Proclamation No. 896, s. 1996

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 896, October 24, 1996 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 677 DATED DECEMBER 14, 1990 BY DECLARING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN COVERING KITANGLAD RANGE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TALAKAG, BAUNGON, LIBONA, MANOLO FORTICH, SUMILAO, IMPASUG-ONG, MALAYBALAY, AND LANTAPAN, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON AS PROTECTED AREA UNDER THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL PARK AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE

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 set aside and declare certain parcels of land of the public domain covering Mt. Kitanglad Range situated in the Municipalities of Talakag, Baungon, Libona, Manolo Fortich, Sumilao, Impasug-ong, Malaybalay, and Lantapan, all in the Province of Bukidnon, subject to prior valid private rights, if any, as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park and its peripheral areas as Buffer Zone, subject to ground verification.

The technical descriptions provided hereunder is based on a table survey and therefore subject to ground survey and verification to be conducted by the DENR, for which additional funds are to be requested for the purpose from the Department of Budget and Management.

The Natural Park begins at corner marked “1” on the plan identical to junction Alanib River and Alanib Creek

Thence	S 66° W	2200 m.	to point 2;
Thence	S 85° W	2350 m.	to point 3;
Thence	N 66° W	2550 m.	to point 4;
Thence	S 65° W	1375 m.	to point 5;
Thence	S 38° W	2135 m.	to point 6;
Thence	S 80° W	1600 m.	to point 7;
Thence	N 42° W	1425 m.	to point 8;
Thence	N 12° W	1540 m.	to point 9;
Thence	S 80° W	1765 m.	to point 10;
Thence	S 40° W	1250 m.	to point 11;
Thence	N 58° W	4550 m.	to point 12;
Thence	N 66° W	3350 m.	to point 13;
Thence	N 88° W	1760 m.	to point 14;
Thence	N 11° W	1010 m.	to point 15;
Thence	N 79° E	2000 m.	to point 16;
Thence	Due, N	670 m.	to point 17;
Thence	N 85° W	950 m.	to point 18;
Thence	N 51° W	1960 m.	to point 19;
Thence	N 26° W	1920 m.	to point 20;
Thence	N 84° E	3100 m.	to point 21;
Thence	N 37° W	4180 m.	to point 22;
Thence	S 83° E	4560 m.	to point 23;
Thence	S 50° E	1500 m.	to point 24;
Thence	N 63° E	1375 m	to point 25;
Thence	N 30° W	1340 m.	to point 26;
Thence	N 30° E	1700 m.	to point 27;
Thence	S 64° E	2726 m.	to point 28;
Thence	S 53° E	3050 m.	to point 29;
Thence	N 08° E	2400 m.	to point 30;
Thence	S 18° E	1800 m.	to point 31;
Thence	S 62° E	1300 m.	to point 32;
Thence	S 17° W	1480 m.	to point 33;
Thence	S 73° E	2475 m.	to point 34;
Thence	N 20° E	1925 m.	to point 35;
Thence	N 83° E	2075 m.	to point 36;
Thence	S 68° E	1320 m.	to point 37;
Thence	N 57° E	2485 m.	to point 38;
Thence	S 31° E	1485 m.	to point 39;
Thence	S 61° E	2285 m	to point 40;
Thence	S 84° E	1100 m.	to point 41;
Thence	N 80° E	1425 m.	to point 42;
Thence	S 08° W	2475 m.	to point 43;
Thence	N 64° E	2365 m.	to point 44;
Thence	S 03° E	1540 m.	to point 45;
Thence	S 68° E	1805 m.	to point 46;
Thence	S 43° E	1820 m.	to point 47;
Thence	S 36° W	2940 m.	to point 48;
Thence	S 04° E	1950 m.	to point 49;
Thence	S 50° W	1180 m.	to point 50;
Thence	S 81° W	1100 m.	to point 51;
Thence	S 65° W	1675 m.	to point 52;
Thence	N 74° W	1675 m.	to point 53;
Thence	S 50° W	845 m.	to point 54;
Thence	N 26° W	1175 m.	to point 1.

The Buffer Zone begins at the corner marked “1” on the plan identical to junction Tumalaong River and Panukalan Creek

Thence	S 80° E	1050 m.	to point 2;
Thence	N 55° E	3150 m.	to point 3;
Thence	N 30° E	880 m.	to point 4;
Thence	S 59° E	1950 m.	to point 5;
Thence	N 89° E	4470 m.	to point 6;
Thence	S 16° W	1070 m.	to point 7;
Thence	S 33° E	2825 m.	to point 8;
Thence	N 15° E	1000 m.	to point 9;
Thence	S 53° E	1100 m.	to point 10;
Thence	S 07° E	1900 m.	to point 11;
Thence	N 86° E	450 m.	to point 12;
Thence	N 25° E	1490 m.	to point 13;
Thence	N 70° E	2250 m.	to point 14;
Thence	S 47° E	1065 m.	to point 15;
Thence	S 81° E	950 m.	to point 16;
Thence	N 56° E	2150 m.	to point 17;
Thence	Due E,	1085 m.	to point 18;
Thence	S 35° E	950 m.	to point 19;
Thence	S 73° E	100 m.	to point 20;
Thence	S 86° E	2810 m.	to point 21;
Thence	S 12° E	880 m.	to point 22;
Thence	S 20° W	1435 m.	to point 23;
Thence	N 50° E	1800 m.	to point 24;
Thence	S 20° E	1550 m.	to point 25;
Thence	N 75° E	1645 m.	to point 26;
Thence	S 34° E	2825 m.	to point 27;
Thence	S 41° E	2976 m.	to point 28;
Thence	S 08° E	1450 m.	to point 29;
Thence	S 52° E	1035 m.	to point 30;
Thence	S 10° W	2185 m.	to point 31;
Thence	S 48° W	930 m.	to point 32;
Thence	S 78° W	3000 m.	to point 33;
Thence	N 08° W	1075 m.	to point 34;
Thence	Due W	2620 m.	to point 35;
Thence	N 87° W	3460 m.	to point 36;
Thence	S 80° W	4735 m.	to point 37;
Thence	S 77° W	2975 m.	to point 38;
Thence	N 76° W	3100 m.	to point 39;
Thence	N 10° W	1300 m.	to point 40;
Thence	N 70° W	550 m.	to point 41;
Thence	S 45° W	780 m.	to point 42;
Thence	S 83° W	1775 m.	to point 43;
Thence	N 53° W	2125 m.	to point 44;
Thence	N 48° W	1900 m.	to point 45;
Thence	N 70° W	1700 m.	to point 46;
Thence	S 85° W	3120 m.	to point 47;
Thence	N 40° W	1200 m.	to point 48;
Thence	N 22° W	1500 m.	to point 49;
Thence	N 54° W	1225 m.	to point 50;
Thence	N 07° E	2075 m.	to point 51;
Thence	N 16° W	2580 m.	to point 52;
Thence	S 82° E	3175 m.	to point 53;
Thence	N 05° W	1250 m.	to point 54;
Thence	N 36° W	2340 m.	to point 55;
Thence	N 77° E	3105 m.	to point 1.

Containing an approximate area of 29,716.0 hectares as Natural Park and 10,460.0 as Buffer Zone.

It shall be known as the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park and its peripheral area as Buffer Zone. These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be administered by the Protected Area Management Board as constituted pursuant to RA 7586 otherwise known as the NIPAS Act of 1992 and its implementing rules and regulations.

The purpose for the establishment of the Natural Park is to protect and conserve the ecological, biological, scientific and educational features of the area. The peripheral Buffer Zone is established to serve as an extra layer of protection for the, Park and certain areas thereof as sites for livelihood projects and sustainable resource utilization.

Insofar as the rules and regulations over national parks are consistent with the provisions of the NIPAS Act, they shall continue to apply until Congress shall otherwise declare. All other applicable laws shall remain in full force and effect.

The DENR shall prioritize the implementation of the General Management Planning Strategy (GMPS), boundary relocation and the appointment of the Protected Area Staff in the area covered.

A person qualifying for a tenured migrant status as of the effectivity of the NIPAS Act shall be eligible to become a steward of a portion of land within the appropriate management zones of the protected area, and from which he may derive subsistence.

The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) appointed by the Secretary shall perform such powers and duties as specified in the NIPAS Act and as delegated to it by the Secretary under such Act. All decisions made pursuant to these rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of acts of a final PAMB under the NIPAS Act.

Proclamation No. 677, dated December 14, 1990 is hereby amended accordingly

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 24th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary