Proclamation No. 607, s. 1995

• MALACANANG Manila A.{,cN 1(.. f61 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO.GO? ESTABLISHING AS KORONADAL WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PUR- POSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, AND IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND TO PROVIDE RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND- USE, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KORONADAL', PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, PHILIPPINES Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition, or settlement and set aside as Koronadal Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the operatiuns of previous proclamations reserving any portion' thereof for specific purposes, and to the implementation of other forestry deveopment programs consiatent with the objectives of the proclamation, a certain parcel of land of the public domain located in the Municipality of Koronadal, Province of south Cotabato as shown in the attached proposed Koronadal Wate'rshed Forest ReRerve Map with the following descriptions: 0 S 87 50'W, Dupgan Lahik Beginning at point tt 1 tt on the map being 437 meters from the, junction of El Gawel and Creek and Marbel Ri v-er; 0 2, Thence S 12 27'E, 257.66 meters on side of hill; post, to corner 0 Thence S 53 12'W, 402.15 meters to corner 3, post, identical to corner 80, Project No. 44-C, A & D, LC 1403; 0 Thence S 27 30'W, 357.08 meters on gide of hill; 4, post, to corner 0 Thence N 69 31'E, 212.30 meters to corner 5, post,identical to corner 79, Project No. 44-C, A & D, LC 1403; 0 6, Lumbang, Thence N 65 13'E, 412.57 meters to corner on side of hill; 0 Thence S 21 56'E, 205.26 meters to corner 7, post,identical to corner 78, Project No. 44-C, A & D, LC 1403; 0 Thence S 14 01'E, 382.45 meters to corner 8, post,identical to corner 77, Project No. 44-C, A & 0, LC 1403; 2 0 9, iden- Thence S 04 19'E, 90.60 meters to corner tical to corner 76, Project 44-C, A & D, LC 1403; 0 Thence S 05 OO'E, 510.00 meters to cornertical to corner 73, Project 44-F, A & 0, LC 1863; 0 10, iden- .Thence S 18 30'E, 440.00 meters to corner tical to corner 72, Project 44-F, LC 1863; 0 11, iden- .Thence S 27 30'E, 230.00 meters to. corner tical to corner 71, Project 44-F, A & D, LC 1863 ;. 0 12, iden- Thence S 06 11'W, 200.00 meters on side of cultivation; 0 to corner 13, post Thence S 49 54'E, 423.93 meters on side of hill; to corner 14, post, 0 Thence on a cogonal; S 02 59'E, 500.54 meters 15, post, to corner 0 Thence S 76 58'W, 219.07 meters on edge of cornfield;.. 0 16, to corner post, Thence S 81 57'W, at side of trail; 295.92 meters 17, post, to corner 0 Thence S 75 57'W, at side of trail; 336.52 meters to corner 18, post, 0 Thence N 85 45'W, 553.22 meters at side of trail; 19, to corner post, 0 Thence N 21 04'w, 274.29 meters at side of trail; !:). 20, to corner post, 0 Thence N 31 16'W, 425.73 meters at edge of cultivation; 0 21, post, to corner Thence N 52 Ol'W,at edge of cornfield; 0 376.07 meters 22, post, T.O corner Thence N f7 29'W, 270.34 meters at edge of cornfield; 0 to corner 23, post, Thence on trail; N 51 20'W, 415.82 meters 74, post, to corner 0 3 - 0 Thence on trail; N 38 40'W, 399.88 meters to corner 26, post, 0 Thence N 25 46'W, at edge of cornfield; 0 439.58 meters 27, to corner post to c6rner 28, post, 0 29, to corner post 0 to corner 30, post to corner 31, post, 0 to corner 32, post, 0 Thence N 40 II'E, 174.54 metersnear B'laan house; 0 to corner 33, post to corner 34, post to corner 35, post 0 to corner 36, post, 0 37, to corner post, 0 38, to corner post, Thence on trail, (, N 65 16'E, 282.04 meterscogonal); 0 to corner 39, post, 40, to corner post Thence S 70 26'E. 233.81 meters on top ridge, side of cultivation; 0 to corner 41, post, 62 -4 - 0 43. post Thence N 50 OO'E, 433.50 meters at side of hill; to corner 0 44, post, Thence S 88 56'E, 400.00 meters at side of trail; to corner 0 45, post Thence S 34 25'E, 207.80 meters at side of ricefield; 0 to corner 46, Thence S 02 OO'W, 500.00 meters at side of ricefield; 0 post, t;:> corner 47, post Thence S 04 57'W, at side of hill; 306.62 meters to corner 0 48, post, Thence S 28 47'W, 322.40 meters at edge of coconut groove; 0 to corner Thence S 23 48'W, 221.10 meters to corner 1, , of beginning containing an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE THIRTY SEVEN 29/100 (1,137.29) HECTARES. the point HUNDRED The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, thru the Forest Management Bureau, shall administer and manage the reservation in coordinationTwith other concerned agencies of the g'overnment with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a watershed forest reserve and source of water for domestic and industrial purpo3es. The management, development, and protection of the watershed forest reserve shall be supported by a Watershed Management Council, which shall be created upon the approval of this proclamation. The Watershed Management Council shall be composed of all concerned government agencies/ instrumentalities, including Non-Government Organizations within the locality. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to beaffixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of June in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundre~and ninety five PMS LIBRARY Rccelv.::d ...