MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 881, September 24, 1996 ]
AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 297, DATED JULY 21, 1938, BY RESERVING AND DESIGNATION CERTAIN PORTION OF THE LAND EMBRACED THEREIN AS THE COTABATO PROVINCIAL FOREST AND ECOTOURISM PARK FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and the request of the Provincial Government of Cotabato in representation of the Associates Rural Development, Inc., and by virtue of the powers vested upon me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby amend Proclamation No. 297, dated July 21, 1938, which established the Kidapawan Lanzon Forest Reserve (FR 80), converted into Amas Reforestation Project pursuant to Reforestation Administration Order No. 3, dated 12 April 1966, located in Barangay Amas, Municipality of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, by reserving and designating certain portion of the land embraced therein as the Cotabato Provincial Forest and Ecotourism Park for forest and ecotourism park purposes for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the Philippines and withdraw from sale, lease, settlement, or other disposition, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the implementation of other forestry and ecotourism development programs consistent with the objective of this Proclamation, which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at point marked “1”, on the plan being, S 67 deg. 26" W., 62.35 m. from BLLM No. 8, Pls 59, Kidapawan, Cotabato, thence:
| S. 03 deg. 54" E., |
216.69 m. to point 2; |
| S. 82 deg. 27" E., |
138.49 m. to point 3; |
| S. 28 deg. 11" E., |
320.57 m. to point 4; |
| S. 39 deg. 21" E., |
285.13 m. to point 5; |
| S. 00 deg. 17" E., |
235.28 m. to point 6; |
| N. 76 deg. 29" W., |
254.91 m. to point 7; |
| S. 43 deg. 51" W., |
207.98 m. to point 8; |
| S. 52 deg. 01" W., |
22.63 m. to point 9; |
| S. 32 deg. 37" W., |
182.43 m. to point 10; |
| S. 18 deg. 29" E., |
199.20 m. to point 11; |
| S. 23 deg. 47" E., |
95.54 m. to point 12; |
| S. 07 deg. 33" E., |
199.06 m. to point 13; |
| S. 08 deg. 04" E., |
57.39 m. to point 14; |
| S. 51 deg. 14" W., |
135.18 m. to point 15; |
| S. 56 deg. 24" W., |
155.46 m. to point 16; |
| N 54 deg. 38" W., |
85.42 m. to point 17; |
| N 14 deg. 43" E., |
52.28 m. to point 18; |
| N 47 deg. 16" W., |
58.38 m. to point 19; |
| S 57 deg. 54" W., |
75.38 m. to point 20; |
| N 88 deg. 49" W., |
31.74 m. to point 21; |
| N 50 deg. 52" W., |
69.26 m. to point 22; |
| S 64 deg. 36" W., |
83.76 m. to point 23; |
| N 54 deg. 56" W., |
92.37 m. to point 24; |
| N 54 deg. 30" W., |
20.75 m. to point 25; |
| N 81 deg. 25" W., |
17.75 m. to point 26; |
| N 81 deg. 43" W., |
202.28 m. to point 27; |
| N 27 deg. 02" W., |
130.11 m. to point 28; |
| S 67 deg. 00" W., |
140.00 m. to point 29; |
| N 50 deg. 00" W., |
360.00 m. to point 30; |
| S 66 deg. 41" W., |
200.77 m. to point 31; |
| S 40 deg. 00" W., |
120.00 m. to point 32; |
| S 79 deg. 00" W., |
120.00 m. to point 33; |
| N 82 deg. 12" W., |
191.00 m. to point 34; |
| N. 89 deg. 29" W., |
57.60 m. to point 35; |
| S. 68 deg. 20" W., |
135.35 m. to point 36; |
| N. 71 deg. 17" W., |
181.14 m. to point 37; |
| N. 21 deg. 22" W., |
80.75 m. to point 38; |
| N. 11 deg. 02" W., |
133.60 m. to point 39; |
| N. 19 deg. 50" E., |
15.00 m. to point 40; |
| S. 80 deg. 22" W., |
83.10 m. to point 41; |
| N. 72 deg. 47" W., |
65.99 m. to point 42; |
| N. 55 deg. 39" W., |
94.82 m. to point 43; |
| N. 22 deg 37" W., |
66.36 m. to point 44; |
| N. 71 deg. 33" W., |
84.91 m. to point 45; |
| N. 28 deg. 47" W., |
40.53 m. to point 46; |
| N. 68 deg. 44" W., |
43.53 m. to point 47; |
| S. 54 deg. 27" W., |
91.24 m. to point 48; |
| S. 83 deg. 45" W., |
57.67 m. to point 49; |
| S. 46 deg. 47" W., |
55.70 m. to point 50; |
| N. 60 deg. 35" W., |
66.96 m. to point 51; |
| N. 86 deg. 06" W., |
68.28 m. to point 52; |
| S. 63 deg. 23" W., |
73.47 m. to point 53; |
| N. 59 deg. 39" W., |
65.97 m. to point 54; |
| S. 79 deg. 07" W., |
62.85 m. to point 55; |
| N. 71 deg. 44" W., |
45.99 m. to point 56; |
| N. 78 deg. 51" W., |
54.78 m. to point 57; |
| N. 31 deg. 22" W., |
53.96 m. to point 58; |
| S. 87 deg. 54" W., |
58.72 m. to point 59; |
| N. 65 deg. 33" W., |
68.01 m. to point 60; |
| S. 84 deg. 32" W., |
73.02 m. to point 61; |
| N. 58 deg. 55" W., |
90.61 m. to point 62; |
| N. 69 deg. 31" W., |
36.26 m. to point 63; |
| S. 75 deg. 51" W., |
18.00 m. to point 64; |
| S. 37 deg. 30" W., |
132.34 m. to point 65; |
| S. 83 deg. 52" W., |
20.59 m. to point 66; |
| N. 77 deg. 14" W., |
176.77 m. to point 67; |
| S. 77 deg. 05" W., |
62.79 m. to point 68; |
| N. 31 deg. 37" E., |
2915.31 m. to point 69; |
| S. 62 deg. 00" E., |
361.32 m. to point 70; |
| S. 60 deg. 53" E., |
208.06 m. to point 71; |
| S. 55 deg. 38" W., |
255.57 m. to point 72; |
| S. 64 deg. 11" W., |
299.96 m. to point 73; |
| S. 47 deg. 02" W., |
85.03 m. to point 74; |
| S. 46 deg. 15" E., |
306.34 m. to point 75; |
| S. 48 deg. 15" E., |
300.02 m. to point 76; |
| S. 37 deg. 30" E., |
372.00 m. to point 77; |
| S. 75 deg. 30" E., |
115.02 m. to point 78; |
| S. 75 deg. 30" E., |
349.98 m. to point 79; |
| S. 75 deg. 30" E., |
350.00 m. to point 80; |
| N. 26 deg. 06" E., |
324.69 m. to point 81; |
| N. 26 deg. 06" E., |
349.97 m. to point 82; |
| S. 59 deg. 19" E., |
378.74 m. to point 83; |
| S. 63 deg. 27" E., |
49.39 m. to point 84; |
| S. 63 deg. 26" E., |
284.80 m. to point of |
beginning, containing an area of Six Million Four Hundred Fifty Five Thousand and Five Hundred Ninety-Three (6,455,593) square meters, subject to future actual ground survey.1aшphi1
The area covered by this Proclamation is subject to change as a result of the final survey and delineation on the ground to be undertaken by the Department of Environment and National Resources with the support and assistance from the Provincial Government of North Cotabato.
The said parcel of land shall be known as the “Cotabato Provincial Forest and Ecotourism Park” to be managed through LGU-driven interagency, multisectoral and participatory schemes, subject to the general executive supervision and control of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.
No cutting of trees within the Cotabato Provincial Forest and Ecotourism Park shall be allowed without the expressed approval of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
The introduction of any developmental projects within the area will be subject to the Environmental Impact Assessment System.
No portion whatsoever covered by the Provincial Forest and Ecotourism Park shall be leased or redeveloped without the mutual consent of the DENR and the Provincial Government of North Cotabato.
The DENR Seed Proclamation Area, and other ongoing and future DENR scientific researches shall be maintained. In addition, a botanical garden within the Forest and Ecotourism Park shall be established.
A management plan covering the Forest and Ecotourism park shall be developed by the Provincial Government of Cotabato, Cotabato Provincial PNP Command and the concerned people organizations and NGOs with the assistance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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, this 24th day of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Six.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary
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