MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 316, May 31, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE PINDASAN ISLAND MANGROVE WILDERNESS AREA, KOPIAT ISLAND AND SURROUNDING PORTIONS OF DAVAO GULF SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MABINI, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL NORTE AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO RA 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992), AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MABINI PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare the Pindasan Island Mangrove Wilderness Areas, Kopiat Island and surrounding portions of Davao Gulf situated in the Municipality of Mabini, Province of Davao del Norte as Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape and Seascape, subject to private rights, and without prejudice to the rights of indigenous peoples 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 DENR NIPAS Map No. R-11-07;

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Beginning at a point marked “1” on the map being at the mouth (south bank) of Pindasan River:

Thence, S 09° 59" E 697.4 m to point 2;
Thence, S 40° 14" W 899.8 m to point 3;
Thence, S 05° 02" W 846.9 m to point 4;
Thence, S 05° 02" W 1644.0 m to point 5;
Thence, S 08° 04" W 747.4 m to point 6;
Thence, S 13° 59" E 1295.1 m to point 7;
Thence, DUE W 602.7 m to point 8;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 9;
Thence, DUE W 552.5 m to point 10;
Thence, DUE W 552.5 m to point 11;
Thence, DUE W 552.5 m to point 12;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 13;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 14;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 15;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 16;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 17;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 18;
Thence, DUE W 502.3 m to point 19;
Thence, DUE W 401.8 m to point 20;
Thence, DUE W 421.9 m to point 21;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 481.5 m to point 22;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 23;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 23;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 24;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 25;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 26;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 27;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 28;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 29;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 30;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 31;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 32;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 33;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 34;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 35;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 36;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 37;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 501.6 m to point 38;
Thence, N 13° 53" E 451.4 m to point 39;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 548.1 m to point 40;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 41;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 42;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 43;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 44;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 45;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 46;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 47;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 48;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 49;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 50;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 51;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 52;
Thence, N 67° 50" E 498.3 m to point 53;
Thence, S 18° 08" W 1445.8 m to point 54;
Thence, S 12° 06" W 657.8 m to point 55;
Thence, S 32° 13" W 1098.5 m to point 56;
Thence, S 02° 00" E 2550.6 m to point 1,

to the point of beginning containing an area of SIX THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND SIX (6,106) HECTARES, more or less, subject to actual ground survey.1aшphi1

The subject area shall remain under the management jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of NIPAS Act of 1992.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 31sT 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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