ESTABLISHING AS THE LAKE LANAO WATERSHED RESERVATION FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING ITS FOREST COVER AND WATER YIELD FOR HYDROPOWER, IRRIGATION AND DOMESTIC USE A PARCEL OF LAND OF PUBLIC DOMAIN LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DITSAAN-RAMAIN, BUBONG, BUADIPUSO-BUNTONG, MOLUNDO, TARAKA, MAGUING, TAMPARAN, LUMBA-BAYABAO, POONA-BAYABAO, MASIU, BUTIG, LUMBATAN, LUMBAYANAGUI, BAYANG, BINIDAYAN, GANASSI, PUALAS, MADALUM, MADAMBA, BACOLOD GRANDE, TUGAYA, BALINDONG, MARANTAO, PIAGAPO, SAGUIRAN, AND MARAWI CITY, ALL OF THE PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR, ISLAND OF MINDANAO.

                Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition or settlement and set aside as the Lake Lanao Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the operations of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof for specific purposes and to the implementation of socially-oriented projects and other forestry development programs consistent with the objectives of this proclamation as may be determined by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, a parcel of land of the public domain situated in the municipalities of Ditsaan-Ramain, Bubong, Buadipuso-Buntong, Molundo, Taraka, Maguing, Tamparan, Lumba-Bayabao, Poona-Bayabao, Masiu, Butig, Lumbatan, Lumbayanagui, Bayang, Binidayan, Ganassi, Pualas, Madalum, Madamba, Bacolod Grande, Tugaya, Balindong, Marantao, Piagapo, Saguiaran, and Marawi City, all of the Province of Lanao del Sur, Island of Mindanao, as shown in the attached proposed Lake Lanao Watershed Forest Reserve Map No. 104, with the following description:

                Beginning at the point “1” on the map is  appoint latitude 8 degrees 03 minutes and 31:31 seconds and longitude 124 degrees 15 minutes and 58:19 seconds at the bank Agus River:

thence

N

43˚ 00’

E

3,300

meters to corner

2;

thence

S

37˚ 30’

E

5,080

meters to corner

3;

thence

S

58˚ 15’

E

1,980

meters to corner

4;

thence

S

11˚ 15’

E

2,050

meters to corner

5;

thence

S

27˚ 30’

E

1,500

meters to corner

6;

thence

S

  8˚ 00’

E

2,050

meters to corner

7;

thence

N

57˚ 30’

E

2,000

meters to corner

8;

thence

S

88˚ 30’

E

2,180

meters to corner

9;

thence

S

64˚ 00’

E

4,800

meters to corner

10;

thence

S

61˚ 30’

E

5,500

meters to corner

11;

thence

S

76˚ 00’

E

3,800

meters to corner

12;

thence

S

82˚ 30’

E

2,350

meters to corner

13;

thence

S

32˚ 00’

W

7,200

meters to corner

14;

thence

S

28˚ 45’

E

4,800

meters to corner

15;

thence

S

19˚ 00’

W

2,250

meters to corner

16;

thence

S

38˚ 00’

E

2,350

meters to corner

17;

thence

S

75˚ 30’

E

3,550

meters to corner

18;

thence

S

34˚ 00’

E

3,180

meters to corner

19;

thence

S

43˚ 00’

E

1,580

meters to corner

20;

thence

S

11˚ 00’

W

4,150

meters to corner

21;

thence

S

43˚ 00’

E

3,000

meters to corner

22;

thence

S

31˚ 30’

W

2,200

meters to corner

23;

thence

S

27˚ 00’

W

1,900

meters to corner

24;

thence

S

66˚ 00’

W

2,300

meters to corner

25;

thence

S

56˚ 00’

W

1,400

meters to corner

26;

thence

N

83˚ 30’

W

2,750

meters to corner

27;

thence

S

72˚ 00’

W

3,650

meters to corner

28;

thence

FOLL PRO BDRY on SW, NW, DIR w/ ST. DIST. 24,350

29;

thence

N

21˚ 00’

W

5,000

meters to corner

30;

thence

N

30˚ 00’

E

2,400

meters to corner

31;

thence

N

  4˚ 00’

E

2,200

meters to corner

32;

thence

N

56˚ 00’

W

4,500

meters to corner

33;

thence

N

51˚ 30’

W

4,500

meters to corner

34;

thence

N

33˚ 00’

W

1,600

meters to corner

35;

thence

N

70˚ 00’

W

7,700

meters to corner

36;

thence

N

84˚ 00’

W

3,150

meters to corner

37;

thence

S

32˚ 00’

W

3,100

meters to corner

38;

thence

S

60˚ 00’

W

2,100

meters to corner

39;

thence

N

31˚ 00’

W

1,800

meters to corner

40;

thence

N

33˚ 00’

W

2,400

meters to corner

41;

thence

N

17˚ 00’

W

1,000

meters to corner

42;

thence

N

  8˚ 00’

W

4,550

meters to corner

43;

thence

N

46˚ 00’

E

2,200

meters to corner

44;

thence

N

14˚ 00’

W

2,350

meters to corner

45;

thence

N

56˚ 30’

E

3,850

meters to corner

46;

thence

S

71˚ 30’

E

2,500

meters to corner

47;

thence

N

50˚ 00’

E

7,900

meters to corner

48;

thence

N

71˚ 00’

E

   750

meters to corner

49;

thence

N

36˚ 00’

E

5,800

meters to corner

50;

thence

N

59˚ 30’

E

2,500

meters to corner

51;

thence

N

50˚ 00’

E

3,300

meters to corner

52;

thence

N

31˚ 00’

E

3,900

meters to corner

53;

                To the point of beginning containing an area of 180,460 hectares more or less.

                The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall administer and manage the reservation in coordination with the other agencies of the Government with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a source of water for the generation of hydro-electric power, agricultural requirements and other purposes.

                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 26th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                (Signed)

                                                                                                                                CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

 

                (Signed)

FRANKLIN M. DRILON

    Executive Secretary

 

 

 

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