MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 431, December 29, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE BICOL NATIONAL PARK SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BASUD, DAET, SIPOCOT AND LUPI, PROVINCES OF CAMARINES NORTE AND CAMARINES SUR, ISLAND OF LUZON, AS PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS BICOL NATURAL PARK

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 Bicol National Park situated in the Municipalities of Basud, Daet, Sipocot and Lupi, Provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, Island of Luzon, as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park, 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. 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map R5-05.

Beginning at a point marked 1 on Bureau of Forestry Map No. N.P. 5-1, S. 42000E, 1,250 m. to corner 1,

Thence N. 9057W, 636.0 m. to corner 2,
Thence N. 9030W, 424.4 m. to corner 3,
Thence N. 23042W, 288.6 m. to corner 4,
Thence N. 43043W, 317.0 m. to corner 5,
Thence N. 38053W, 372.4 m. to corner 6,
Thence N. 42037E, 499.8 m. to corner 7,
Thence N. 46002E, 462.0 m. to corner 8,
Thence N. 16045W, 454.3 m. to corner 9,
Thence N. 9059E, 388.0 m. to corner 10,
Thence S. 62021E. 297.2 m. to corner 11,
Thence N. 16030E, 356.7 m. to corner 12,
Thence N. 20035W, 346.6 m. to corner 13,
Thence N. 40029W, 362.7 m. to corner 14,
Thence N. 10059E, 500.2 m. to corner 15,
Thence N. 43013E, 250.2 m. to corner 16,
Thence N. 16030E, 219.7 m. to corner 17,
Thence Due East, 263.0 m. to corner 18,
Thence S. 19015E, 272.6 m. to corner 19,
Thence S. 88050E, 246.8 m. to corner 20,
Thence N. 44047E, 284.3 m. to corner 21,
Thence S. 82007E, 900.2 m. to corner 22,
Thence S. 51013E 287.8 m. to corner 23,
Thence S. 28011E, 275.9 m. to corner 24,
Thence Due South 115.4 m. to corner 25,
Thence Due South 489.5 m. to corner 26,
Thence Due East 408.6 m. to corner 27,
Thence Due East 298.2 m. to corner 28,
Thence Due East 499.2 m. to corner 29,
Thence Due East 222.6 m. to corner 30,
Thence N. 60059E 136.8 m. to corner 31,
Thence S. 66009E, 716.2 m. to corner 32,
Thence S. 40024E, 174.0 m. to corner 33,
Thence S. 76012E, 402.8 m. to corner 34,
Thence N. 79059E, 247.8 m. to corner 35,
Thence S. 83006E, 496.6 m. to corner 36,
Thence S. 23018E, 145.6 m. to corner 37,
Thence N. 80059E, 147.2 m. to corner 38,
Thence S. 12010E, 145.4 m. to corner 39,
Thence S. 45025E, 495.6 m. to corner 40,
Thence S. 6004E, 346.9 m. to corner 41,
Thence Due South 204.7 m. to corner 42,
Thence Due South 244.4 m. to corner 43,
Thence Due South 184.8 m. to corner 44,
Thence Due South 174.9 m. to corner 45,
Thence Due South 189.9 m. to corner 46,
Thence S. 80053E, 147.2 m. to corner 47,
Thence S. 16052W, 616.1 m. to corner 48,
Thence Due South 502.0 m. to corner 49,
Thence Due South 303.7 m. to corner 50,
Thence Due South 358.3 m. to corner 51,
Thence Due South 155.0 m. to corner 52,
Thence Due South 246.3 m. to corner 53,
Thence Due South 214.6 m. to corner 54,
Thence Due South 174.9 m. to corner 55,
Thence Due South 148.2 m. to corner 56,
Thence S. 8051W, 130.4 m. to corner 57,
Thence S. 82001W, 706.9 m. to corner 58,
Thence S. 71003W, 528.2 m. to corner 59,
Thence N. 78021W, 615.7 m. to corner 60,
Thence N. 66032W, 644.0 m. to corner 61,
Thence Due South 234.4 m. to corner 62,
Thence Due South 244.4 m. to corner 63,
Thence Due South 110.6 m. to corner 64,
Thence Due South 293.9 m. to corner 65,
Thence Due South 358.3 m. to corner 66,
Thence Due South 219.6 m. to corner 67,
Thence Due South 189.9 m. to corner 68,
Thence Due South 105.6 m. to corner 69,
Thence Due South 328.5 m. to corner 70,
Thence Due South 239.3 m. to corner 71,
Thence Due South 249.3 m. to corner 72,
Thence Due South 244.4 m. to corner 73,
Thence Due South 264.1 m. to corner 74,
Thence Due South 363.3 m. to corner 75,
Thence Due South 320.1 m. to corner 76,
Thence S. 77003W, 327.2 m. to corner 77,
Thence S. 85008W, 200.5 m. to corner 78,
Thence N. 84057W, 91.1 m. to corner 79,
Thence Due West, 161.7 m. to corner 80,
Thence Due West, 339.5 m. to corner 81,
Thence Due West, 210.5 m. to corner 82,
Thence Due West, 448.9 m. to corner 83,
Thence Due West, 265.1 m. to corner 84,
Thence Due West, 210.5 m. to corner 85,
Thence Due West, 260.1 m. to corner 86,
Thence Due West, 175.6 m. to corner 87,
Thence Due West, 145.8 m. to corner 88,
Thence Due West, 1,741.8 m. to corner 89,
Thence Due West, 126.1 m. to corner 90,
Thence Due West, 126.1 m. to corner 91,
Thence N. 3056W, 462.5 m. to corner 92,
Thence N. 6054W, 434.7 m. to corner 93,
Thence N. 35019W, 197.4 m. to corner 94,
Thence N. 4057W, 651.2 m. to corner 95,
Thence N. 41048E, 248.1 m. to corner 96,
Thence N. 45047E, 298.5 m. to corner 97,
Thence S. 82007E, 283.0 m. to corner 98,
Thence N. 29041W, 201.4 m. to corner 99,
Thence N. 46048E, 311.0 m. to corner 100,
Thence N. 47020E, 663.2 m. to corner 101,
Thence S. 67006W, 296.7 m. to corner 102,
Thence N. 51038W, 196.6 m. to corner 103,
Thence N. 19059E, 550.5 m. to corner 104,
Thence N. 83000E, 97.1 m. to corner 105,
Thence N. 46012E, 197.8 m. to corner 106,
Thence N. 42047E, 122.4 m. to corner 107,
Thence N. 14058E, 215.7 m. to corner 108,
Thence N. 8053W, 193.0 m. to corner 109,
Thence N. 44027E, 145.0 m. to corner 110,
Thence N. 43031E, 160.0 m. to corner 111,
Thence N. 33009W, 134.6 m. to corner 112,
Thence N. 35026E, 512.4 m. to corner 113,
Thence N. 48053W, 126.7 m. to corner 114,
Thence N. 56010W, 435.9 m. to corner 115,
Thence N. 74049W, 152.3 m. to corner 1,

Corner 1 to 10 are identical to corners 26 to 35, respectively, of the old Bicol National Park, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, corners 36 to 37 are identical to corner 55 to 76, respectively, and corner 58 to 80 are identical to corner 55 to 76, respectively, and corner 58 to 80 are identical to corner 1 to 25, respectively, of the Bicol National Park, Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur.1aшphi1 Corners 5 to 10, 52 and 59 to 72 were marked also with B.F. marking hatchet No. 447.1aшphi1

Containing an approximate area of Five Thousand Two Hundred One (5,201) Hectares, subject to actual ground survey.

It 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.

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 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAMON B. CARDENAS
Acting Executive Secretary


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