E, 2,000 meters to Corner 62, a point on top of ridge; ” N 73° 30’E, 2,720 meters to Corner 63, a point on top of ridge; ” S 85° 30’E, 2,425 meters to Corner 64, a point on top of ridge; ” S 48° 30’E, 750 meters to Corner 65, a point along the ridge; ” N 57° 00’E, 1,070 meters to Corner 67, a point on top of ridge; ” N 56° 00’E, 1,300 meters to Corner 69, a point along the ridge; Thence 50° 30’E, 1,050 meters to Corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an approximate area of One Hundred Two Thousand Three Hundred Fifty (102,350) Hectares more or less.1aшphi1 Within the reservation are the following lands that have been designated earlier for specific purposes: a. Lake Sebu Watershed Forest Reserve b. Tasaday-Manubo Special Forest Reserve (Partial) c. National Cultural Minorities Settlement (Tagbili (PANAMIN) Reservation-CR— 119 (Proc. No. 697.) d. Datu Ma Falen Civil Reservation e. Alienable or Disposable lands enclosed herein which may be disposed of in accordance with the public land law are the following: Project 4, Blocks I and II, Cert. 1955, LR-1922 Project 4-B, Blocks II and III, Cert. 1961, LR-2436 Project 4-C Project 4-F, Cert. 1975, LR- 2649 Project 4-1, Proposed Project 51, Blk. 1, Cert. 1933, LC- 1017 Project 50, Blk. 1, Cert. 1931, LC- 917 The Ministry of Natural Resources, thru the Bureau of Forest Development shall administer and manage the reservation, in coordination with other agencies of the government with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a source of water for agriculture, domestic, industrial and other uses, and to protect against forest exploitation and land-use that would induce sever soil erosion, sedimentation, and excessive surface runoff resulting to serious damages downstream. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, in the year of Our Lord, this 24th day of September nineteen hundred and eighty-five. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Executive Assistant The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation