Proclamation No. 871, s. 1992

aes MALACANANG Bi ry MANILA . Ti 2 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 871

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 THE PUBLIC. DOMAIN LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF DITSAAN-RAMAIN, BUBONG, BUADIPUSO-BUNTONG, MOLUNDO, TARAKA, MAGUING, TAMPARAN, LUMBA- BAYABAO, POONA-BAYABAO, MASIU, BUTEG, 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

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, Buteg, 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 point "1" on the map is a point latitude 8 degrees 03 minutes and 31.31 seconds and longitude 124 degrees 15 minutes and 58.19 seconds at the bank of Agus River:

THENCE N 43°00' E 3,300 meters to corner 2; THENCE S 37930'E 5,080 meters to corner 3; THENCE S 58°15'E 1,980 meters to corner 4;

THENCE § 11°15'E 2,050 meters to corner 5;

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THENCE S 27930'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 88930'E 2,180 meters to corner 9; THENCE S 64°00' B 4,800 meters to corner 10; THENCE S 61930'E 5,500 meters to corner 11; THENCE S 76°00'E 3,300 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 280°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 75930'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 11900' W 4,150 meters to corner 21; THENCE S 43°00'E 3,000 meters to corner 22; THENCE S_ 31930' W 2,200 meters to corner 23; THENCE S_ 24°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_ 51930' 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_ 849°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;

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THENCE N_ 56°30' E 3,850 meters to corner 46; THENCE S_ 71930'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 ‘599°30' E 2,500 meters to corner 51; THENCE. N_ 50°00' E 3,300 meters to corner 52; THENCE, N_ 31900' E 3,900 meters to corner 53; bo 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.

By the President:

LIN M. DRILON utive Secretary