MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1202, April 20, 1998 ]

ESTABLISHING THE PATAG-GABAS WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE COVERING A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYBAY, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, PHILIPPINES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND QUALITY AND PROVIDING A RESTRAINING MECHANISM TO INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND LAND USES

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from the entry, sale, disposition or settlement and set aside as PATAG-GABAS WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE, subject to private rights, if there be any, and to the operations of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof and to the implementation of the forestry development programs consistent with the objective of the proclamation as may be determined by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, a certain parcel of land of the public domain situated in the Municipality of Baybay, Province of Leyte, as shown in the Forest Management Map No. WR-126, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at point “1” on top of a hill, elevation 274 meters above sea level, N 09º 54" E, 8,253.078 meters from BLLM No. 1, Baybay Cadastre, PSC-5;

Thence N 58º 26" E, 1,126.81 meters to corner 2, a point on the ground;

Thence N 78º 41" E, 765.00 meters to corner 3, a point on the saddle;

Thence N 24º 27" E, 360.00 meters to corner 4, a point on the slope;

Thence N 70º 31" E, 870.00 meters to corner 5, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 48º 48" E, 650.00 meters to corner 6, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 35º 26" E, 345.00 meters to corner 7, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 39º 00" W, 1,285.00 meters to corner 8, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 03º 01" E, 190.26 meters to corner 9, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 66º 38" W, 870.00 meters to corner 10, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 62º 39" W, 345.00 meters to corner 11, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 75º 23" W, 465.00 meters to corner 12, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 50º 30" W, 490.00 meters to corner 13, a point on top of the ridge;

Thence S 35º 45" W, 575.00 meters to corner 14, a point on the ground; identical to corner 68, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 82º 00" W, 320.00 meters to corner 15, a point on the ground; identical to corner 67, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 35º 00" W, 280.00 meters to corner 16, a point on the ground; identical to corner 66, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 06º 00" E, 300.00 meters to corner 17, a point on the ground; identical to corner 65, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 08º 00" W, 200.00 meters to corner 18, a point on the ground; identical to corner 64, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 17º 00" W, 220.00 meters to corner 19, a point on the ground; identical to corner 63, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 22º 00" E, 105.00 meters to corner 20, a point on the ground; identical to corner 62, Alienable and Disposable land, L.C. Project No. 9;

Thence N 07º 51" E, 625.00 meters to corner 21, a point on top of hill;

Thence N 22º 45" E, 290.00 meters to corner 1, a point of beginning, containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO (582) hectares, more or less.1aшphi1

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources through the Forest Management Bureau shall administer and manage the reservation in coordination with other agencies of the government with the objectives of maintaining its usefulness as source of potable water for domestic uses, irrigation and other related purposes.

The management, development and protection of the watershed forest reserve shall be supported by a Watershed Management Council composed of concerned government Agencies, Local Government Units and Non-Government Organization.

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 20th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety eight.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEXANDER P. AGUIRRE
Executive Secretary


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