MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 342, July 12, 2000 ]
DECLARING THE MALAMPAYA SOUND, SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TAYTAY AND SAN VICENTE, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MALAMPAYA SOUND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE
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 Malampaya Sound consisting of parcels of land and marine waters situated in the Municipalities of Taytay and San Vicente, Province of Palawan, as protected area under the category of Protected Landscape and Seascape, 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 No. 2, Series of 1993 and other related rules and regulations.1aшphi1
The Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape shall have the following descriptions, to wit:
Beginning at point marked “1” on DENR NIPAS Map No. ___ at S 7° 33? 4.11?E 3058.150 meters more or less, from BLLM No. 2 at 10° 49? 46.616? latitude and 119° 31? 0.383? longitude, Municipality of Taytay, Province of Palawan, thence;
| S 0° 48W, |
2,922.33 meters to corner 2; |
| S 1° 26E, |
1,283.91 meters to corner 3; |
| S 23° 47E, |
958.93 meters to corner 4; |
| S 26° 4W, |
1,595.34 meters to corner 5; |
| S 9° 51W, |
1,709.81 meters to corner 6; |
| S 25° 25 W, |
14,086.64 meters to corner 7; |
| S 69° 32W, |
4,112.73 meters to corner 8; |
| S 12° 54W |
5,346.46 meters to corner 9; |
| S 67° 1W, |
12,303.31 meters to corner 10; |
| S 75° 22W, |
3,839.52 meters to corner 11; |
| S 83° 36W, |
2,774.01 meters to corner 12; |
| N 35° 52W, |
2,322.42 meters to corner 13; |
| S 88° 52W, |
13,499.17 meters to corner 14; |
| N 45° 2W, |
16,060.90 meters to corner 15; |
| N 1° 7W |
45,652.49 meters to corner 16; |
| N 88° 48W, |
8,174.64 meters to corner 17; |
| S 40° 24E, |
765.31 meters to corner 18; |
| S 54° 2E, |
9,789.75 meters to corner 19; |
| S 54° 8E, |
4,204.90 meters to corner 20; |
| S 80° 13E, |
1,621.76 meters to corner 21; |
| S 25° 50E, |
4,691.18 meters to corner 22; |
| S 69° 32W, |
290.91 meters to corner 23; |
| S 1° 25E, |
641.88 meters to corner 24; |
| S 25° 49E, |
306.17 meters to corner 25; |
| S 5° 35W, |
311.56 meters to corner 26; |
| S 19° 3E, |
513.75 meters to corner 27; |
| N 83° 14E, |
617.19 meters to corner 28; |
| N 36° 50E, |
848.35 meters to corner 29; |
| N 32° 55E, |
238.51 meters to corner 30; |
| N 13° 6W, |
249.50 meters to corner 31; |
| N 12° 23W, |
737.71 meters to corner 32; |
| N 4° 18W, |
487.98 meters to corner 33; |
| S 88° 2E, |
262.63 meters to corner 34; |
| S 63° 36E, |
220.56 meters to corner 35; |
| S 45° 6E, |
248.89 meters to corner 36; |
| S 10° 56E, |
360.12 meters to corner 37; |
| S 8° 54W, |
336.43 meters to corner 38; |
| S 63° 36W, |
196.06 meters to corner 39; |
| S 40° 16E, |
461.01 meters to corner 40; |
| N 88° 10E, |
459.36 meters to corner 41; |
| N 53° 16E, |
542.45 meters to corner 42; |
| S 75° 20E, |
339.75 meters to corner 43; |
| S 50° 56E, |
382.64 meters to corner 44; |
| N 87° 7E, |
262.65 meters to corner 45; |
| N 54° 53E, |
544.95 meters to corner 46; |
| N 40° 44E, |
514.67 meters to corner 47; |
| N 89° 32E, |
524.82 meters to corner 48; |
| S 40° 8E, |
1,438.08 meters to corner 49; |
| S 87° 33E, |
1,094.83 meters to corner 50; |
| S 88° 15E, |
1,728.93 meters to corner 51; |
| N 68° 3E, |
1,269.10 meters to corner 52; |
| S 4° 13E, |
166.35 meters to corner 53; |
| S 38° 0E, |
125.61 meters to corner 54; |
| N 89° 32E, |
131.21 meters to corner 55; |
| S 35° 40E, |
189.63 meters to corner 56; |
| S 58° 9E, |
103.51 meters to corner 57; |
| S 22° 1E, |
59.50 meters to corner 58; |
| S 37° 51E, |
70.53 meters to corner 59; |
| S 0° 27E, |
55.33 meters to corner 60; |
| S 22° 1E, |
59.50 meters to corner 61; |
| S 49° 31E, |
101.33 meters to corner 62; |
| S 5° 10E, |
133.24 meters to corner 63; |
| S 30° 37E, |
217.59 meters to corner 64; |
| S 22° 1E, |
59.50 meters to corner 65; |
| S 45° 7E, |
155.57 meters to corner 66; |
| S 22° 1E, |
118.99 meters to corner 67; |
| S 45° 7E, |
62.23 meters to corner 68; |
| S 27° 51E, |
138.28 meters to corner 69; |
| S 4° 14W, |
133.24 meters to corner 70; |
| S 24° 17W, |
182.79 meters to corner 71; |
| S 0° 27E, |
165.99 meters to corner 72; |
| S 30° 11E, |
64.32 meters to corner 73; |
| S 37° 51E, |
70.53 meters to corner 74; |
| S 15° 18W, |
80.49 meters to corner 75; |
| S 9° 6E, |
145.51 meters to corner 76; |
| S 22° 29E, |
168.25 meters to corner 77; |
| S 0° 27E, |
88.53 meters to corner 78; |
| S 15° 48E, |
206.56 meters to corner 79; |
| S 45° 7E, |
155.58 meters to corner 80; |
| S 17° 50E, |
695.72 meters to corner 81; |
| S 15° 22E, |
3,950.97 meters to corner 82; |
| S 24° 46E, |
4,517.09 meters to corner 83; |
| S 37° 27E, |
581.85 meters to corner 84; |
| S 34° 51E, |
348.64 meters to corner 85; |
| S 52° 50E, |
290.04 meters to corner 86; |
| S 67° 23E, |
225.91 meters to corner 87; |
| S 50° 31E, |
413.73 meters to corner 88; |
| S 45° 8E, |
326.77 meters to corner 89; |
| S 48° 0E, |
311.42 meters to corner 90; |
| S 46° 24E, |
350.11 meters to corner 91; |
| S 33° 26E, |
422.11 meters to corner 92; |
| S 28° 29E, |
7,660.05 meters to corner 1; |
Point of beginning containing an area of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN HECTARES (200,115 hectares) more or less, subject to actual ground survey.
The Malampaya Sound Protected Landscape and Seascape shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992 and its implementing rules and regulations.
The DENR shall prioritize the implementation of the General Management Plan Strategy (GMPS) for Malampaya Sound which shall include the protection and conservation strategies as well as the promotion of sustainable use of resources. The DENR, through its corporate arm, the Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) shall plan and implement joint venture agreement with the private sector, local government units and the communities for purposes of sustainable coastal and marine resource development and the promotion of the area as an ecological destination. The DENR shall work out the necessary institutional arrangements the soonest possible time and promulgate rules and regulations towards this end, particularly in establishing the different management zones in the protected area and the generation of funds to be used in biodiversity conservation and in maintaining and improving the resource base of the area.
The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) appointed by the DENR Secretary, shall perform such powers and duties as specified in the NIPAS Act and as delegated to it by the Secretary under such Act.
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 12Th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.
(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
By the President:
RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary
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