MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 294, April 23, 2000 ]

DECLARING THE BUENAVISTA WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MULANAY, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, AS A PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS BUENAVISTA PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

Upon 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 Buenavista Watershed Forest Reserve consisting of a parcel of land situated in the Municipality of Mulanay, Province of Quezon as Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous people as provided for in R. A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. RO4A-21.

PARCEL I

For Parcel I, beginning at a corner marked 1 on the map with geographical coordinate of 13° 32? 01.95" North latitude and 122° 26? 06.04" East longitude:

Thence N 37° 30W 491.9 m. to corner 2;
Thence N 46° 00E 109.2 m. to corner 3;
Thence N 31° 00W 182.0 m. to corner 4;
Thence N 09° 00E 252.0 m. to corner 5;
Thence N 01° 00E 132.0 m. to corner 6;
Thence N 38° 00W 73.8 m. to corner 7;
Thence N 76° 00E 552.0 m. to corner 8;
Thence S 63° 00E 352.0 m. to corner 9;
Thence S 65° 00E 257.0 m. to corner 10;
Thence S 28° 00E 712.0 m. to corner 11;
Thence S 77° 00E 232.0 m. to corner 12;
Thence S 09° 00W 92.0 m. to corner 13;
Thence S 16° 00W 197.0 m. to corner 14;
Thence S 51° 30W 522.0 m. to corner 15;
Thence N 03° 30E 142.0 m. to corner 16;
Thence N 46° 00W 297.0 m. to corner 17;
Thence N 80° 00W 307.0 m. to corner 18;
Thence S 83° 01W 342.1 m. to corner 1;

PARCEL II

For Parcel II, beginning at a corner marked 1 on the map with geographical coordinate of 13° 3123.56" North latitude and 122° 25? 50.25" East longitude:

Thence N 02° 00W 197.4 m. to corner 2;
Thence S 78° 00W 215.4 m. to corner 3;
Thence N 76° 00W 310.4 m. to corner 4;
Thence N 56° 00W 185.4 m. to corner 5;
Thence N 61° 00E 125.4 m. to corner 6;
Thence N 47° 00E 225.4 m. to corner 7;
Thence N 44° 00E 221.4 m. to corner 8;
Thence N 53° 00E 257.4 m. to corner 9;
Thence N 49° 30E 145.4 m. to corner 10;
Thence S 78° 00E 275.4 m. to corner 11;
Thence S 53° 00E 288.8 m. to corner 12;
Thence S 61° 00E 275.4 m. to corner 13;
Thence S 41° 00E 291.4 m. to corner 14;
Thence S 41° 30E 255.4 m. to corner 15;
Thence S 55° 00W 137.4 m. to corner 16;
Thence S 65° 00W 235.4 m. to corner 17;
Thence S 79° 00W 225.4 m. to corner 18;
Thence S 84° 30W 193.8 m. to corner 19;
Thence N 88° 30W 327.9 m. to corner 20;
Thence N 66° 10W 130.4 m. to corner 1;

PARCEL III

And for Parcel No. III, beginning at corner 1 on the map with a geographical coordinates of 13° 3132.02" North latitude and 122° 2648.36" East longitude:

Thence N 21° 14W 216.9 m. to corner 2;
Thence N 40° 20W 207.7 m. to corner 3;
Thence N 26° 46W 128.3 m. to corner 4;
Thence S 88° 59E 386.5 m. to corner 5;
Thence S 73° 39E 241.2 m. to corner 6;
Thence S 53° 11E 292.3 m. to corner 7;
Thence S 01° 29E 218.4 m. to corner 8;
Thence S 73° 12W 434.0 m. to corner 9;
Thence N 55° 19W 208.4 m. to corner 1;

The total aggregate area of Parcels I, II and III is Two Hundred Eighty-Four and 27/100 (284.27) Hectares, subject to actual ground survey.1aшphi1

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 and its implementing rules and regulations.

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


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