Proclamation No. 281, s. 2000

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 281, April 23, 2000 ]

DECLARING MURCIELAGOS ISLAND SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LABASON, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE 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 MURCIELAGOS ISLAND PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE

Upon the 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 Murcielagos Island situated in the Municipality of Labason, Province of Zamboanga del Norte as a Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape and Seascape and its peripheral areas as Buffer Zone, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous peoples as provided for in R. A. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in the DENR NIPAS Map No. RO9-09.

The Murcielagos Protected Landscape and Seascape begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is N 59° 50W at 10,665.55 meters from BLLM No. 1, PLS-6;

Thence N 19° 32W,	272.90 m. to corner 2;
Thence N 41° 59W,	247.10 m. to corner 3;
Thence N 26° 20W,	108.60 m. to corner 4;
Thence N 53° 22E,	108.90 m. to corner 5;
Thence N 71° 09E,	137.60 m. to corner 6;
Thence N 89° 09E,	115.80 m. to corner 7;
Thence S 80° 33E,	968.00 m. to corner 8;
Thence S 56° 08E,	222.70 m. to corner 9;
Thence S 43° 30E	189.40 m. to corner 10;
Thence S 10° 16E	144.20 m. to corner 11;
Thence S 38° 32W	271.60 m. to corner 12;
Thence S 61° 06W	285.20 m. to corner 13;
Thence S 85° 36W	225.50 m. to corner 14;
Thence N 75° 59W	297.80 m. to corner 15;
Thence N 62° 00W	444.00 m. to corner 1,	the point

of beginning, containing an area of One Hundred (100) Hectares, more or less.

The Buffer Zone of the Murcielagos Protected Landscape and Seascape begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is S 10° 00" W at 414.00 meters from corner 1 of the Murcielagos Island Protected Landscape and Seascape;

Thence N 48° 01W	680.20 m. to corner 2;
Thence N 02° 00W	817.00 m. to corner 3;
Thence N 61° 59E	259.90 m. to corner 4;
Thence S 84° 60E	679.70 m. to corner 5;
Thence S 61° 59E,	743.70 m. to corner 6;
Thence S 79° 60E,	519.80 m. to corner 7;
Thence S 1° 60E,	580.00 m. to corner 8;
Thence S 43° 01W,	740.20 m. to corner 9;
Thence N 73° 01W,	208.10 m. to corner 10;
Thence S 76° 00W,	460.20 m. to corner 11;
Thence N 56° 01W,	495.20 m. to corner 1;	the point

of beginning containing an area of One Hundred Fifty-One (151) Hectares, more or less.

The technical descriptions of the Murcielagos Island Protected Landscape and Seascape and its buffer zone shall be subject to actual ground survey.

These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the 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 23rd. day of APRIL, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary