MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 418, November 22, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE WETLAND AREAS OF BALIANGAO SITUATED IN THE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS BALIANGAO PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE

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 the wetland areas of Baliangao situated in the Province of Misamis Occidental 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. 8371, DENR Administrative Order No. 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. R-10-06.1aшphi1

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

The Baliangao Protected Landscape and Seascape begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is N. 24036E, 1,673.40 meters:

Thence N. 25030E. 1,299.90 m. to corner 2;
Thence N. 23028E. 199.50 m. to corner 3;
Thence N. 89039E. 539.40 m. to corner 4;
Thence S. 19034W. 201.40 m. to corner 5;
Thence S. 59057E. 100.40 m. to corner 6;
Thence S. 54028E. 641.30 m. to corner 7;
Thence S. 33032W. 1,563.70 m. to corner 8;
Thence S. 03053W. 188.40 m. to corner 9;
Thence S. 54058E. 210.60 m. to corner 10;
Thence S. 44028E. 150.40 m. to corner 11;
Thence S. 00016W. 78.50 m. to corner 12;
Thence S. 12005E. 48.30 m. to corner 13;
Thence S. 59010W. 296.60 m. to corner 14;
Thence S. 02007E. 295.10 m. to corner 15;
Thence S. 16039E. 47.20 m. to corner 16;
Thence S. 53007W. 70.10 m. to corner 17;
Thence S. 04º38W. 59.10 m. to corner 18;
Thence S. 16006W. 71.90 m. to corner 19;
Thence S. 07012E. 80.40 m. to corner 20;
Thence S. 10041W. 142.10 m. to corner 21;
Thence S. 24018E. 98.80 m. to corner 22;
Thence S. 11031E. 174.20 m. to corner 23;
Thence S. 10050E. 171.60 m. to corner 24;
Thence S. 19033E. 51.80 m. to corner 25;
Thence S. 00006W 96.10 m. to corner 26;
Thence S. 04052E. 280.20 m. to corner 27;
Thence S. 33027W. 168.90 m. to corner 28;
Thence S. 12020W. 142.30 m. to corner 29;
Thence S. 74014W. 45.50 m. to corner 30;
Thence N. 38002W. 69.40 m. to corner 31;
Thence N. 12043W. 176.70 m. to corner 32;
Thence N. 01022E. 168.20 m. to corner 33;
Thence N. 14019W. 247.30 m. to corner 34;
Thence N. 10032E. 60.90 m. to corner 35;
Thence N. 04030W. 54.70 m. to corner 36;
Thence N. 13012E. 200.50 m. to corner 37;
Thence N. 30008W. 464.10 m. to corner 38;
Thence N. 18008E. 123.50 m. to corner 39;
Thence N. 29017E. 128.10 m. to corner 40;
Thence N. 08021E. 131.80 m. to corner 41;
Thence N. 70022W. 32.50 m. to corner 42;
Thence N. 60031W. 49.40 m. to corner 43;
Thence N. 57011W. 48.60 m. to corner 44;
Thence S. 67014W. 83.40 m. to corner 45;
Thence S. 61022W. 54.80 m. to corner 46;
Thence S. 89057W. 150.70 m. to corner 47;
Thence N. 66007W. 55.60 m. to corner 48;
Thence N. 03057W. 67.60 m. to corner 49;
Thence N. 24011E. 19.40 m. to corner 50;
Thence N. 30013E. 85.20 m. to corner 51;
Thence N. 07030E. 57.60 m. to corner 52;
Thence N. 56024E. 55.90 m. to corner 53;
Thence N. 69011E. 462.60 m. to corner 54;
Thence N. 32053E. 121.00 m. to corner 55;
Thence N. 09058W. 49.70 m. to corner 56;
Thence N. 50024W. 88.50 m. to corner 57;
Thence N. 45025E. 25.00 m. to corner 58;
Thence N. 40044W. 273.60 m. to corner 59;
Thence S. 87022W. 180.50 m. to corner 60;
Thence N. 78031W. 175.50 m. to corner 61;
Thence N. 73055W. 516.10 m. to corner 62;
Thence N. 41015E. 508.50 m. to corner 1;

the point of beginning containing an area of TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR (294.998) and 998/100 Hectares, more or less subject to actual ground survey.

The Baliangao Protected Landscape and Seascape shall be under the management 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.

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 22nd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary


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