Proclamation No. 746, s. 1996

MALACANAManila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO.746 DECLARING AS PROTECTED AREA A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF PUBLIC DOMAIN TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOUNT GUITING-GUITING NATURAL PARK EMBRACED AND SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALI- TIES OF CAJIDIOCAN, MAGDIWANG AND SAN FERNANDO, IN THE ISLAND OF SIBUYAN, PROVINCE OF ROMBLON Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resou£ces, and pursuant to the powers and authority vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from sale, settlements, exploitation and exploration, and set aside and declare, for the benefit and enjoyment of Filipino People, and in order to protect the area from destructive activities pursuant to the Republic Act No. 7586 (The NIPAS Law), as Protected Area the terrestrial ecosystem found on a certain parcel of land of the public domain to be known as the Mount Guiting- Guiting Natural Park, subject to private rights, if any there be, embraced and situated in the Municipalities of Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, and San Fernando, Island of Sibuyan, Province of Romblon, which tract of land is more particularly described as follows: Bounded on the North by unclassified public forest, Municipality of Magdiwangi on the East by unclassified public forest, Municipality of Cajidiocani and on the South and Wes-t by unclassified public forest, Municipality of San Fernando. Beginning on point mark "1" on the map of Mt. Guiting-Guiting Natural Park, N 21 degrees 50'W, 10,275.25 meters from BLIM No.1 of San Fernando, thence: N 71.18 W N 37.30 W N 20.58 E N 33.29 W N 66.22 W Due North N 89.01 W S 52.03 W N "74.16 W S 68.02 W N 82.08 W S 30.03 W N 58.28 W 2,519.2 m. to point 2 957.9 m. to point 3 852.8 m. to point 4- 917.5 m. to point 5 1,33.1 m. to point 6 64.9 m. to point 7 595.1 m. to point 8 504.1 m. to point 9 453.0 m. to point 10 706.1 m. to point 11 1,917.2 m. to point 12 1,210.2 m. to point 13 1,095.0 m. to point 14 S 51.03 W N 60.27 W N 37.30 W N 14.14 W N 60.57 E S 77.48 E S 29.33 E N 83.54 E N 47.57 E N 81.59 E N 53.57 E N 77.59 E S 25.36 E N 58.57 E N 88.00 E N 69.58 E N 84.59 E N 24.58 E N 19.58 E N 72.58 E N 5.59 E N 31.57 E N 60.57 E N 86.00 E S 57.32 E S 59.33 E S 26.36 E S 55.31 E S 80.51 E S 58.32 E S 16.43 E S 2.57 E S 57.32 E S 35.30 E S 30.32 E S 34.03 W S 7.01 W S 37.03 W S 11.01 W S 7.52 E N 58.57 E S 70.41 E S 14.01 W S 33.31 E S 27.02 W S 19.41 E S 40.03 W 1,079.2 ffi. 894.0 ffi. 868.6 ffi. 2,035.5 ffi. 1,723.6 ffi. 1,635.1 ffi. 622.1 ffi. 792.3 ffi. 1,387.4 ffi. 1,237.8 ffi. 891.8 ffi. 881.4 ffi. 924.1 ffi. 842.1 ffi. 455.5 ffi. 891.4 ffi. 1,119.0 ffi. 1,269.2 ffi. 872.7 ffi. 851.7 ffi. 853.0 ffi. 862.5 ffi. 247.7 ffi. 475.3 ffi. 248.8 ffi. 746.1 ffi. 753.3 ffi. 647.3 ffi. 693.4 ffi. 1,014.9 ffi. 1,348.3 ffi. 735.2 ffi. 796.2 ffi. 1,022.0 ffi. 1,103.8 ffi. 1,129.7 ffi. 1,713.9 ffi. 948.2 ffi. 544.1 ffi. 1,108.2 ffi. 594.4 ffi. 892.9 ffi. 846.2 ffi. 1,333.2 ffi. 705.1 ffi. 1,398.3 ffi. 907.2 ffi. 2 to point 15 to point 16 to point 17 to point 18 to point 19 to point 20 to point 21 to point 22 to point 23 to point 24 to po'nt 25 to point 26 to point 27 to point 28 to point 29 to point 30 to point 31 to point 32 to point 33 to point 34 to point 35 to point 36 to point 37 to point 38 to point 39 to point 40 to point 41 to point 42 to point 43 to point 44 to point 45 to point 46 to point 47 to point 48 to point 49 to point 50 to point 51 to point 52 to point 53 to point 54 to point 55 to point 56 to point 57 to point 58 to point 59 to point 60 to point 61 3 S 25.36 E S 34.03 W Due South S 19.02 W S 24.32 W S 25.02 W Due South S 1.60 W S 42.03 W S 77.01 W S 80.01 W N 83.27 W N 38.30 W N 83.07 W N 31.28 W N 1.30 E N 05.59 E N 52.30 W N 02.02 W N 24.28 E N 49.57 E N 35.57 E N 65.58 E N 12.12 W N 15-.58 E N 29.27 W N 32.57 E N 70.19 W S 56.03 W N 30.27 W N 56.26 W N 29.27 W N 51.51 E 773.1 ffi. to point 62 1,310.3 ffi. to point 63 200.0 ffi. to point 64 210.0 ffi. to point 65 403.1 ffi. to point 66 403.1 ffi. to point 67 403.1 ffi. to point 68 433.1 ffi. to point 69 403.1 ffi. to point 70 313.0 ffi. to point 71 424.8 ffi. to point 72 312.9 ffi. to po~nt 73 649.1 ffi. to point 74 656.2 ffi. to point 75 348.9 ffi. to point 76 347.1 ffi. to point 77 272.7 ffi. to point 78 576.7 ffi. to point 79 198.4 ffi. to point 80 485.9 m. to point 81 485.5 m. to point 82 475.8 m. to point 83 272.4 m. to point 84 238.2 m. to point 85 1,170.2 ffi. to point 86 677.4 ffi. to point 87 327.1 ffi. to point 88 1,672.8 m. to point 89 2,180.0 m. to !)oint 90 2,341.5 m. to point 91 1,265.3 m. to point 92 1,095.7 m. to point 93 1,800.0 ffi. to point 1 Containing an approximate area of 15,265.48 hectares as Protected Area. The said area shall be known as "Mount Guiting-GuitingNatural Park'! and shall be under the Natural Park category of the NIPAS Act (R.A. 7586). It shall remain under the control and administration of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in cooperation with the local government units and concerned government and non-governmentorganizations. 4 The primar:y ,purpose for the establishment of the;terrestrial reserve is to protect and conserve, on a sustainable basis, the unique and diverse terrestrial habitats and species found therein from destructive humanactivities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be..afflxed. Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of February in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundreaand ninety six. By the Pr PMS LI BRARY Receiv::d MAR 1 5 1996 ~ Date P .TORRES ~ecutive Secretary