MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ PROCLAMATION NO. 1607, August 29, 2008 ]
DECLARING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF LAND SITUATED IN BARANGAYS MANGAN VACA, ANINGWAY-SACATIHAN, MUNICIPALITY OF SUBIC, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, AS MANGAN VACA WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM TO INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTIVE LAND USE PRACTICES
Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby establish as MANGAN VACA WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE, a parcel of land situated at Barangays' Mangan Vaca, Aningway-Sacatihan, Municipality of Subic, Province of Zambales, and to withdraw from entry, sale, disposition or settlement subject to prior private rights if any there be, for purposes of protecting, maintaining or improving its water yield and providing a restraining mechanism to inappropriate forest exploitation and disruptive land use practices more particularly described in the Map as follows:
"Beginning at a point marked '1' on the map North 30° 40' East, 5626.23 meters from BLLM No. 1, Subic Cadastre 547-D;
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07° 35' East, |
117.66 meters |
to corner 2; |
| thence |
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44° 11' East, |
107.50 meters |
to corner 3; |
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45° 43' East, |
163.38 meters |
to corner 4; |
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89° 36' East, |
231.13 meters |
to corner 5; |
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63° 40' East, |
326.46 meters |
to corner 6; |
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17° 02' East |
126.51 meters |
to corner 7; |
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39° 28' East |
152.73 meters |
to corner 8; |
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44° 43' East |
155.73 meters |
to corner 9; |
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28° 03' East |
199.32 meters |
to corner 10; |
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12° 58' East |
330.89 meters |
to corner 11; |
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23° 46' East |
185.94 meters |
to corner 12; |
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70° 27' East |
224.44 meters |
to corner 13; |
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81° 00' East |
238.48 meters |
to corner 14; |
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79° 50' East |
190.02 meters |
to corner 15; |
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74° 13' East |
203.19 meters |
to corner 16; |
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81° 17' East |
189.50 meters |
to corner 17; |
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05° 32' West |
218.11 meters |
to corner 18; |
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21° 47' West |
212.50 meters |
to corner 19; |
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10° 37' West |
288.40 meters |
to corner 20; |
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04° 56' West |
202.62 meters | ℒαwρhi৷
to corner 21; |
| thence |
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19° 57' West |
376.07 meters |
to corner 22; |
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10° 41' West |
323.36 meters |
to corner 23; |
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17° 25' West |
160.07 meters |
to corner 24; |
| thence |
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29° 52' East |
140.50 meters |
to comer 25; |
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18° 34' East |
148.58 meters |
to corner 26; |
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10° 17' East |
88.88 meters |
to corner 27; |
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66° 30' West |
638.43 meters |
to corner 28; |
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88° 41' West |
441.38 meters |
to corner 29; |
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84° 30' West |
103.21 meters |
to corner 30; |
thence Due West 135.00 meters to corner 31;
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84° 05' West |
106.56 meters |
to corner 32; |
| thence |
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63° 14' West |
131.03 meters |
to corner 33; |
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79° 54' West |
148.29 meters |
to corner 34; |
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59° 10' West |
156.06 meters |
to comer 35; |
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27° 32' West |
186.06 meters |
to corner 36; |
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10° 00' West |
202.03 meters |
to corner 37; |
| thence |
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33° 00' West |
129.12 meters |
to corner of beginning |
containing an area three hundred hectares (300.0 has) more or less.ℒαwρhi৷ The foregoing technical description correspondingly modifies Proclamation No. 245, dated January 18, 1956, establishing the Southern Zambales Forest Reserve."
The Watershed Reservation shall be under the administration and management of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in coordination with the Local Government of Subic, the Subic Water District and other stakeholders with the objective of maintaining the area as source of water for domestic and other uses. The production and conservation of water being of primary importance, all other uses of the forest shall be subordinated to that purpose. The Organized Watershed Management Council shall serve as the policy making body in the management of said Watershed whose membership may be expanded to include representatives of major stakeholders.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set may hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila this 29th day of August, in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eight.
(Sgd.) GLORIA M. ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary
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