MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 297, April 24, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE LAGONOY WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAGONOY, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS LAGONOY NATURAL BIOTIC AREA

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 Lagonoy Watershed Forest Reserve consisting of a parcel of land situated in Barangay Agosais, Municipality of Lagonoy Province of Camarines Sur, Island of Luzon as Protected Area under the category of Natural Biotic Area, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the Indigenous Peoples as provided for in R. A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR Map No. 9:

Beginning at point marked “1” on the map being identical to N 30° 00 W, 3,700 m. from MBM No. 4 of Lagonoy Camarines Sur.

Thence S 80° 36W 404.20 m to corner 2;
Thence N 90° 00W 323.40 m to corner 3;
Thence N 54° 0W 287.40 m to corner 4;
Thence N 86° 39W 110.90 m to corner 5;
Thence N 83° 18W 185.00 m to corner 6;
Thence S 40° 44W 132.60 m to corner 7;
Thence N 68° 56W 84.30 m to corner 8;
Thence N 04° 28W 309.90 m to corner 9;
Thence N 79° 57W 139.00 m to corner 10;
Thence N 29° 11W 241.00 m to corner 11;
Thence N 10° 24E 248.40 m to corner 12;
Thence N 59° 15W 236.40 m to corner 13;
Thence N 58° 11W 152.10 m to corner 14;
Thence N 34° 55W 357.70 m to corner 15;
Thence N 52° 57W 230.30 m to corner 16;
Thence DUE NORTH 248.10 m to corner 17;
Thence N 86° 39W 147.90 m to corner 18;
Thence N 21° 47E 228.70 m to corner 19;
Thence N 03° 07E 186.10 m to corner 20;
Thence N 10° 24E 248.40 m to corner 21;
Thence N 01° 47W 289.50 m to corner 22;
Thence N 53° 06E 254.50 m to corner 23;
Thence N 47° 09E 264.00 m to corner 24;
Thence S 70° 04E 148.60 m to corner 25;
Thence S 87° 18E 129.10 m to corner 26;
Thence N 29° 59E 250.60 m to corner 27;
Thence S 68° 13E 317.60 m to corner 28;
Thence S 28° 31E 276.70 m to corner 29;
Thence S 04° 47W 231.80 m to corner 30;
Thence S 08° 54E 174.30 m to corner 31;
Thence S 26° 23E 137.90 m to corner 32;
Thence S 61° 39E 356.30 m to corner 33;
Thence S 53° 59E 169.40 m to corner 34;
Thence S 24° 14E 392.90 m to corner 35;
Thence S 14° 22W 366.10 m to corner 36;
Thence S 34° 50E 239.60 m to corner 37;
Thence S 52° 02E 309.10 m to corner 38;
Thence S 03° 20E 193.30 m to corner 39;
Thence S 43° 04E 182.30 m to corner 40;
Thence S 19° 12W 307.60 m to corner 41;
Thence S 29° 35E 336.50 m to corner 1,

point of beginning, containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR AND 60/100 (444.60) HECTARES, subject to actual ground survey.1aшphi1

This area shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the DENR 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 24th. 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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