MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 271, April 23, 2000 ]
DECLARING THE BIG AND SMALL STA. CRUZ ISLANDS TOURIST ZONE AND MARINE RESERVE SITUATED IN THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992), AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS GREAT AND LITTLE STA. CRUZ ISLANDS PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Big and Small Sta. Cruz Islands Tourist Zone and Marine Reserve situated in the City of Zamboanga, Province of Zamboanga del Sur as Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape and Seascape and its peripheral areas as Buffer Zone, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous people as provided for in R.A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order No. 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in the DENR NIPAS Map No. RO9-03.
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS
The Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is S 18° 22W at 9,864.756 meters from FNSP-ZS 71 ASHTECH Point Monuments;
| Thence N 50° 07W, |
1,196.5 meters to corner 2; |
| Thence N 42° 07W, |
1,196.2 meters to corner 3; |
| Thence N 01° 00W, |
1,094.7 meters to corner 4; |
| Thence N 80° 10E, |
1,810.4 meters to corner 5; |
| Thence S 80° 25E, |
1,900.2 meters to corner 6; |
| Thence S 27° 55E, |
1,004.0 meters to corner 7; |
| Thence S 67° 55E, |
1,602.5 meters to corner 8; |
| Thence S 29° 54E, |
1,405.5 meters to corner 9; |
| Thence S 01° 00W, |
705.0 meters to corner 10; |
| Thence S 54° 51W |
1,501.4 meters to corner 11; |
| Thence S 89° 00W, |
1,394.8 meters to corner 12; |
| Thence N 76° 03W, |
1,198.5 meters to corner 13; |
| Thence N 31° 06W, |
1,494.2 meters to corner 1, |
the point of beginning, containing and area of One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven (1,877) Hectares, more or less.
The Buffer Zone of the aforesaid Protected Area begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is identical to corner 6 of Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape;
| Thence S 65° 24E, |
3,622.5 meters to corner 2; |
| Thence S 45° 22E, |
2,378.5 meters to corner 3; |
| Thence S 35° 19W, |
1,977.5 meters to corner 4; |
| Thence S 89° 00W, |
2,802.9 meters to corner 5; |
| Thence S 89° 00W, |
2,602.7 meters to corner 6; |
| Thence N 49° 54W, |
2,306.0 meters to corner 7; |
| Thence N 29° 54W, |
2,007.8 meters to corner 8; |
| Thence N 21° 53E, |
1,807.3 meters to corner 9; |
| Thence S 01° 00E, |
1,094.7 meters to corner 10; |
| Thence S 42° 07E, |
1,196.2 meters to corner 11; |
| Thence S 50° 07E, |
1,196.9 meters to corner 12; |
| Thence S 31° 06E, |
1,494.2 meters to corner 13; |
| Thence S 76° 03E, |
1,198.5 meters to corner 14; |
| Thence N 89° 00E, |
1,394.8 meters to corner 15; |
| Thence N 54° 51E, |
1,501.40 meters to corner 16; |
| Thence N 01° 00E, |
705.0 meters to corner 17; |
| Thence N 29° 54W, |
1,405.5 meters to corner 18; |
| Thence N 67° 55W, |
1,602.5 meters to corner 19; |
| Thence N 27° 55W, |
1,004.0 meters to corner 1, |
The point of beginning, containing an area of One Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Eight (1,548) Hectares, more or less.1aшphi1
The technical descriptions of the Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape and its Buffer Zone shall be subject to actual ground survey.
These areas shall be under the management jurisdiction of the Department of Tourism thru the Philippine Tourism Authority and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992.
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 23rd day of APRIL, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.
(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
By the President:
RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary
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