MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 305, May 5, 2000 ]

DECLARING MT. KALATUNGAN RANGE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TALAKAG, VALENCIA, MARAMAG AND PANGANTUCAN, PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MT. KALATUNGAN RANGE NATURAL PARK

Upon 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 Mt. Kalatungan Range which is a parcel of land situated in the Municipalities of Talakag, Valencia, Maramag and Pangantucan, Province of Bukidnon as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park, subject to private rights, and without prejudice to the right 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 the DENR NIPAS Map No. RO-10-01:

Beginning at a corner marked “1” on the map which is S 19° 00W. 3,800 meters from the junction of Masimag Road and Busogan Road:

Thence N 85° 01E 3,524.30 meters to corner 2;
Thence N 85° 01E 2,538.70 meters to corner 3;
Thence S 26° 44E 2,350.80 meters to corner 4;
Thence S 66° 46E 2,154.20 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 57° 04E 2,308.00 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 57° 04E 2,507.00 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 57° 04E 2,636.30 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 82° 01E 1,931.30 meters to corner 9;
Thence S 66° 46E 1,416.20 meters to corner 10;
Thence S 66° 46E 2,682.80 meters to corner 11;
Thence S 66° 46E 2,513.30 meters to corner 12;
Thence S 09° 59W 3,363.00 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 09° 59W 2,477.00 meters to corner 14;
Thence S 09° 59W 2,215.20 meters to corner 15;
Thence N 73° 11W 3,401.70 meters to corner 16;
Thence S 56° 66W 2,884.80 meters to corner 17;
Thence S 60° 56W 2,733.60 meters to corner 18;
Thence S 60° 56W 2,110.50 meters to corner 19;
Thence S 88° 60W 2,089.20 meters to corner 20;
Thence S 88° 60W 1,908.40 meters to corner 21;
Thence N 58° 18W 3,254.00 meters to corner 22;
Thence N 73° 11W 2,709.30 meters to corner 23;
Thence N 16° 10W 2,385.40 meters to corner 24;
Thence N 16° 10W 2,484.80 meters to corner 25;
Thence N 16° 10W 1,888.40 meters to corner 26;
Thence N 16° 10W 2,782.90 meters to corner 1;

the point of beginning containing an area of Twenty One Thousand Two Hundred Forty Seven and 730/100 (21,247.730) Hectares, subject to ground survey.

The Buffer Zone of the aforesaid Protected Area begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is S 78° 00" W, 1,050.00 m. from the junction of Masimag Road and Kinamanglan creek;

Thence S 70° 01E 1,152.00 meters to corner 2;
Thence S 84° 00E 1,152.00 meters to corner 3;
Thence S 67° 01E 2,178.60 meters to corner 4;
Thence S 89° 00E 2,975.30 meters to corner 5;
Thence S 78° 01E 2,649.70 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 60° 04E 986.00 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 82° 60E 800.90 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 29° 04E 2,663.90 meters to corner 9;
Thence N 87° 60E 2,203.90 meters to corner 10;
Thence S 62° 31E 2,604.30 meters to corner 11;
Thence S 73° 00E 1,402.40 meters to corner 12;
Thence S 60° 01E 1,387.20 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 67° 01E 4,382.40 meters to corner 14;
Thence S 23° 01E 1,952.30 meters to corner 15;
Thence S 53° 26E 2,553.90 meters to corner 16;
Thence S 07° 01E 3,363.60 meters to corner 17;
Thence S 70° 57W 1,747.40 meters to corner 18;
Thence S 03° 59W 1,326.40 meters to corner 19;
Thence S 50° 55W 1,763.90 meters to corner 20;
Thence N 60° 59W 2,371.10 meters to corner 21;
Thence S 82° 29W 2,196.10 meters to corner 22;
Thence S 36° 55W 650.00 meters to corner 23;
Thence N 64° 59W 1,547.40 meters to corner 24;
Thence S 52° 55W 1,748.60 meters to corner 25;
Thence S 83° 59W 1,846.70 meters to corner 26;
Thence S 63° 56W 2,996.30 meters to corner 27;
Thence S 56° 56W 1,648.40 meters to corner 28;
Thence S 88° 00W 2,345.80 meters to corner 29;
Thence S 88° 00W 2,445.60 meters to corner 30;
Thence N 58° 59W 3,139.90 meters to corner 31;
Thence N 72° 60W 3,019.70 meters to corner 32;
Thence N 14° 60W 2,247.50 meters to corner 33;
Thence N 49° 59W 1,747.40 meters to corner 34;
Thence N 63° 59W 2,196.30 meters to corner 35;
Thence N 05° 30W 3,446.30 meters to corner 36;
Thence N 18° 30E 1,648.70 meters to corner 37;
Thence N 07° 01E 1,193.80 meters to corner 38;
Thence N 25° 04E 2,853.40 meters to corner 39;
Thence S 55° 01E 1,397.20 meters to corner 40;
Thence N 56° 04E 1,176.10 meters to corner 1;

The point of beginning, containing an area of Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety One and 500/100 (13,891.500) Hectares, subject to ground survey.1aшphi1

These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), thru the PAMB 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 5Th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary


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