[ PROCLAMATION NO. 912, September 06, 2005 ]
DECLARING THE MATI WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MATI, PROVINCE OF DAVAO ORIENTAL AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE PURSUANT TO RA 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MATI PROTECTED LANDSCAPE
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Mati Watershed Forest Reserve, situated in the Municipality of Mati, Province of Davao Oriental as a Protected Area under the category of PROTECTED LANDSCAPE and its peripheral area as Buffer Zone, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous peoples as provided for in R.A. 8371, DENR Administrative Order No. 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. R-XI-6.
"The Mati Protected Landscape begins at a point marked "1" on the map and on the ground being identical to corner 8, Block-VII, Project No. 9-A, Alienable or Disposable per L.C. Map 1332, certified on January 19, 1935;
the point of beginning containing an area of NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN AND 26/100 (914.26) HECTARES.
The Buffer Zone of Mati Protected Landscape is bounded on the West, North and East directions from comer 25 to corner 61 by Timberland under Project No. 9-1 and 9-F per L.C. Map 2647 and 2058, respectively, and on the South from corner 1 to corner 25 by Project No. 9-M, Alienable or Disposable per L.C. Map 2953 while the Bitanagan River shall serve as buffer from corner 70 to corner 3 of the protected area. The Buffer Zone of the Protected Area begins at a point marked '1' on the map being identical to corner 4 of Mati Protected Landscape;
Thence S 23°01' E, 99.50 meters to corner 2;
Thence S 70°10' W, 90.30 meters to corner 3;
Thence S 70°10' W, 170.50 meters to corner 4;
Thence S 70°10' W 200.60 meters to corner 5;
Thence S 67°11' W, 170.50 meters to corner 6;
Thence S 18°09' W, 174.30 meters to corner 7;
Thence S 04°02' W, 179.20 meters to corner 8;
Thence S 35°14' W, 229.60 meters to corner 9;
Thence S 03°00' E, 149.30 meters to corner 10;
Thence S 30°13' W, 249.40 meters to corner 11;
Thence S 20°10' E, 224.00 meters to corner 12;
Thence S 10°05' W, 298.70 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 45°15' W, 229.90 meters to corner 14;
Thence S 49°15' W, 270.10 meters to corner 15;
Thence N 74°60 W, 311.30 meters to corner 16;
Thence N 03°60' W, 261.20 meters to corner 17;
Thence N 53°00' W, 251.10 meters to corner 18;
Thence N 52°00' W, 281.20 meters to corner 19;
Thence N 33°00' W, 311.40 meters to corner 20;
Thence N 18°59' W, 221.00 meters to corner 21;
Thence N 17°59' W, 221.00 meters to corner 22;
Thence N 02°60' W, 281.30 meters to corner 23;
Thence N 00'60' W, 211.00 meters to corner 24;
Thence N 36°46' E, 200.30 meters to corner 25;
Thence N 17°59' W, 472.10 meters to corner 26;
Thence N 00°60' W, 211.00 meters to corner 27;
Thence N 41°00' W, 301.30 meters to corner 28;
Thence N 30°47' E, 250.60 meters to corner 29;
Thence N 37°46' E, 280.40 meters to corner 30;
Thence N 31°47' E, 260.60 meters to corner 31;
Thence N 40°45' E, 300.30 meters to corner 32;
Thence Due North 251.20 meters to corner 33;
Thence Due East 199.20 meters to corner 34;
Thence S 44°60' E, 139.40 meters to corner 35;
Thence N 49°45' E, 95.00 meters to corner 36;
Thence N 57°47' E, 219.60 meters to corner 37;
Thence N 42°00' W, 221.00 meters to corner 38;
Thence Due North 211.00 meters to corner 39;
Thence Due East 448.20 meters to corner 40;
Thence N 74°53' E, 149.50 meters to corner 41;
Thence N 79°55' E, 174.30 meters to corner 42;
Thence N 54°46' E, 229.70 meters to corner 43;
Thence N 67°50' E, 518.50 meters to corner 44;
Thence S 43°60' E, 288.70 meters to corner 45;
Thence S 13°00' E, 219.00 meters to corner 46;
Thence S 52°60' E 229.00 meters to corner 47;
Thence S 34°60' E, 209.10 meters to corner 48;
Thence S 81°00' E, 398.40 meters to corner 49;
Thence S 06°03' W, 189.10 meters to corner 50;
Thence S 86°00' E, 74.70 meters to corner 51;
Thence S 12°00' E, 189.10 meters to corner 52;
Thence S 69°01' E, 89.60 meters to corner 53;
Thence S 50°60' E, 338.50 meters to corner 54;
Thence S 24°11' W, 239.20 meters to corner 55;
Thence S 32°13' W, 239.50 meters to corner 56;
Thence S 12°00' E, 617.20 meters to corner 57;
Thence S 63°12' W, 240.50 meters to corner 58;
Thence S 30°13' W, 139.70 meters to corner 59;
Thence S 60°13' W, 601.10 meters to corner 60;
Thence S 52°14' W, 240.20 meters to corner 61;
Thence N 16°59' W, 190.90 meters to corner 62;
Thence N 51°46' E, 144.90 meters to corner 63;
Thence N 59°47' E, 139.70 meters to corner 64;
Thence N 57°47' E, 254.60 meters to corner 65;
Thence N 59°47' E, 219.60 meters to corner 66;
Thence N 29°47' E, 130.30 meters to corner 67;
Thence N 62°47' E, 139.70 meters to corner 68;
Thence N 20°59' W, 120.50 meters to corner 69;
Thence N 11°60' W, 160.70 meters to corner 70;
Thence N 20°59' W, 100.50 meters to corner 71;
Thence N 11°60' W 160.70 meters to corner 72;
Thence N 31°47' E, 280.60 meters to corner 73;
Thence N 23°49' E, 120.40 meters to corner 74;
Thence N 50°58' W, 220.90 meters to corner 75;
Thence N 68°59 W, 200.80 meters to corner 76;
Thence N 11°60' W, 140.60 meters to corner 77;
Thence N 85°60' W, 100.40 meters to corner 78;
Thence N 05°57' E, 140.60 meters to corner 79;
Thence N 80°60' W, 160.70 meters to corner 80;
Thence N 63°58' W, 120.50 meters to corner 81;
Thence N 85°60' W, 120.50 meters to corner 82;
Thence N 34°58' W, 241.10 meters to corner 83;
Thence N 52°58' W, 271.10 meters to corner 84;
Thence N 09°60' W, 150.70 meters to corner 85;
Thence N 12°60' W, 60.30 meters to corner 86;
Thence N 43°58' W, 120.50 meters to corner 87;
Thence S 70°10' W, 120.40 meters to corner 88;
Thence S 68°10' W, 160.50 meters to corner 89;
Thence S 68°10' W, 160.50 meters to corner 90;
Thence S 55°14' W, 240.30 meters to corner 91;
Thence S 80°05' W, 200.80 meters to corner 92;
Thence S 75°07' W, 180.60 meters to corner 93;
Thence Due West 301.20 meters to corner 94;
Thence S 42°02' E, 358.40 meters to corner 95;
Thence S 58°13' W, 399.70 meters to corner 96;
Thence S 50°15 W, 200.10 meters to corner 97;
Thence N 44°58' W, 200.90 meters to corner 98;
Thence Due South 139.40 meters to corner 99;
Thence S 41°15' W, 299.60 meters to corner 100;
Thence S 32°13' W, 299.30 meters to corner 101;
Thence S 38°14' W, 179.80 meters to corner 102;
Thence S 31°13' W, 199.50 meters to corner 103;
Thence S 41°02' E, 239.00 meters to corner 104;
Thence S 01°00' E, 278.60 meters to corner 105;
Thence S 18°01' E, 398.10 meters to corner 106;
Thence S 37°14' W, 199.70 meters to corner 107;
Thence S 01°00' E, 199.00 meters to corner 108;
Thence S 03°00' E, 278.60 meters to corner 109;
Thence S 18°01' E, 228.90 meters to corner 110;
Thence S 19°01' E, 238.80 meters to corner 111;
Thence S 33°02' E, 318.50 meters to corner 112;
Thence S 52°02' E, 278.80 meters to corner 113;
Thence S 53°02' E, 258.90 meters to corner 114;
Thence S 04°00' E, 258.70 meters to corner 115;
Thence S 75°00' E, 318.70 meters to corner 116;
Thence N 48°45' E, 280.00 meters to corner 117;
Thence N 44°45' E, 250.20 meters to corner 118;
Thence N 09°55' E, 281.30 meters to corner 119;
Thence N 19°59' W, 21.20 meters to corner 120;
Thence N 29°47' E, 230.70 meters to corner 121;
Thence N 02°60' W, 160.70 meters to corner 122;
Thence N 34°46' E, 240.50 meters to corner 123;
Thence N 03°58' E, 180.90 meters to corner 124;
Thence N 17°51' E, 180.70 meters to corner 125;
Thence N 66°49' E, 159.60 meters to corner 126;
Thence N 69°50' E, 229.30 meters to corner 127;
Thence N 69°50' E, 149.50 meters to corner 128;
Thence N 69°50' E, 99.70 meters to corner 1,
the point of the beginning containing an area of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND 76/100(135.76) HECTARES.
Any contracts, permits or licenses for the extraction or utilization of natural resources therein already existing prior to this Proclamation shall, subject to national interest, be respected until its expiration.
The Mati PL and its Buffer Zone shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.ℒαwρhi৷
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of September in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Five.
