MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation Order No. 354, August 14, 2000 ]

DECLARING MOUNT TIMOLAN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN MIGUEL, GUIPOS AND TIGBAO, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR AS PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992), AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MOUNT TIMOLAN PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Mount Timolan situated in the Municipalities of San Miguel, Guipos and Tigbao, Province of Zamboanga del Sur as protected area and its peripheral areas as Buffer Zone, subject to prior valid private rights, if any there be, as described in the DENR NIPAS Map No.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

The Mount Timolan Protected Landscapes begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is S 29° 44W at 5,352.12 meters from BLLM No. 1, PLS-18;

Thence N 56° 32E 514.40 meters to corner 2;
Thence N 46° 35E 68.20 meters to corner 3;
Thence N 58° 14E 99.40 meters to corner 4;
Thence N 16° 15E 276.90 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 55° 09E 35.70 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 42° 30E 92.00 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 71° 08E 129.90 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 38° 07E 178.80 meters to corner 9;
Thence N 62° 13E 122.80 meters to corner 10;
Thence N 67° 08E 107.90 meters to corner 11;
Thence N 57° 08E 137.60 meters to corner 12;
Thence N 59° 16E 91.30 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 87° 11E 79.60 meters to corner 14;
Thence N 45° 10E 119.10 meters to corner 15;
Thence N 82° 17E 243.00 meters to corner 16;
Thence N 11° 05W 97.10 meters to corner 17;
Thence N 04° 35E 87.80 meters to corner 18;
Thence N 59° 14W 84.00 meters to corner 19;
Thence N 74° 21W 60.50 meters to corner 20;
Thence N 04° 18W 69.80 meters to corner 21;
Thence N 39° 23W 94.90 meters to corner 22;
Thence N 58° 15W 86.70 meters to corner 23;
Thence N 01° 19W 93.00 meters to corner 24;
Thence N 28° 13W 92.60 meters to corner 25;
Thence N 32° 30E 42.10 meters to corner 26;
Thence N 80° 05E 270.10 meters to corner 27;
Thence N 86° 01E 1,026.40 meters to corner 28;
Thence S 75° 32E 120.90 meters to corner 29;
Thence S 24° 27E 101.40 meters to corner 30;
Thence S 82° 15E 244.70 meters to corner 31;
Thence N 56° 12E 544.60 meters to corner 32;
Thence N 81° 16E 649.20 meters to corner 33;
Thence S 17° 03E 225.10 meters to corner 34;
Thence S 28° 00E 639.80 meters to corner 35;
Thence S 09° 08E 324.30 meters to corner 36;
Thence S 01° 00W 238.40 meters to corner 37;
Thence S 05° 04W 514.20 meters to corner 38;
Thence S 28° 31E 791.70 meters to corner 39;
Thence S 03° 15W 213.00 meters to corner 40;
Thence S 26° 06W 897.70 meters to corner 41;
Thence S 74° 14W 569.80 meters to corner 42;
Thence S 47° 15W 283.90 meters to corner 43;
Thence N 63° 16W 521.10 meters to corner 44;
Thence N 54° 14W 33.40 meters to corner 45;
Thence S 00° 11W 1,683.60 meters to corner 46;
Thence S 30° 08W 882.30 meters to corner 47;
Thence S 13° 10W 1,613.50 meters to corner 48;
Thence S 09° 18W 690.20 meters to corner 49;
Thence N 57° 12W 639.40 meters to corner 50;
Thence N 76° 20W 971.10 meters to corner 51;
Thence N 24° 12W 1,815.10 meters to corner 52;
Thence N 12° 07E 505.40 meters to corner 53;
Thence S 73° 14E 1,204.80 meters to corner 54;
Thence N 01° 07W 952.40 meters to corner 55;
Thence N 62° 36E 739.60 meters to corner 56;
Thence N 89° 11E 405.80 meters to corner 57;
Thence N 02° 18E 1,357.80 meters to corner 58;
Thence N 75° 27W 983.60 meters to corner 59;
Thence N 76° 21W 1,225.10 meters to corner 60;
Thence N 37° 24W 669.20 meters to corner 1;

the point of beginning containing an area of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR AND POINT SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY SIX (1,994.796) Hectares, more or less.

The Buffer Zone begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is S 25° 23W at 5,771.91 meters from BLLM No. 1, PLS-18;

Thence N 37° 39W. 669.03 meters to corner 2;
Thence N 81° 20E. 448.78 meters to corner 3;
Thence N 29° 33E. 715.60 meters to corner 4;
Thence N 55° 51E. 1,161.63 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 38° 55W. 348.58 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 12° 42E. 437.75 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 78° 06E. 431.19 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 86° 07E. 1,020.38 meters to corner 9;
Thence S 79° 01E. 845.45 meters to corner 10;
Thence S 56° 12W. 544.07 meters to corner 11;
Thence N 82° 15W. 244.80 meters to corner 12;
Thence N 24° 28W. 101.04 meters to corner 13;
Thence N 75° 33W. 120.90 meters to corner 14;
Thence S 86° 01W. 1,026.70 meters to corner 15;
Thence S 80° 05W. 270.20 meters to corner 16;
Thence S 32° 30W. 42.10 meters to corner 17;
Thence S 18° 12E. 92.60 meters to corner 18;
Thence S 01° 19E. 93.00 meters to corner 19;
Thence S 58° 14E. 86.70 meters to corner 20;
Thence S 39° 22E. 95.00 meters to corner 21;
Thence S 04° 18E. 69.80 meters to corner 22;
Thence S 74° 20E. 60.50 meters to corner 23;
Thence S 59° 13E. 84.00 meters to corner 24;
Thence S 04° 35W. 87.80 meters to corner 25;
Thence S 11° 04E. 97.10 meters to corner 26;
Thence S 82° 17W. 243.10 meters to corner 27;
Thence S 45° 10W. 119.10 meters to corner 28;
Thence N 87° 11W. 79.60 meters to corner 29;
Thence S 59° 15W. 91.40 meters to corner 30;
Thence S 57° 08W. 137.70 meters to corner 31;
Thence S 67° 08W. 107.70 meters to corner 32;
Thence S 62° 12W. 122.90 meters to corner 33;
Thence S 38° 07W. 178.80 meters to corner 34;
Thence S 71° 08W. 132.00 meters to corner 35;
Thence S 42° 29W. 92.10 meters to corner 36;
Thence S 55° 09W. 35.70 meters to corner 37;
Thence S 16° 14W. 277.00 meters to corner 38;
Thence S 58° 14W. 99.50 meters to corner 39;
Thence S 46° 35W. 68.20 meters to corner 40;
Thence S 56° 32W. 514.50 meters to corner 41;
Thence S 37° 23E. 669.30 meters to corner 42;
Thence S 76° 20E. 1,224.90 meters to corner 43;
Thence S 75° 27E. 983.40 meters to corner 44;
Thence S 02° 17W. 1,358.30 meters to corner 45;
Thence S 89° 11W. 405.90 meters to corner 46;
Thence S 62° 36W. 739.80 meters to corner 47;
Thence S 01° 07E. 952.80 meters to corner 48;
Thence N 73° 14W. 1,205.10 meters to corner 49;
Thence S 12° 07W. 505.60 meters to corner 50;
Thence S 24° 11E. 1,815.60 meters to corner 51;
Thence S 76° 19E. 970.90 meters to corner 52;
Thence S 57° 11E. 639.40 meters to corner 53;
Thence N 09° 18E. 669.90 meters to corner 54;
Thence N 13° 10E. 1,612.90 meters to corner 55;
Thence N 30° 09E. 882.00 meters to corner 56;
Thence N 00° 11E. 1,683.00 meters to corner 57;
Thence S 54° 14E. 33.40 meters to corner 58;
Thence S 63° 16E. 521.10 meters to corner 59;
Thence N 47° 15E. 283.80 meters to corner 60;
Thence N 74° 14E. 569.70 meters to corner 61;
Thence N 26° 06E. 897.40 meters to corner 62;
Thence N 03° 15E. 213.00 meters to corner 63;
Thence N 28° 32W. 791.50 meters to corner 64;
Thence N 05° 04E. 514.00 meters to corner 65;
Thence N 01° 00E. 238.80 meters to corner 66;
Thence N 09° 09W. 324.10 meters to corner 67;
Thence N 48° 24E. 187.74 meters to corner 68;
Thence S 15° 01E. 461.75 meters to corner 69;
Thence S 08° 39E. 457.09 meters to corner 70;
Thence S 21° 50E. 958.11 meters to corner 71;
Thence S 03° 04W. 372.01 meters to corner 72;
Thence S 25° 34W. 893.10 meters to corner 73;
Thence S 62° 35W. 1,065.59 meters to corner 74;
Thence S 87° 32W. 324.99 meters to corner 75;
Thence S 02° 58W. 1,225.01 meters to corner 76;
Thence S 29° 05W. 898.34 meters to corner 77;
Thence S 13° 07W. 2,571.13 meters to corner 78;
Thence N 67° 07W. 2,151.05 meters to corner 79;
Thence N 22° 16W. 1,979.41 meters to corner 80;
Thence N 13° 42E. 923.79 meters to corner 81;
Thence S 72° 41E. 1,080.89 meters to corner 82;
Thence N 01° 00W. 720.00 meters to corner 83;
Thence N 64° 36E. 1,211.90 meters to corner 84;
Thence N 03° 00E. 730.00 meters to corner 85;
Thence N 70° 05W. 2,183.78 meters to corner 1;

the point of beginning containing an area of SIX HUNDRED NINETY FIVE AND POINT THREE HUNDRED NINETY THREE (695.393) Hectares, more or less.

The technical descriptions of Mount Timolan Protected Landscape and Buffer Zone shall be subject for ground verification survey.1aшphi1

These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be administered pursuant with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992, and its implementing rules and regulations.

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 14th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary


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