MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 1249, March 6, 2007 ]
DECLARING THE AREA COVERED BY THE MT. BALATUKAN RANGE SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CLAVERIA, BALINGASAG, MEDINA, AND THE CITY OF GINGOOG, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONES, PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS MT. BALATUKAN RANGE NATURAL PARK
Upon 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 the area covered by Mt. Balatukan Range consisting of a parcel of land situated in the Municipalities of Claveria, Medina and Balingasag and the City of Gingoog, Province of Misamis Oriental, as a Protected Area under the category of NATURAL PARK and its peripheral areas as a Buffer Zone subject to private rights, if any there be, and without prejudice to the rights of the Indigenous Peoples as provided for in R.A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02 and other related rules and regulations, and particularly described in the DENR NIPAS Map R10-8 as follows:
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS
Beginning at a corner marked “1” is located at 124° 5721' E and 8° 4735' N near the junction of Kihangad River & a branch creek S 75° 2245' E, 950.79 m.
| Thence N 76° 48W |
1,683.50 m to corner 2; |
| Thence N 81° 36W |
1,620.90 m to corner 3; |
| Thence N 30° 20W |
2,253.40 m to corner 4; |
| Thence N 62° 05W |
1,667.00 m to corner 5; |
| Thence N 34° 40E |
2,012.90 m to corner 6; |
| Thence N 23° 26E |
1,253.60 m to corner 7; |
| Thence N 89° 01E |
2,227.20 m to corner 8; |
| Thence S 84° 30E |
933.50 m to corner 9; |
| Thence S 85° 28E |
1,791.40 m to corner 10; |
| Thence S 70° 38E |
1,889.60 m to corner 11; |
| Thence N 87° 44E |
647.80 m to corner 12; |
| Thence S 18° 42E |
356.00 m to corner 13; |
| Thence S 15° 45W |
397.20 m to corner 14; |
| Thence S 03° 03E |
1,274.60 m to corner 15; |
| Thence S 18° 39E |
1,790.40 m to corner 16; |
| Thence S 71° 27E |
1,348.60 m to corner 17; |
| Thence N 69° 30E |
696.20 m to corner 18; |
| Thence S 78° 47E |
748.20 m to corner 19; |
| Thence N 84° 32E |
647.80 m to corner 20; |
| Thence S 08° 17E |
662.50 m to corner 21; |
| Thence S 36° 59E |
2,238.10 m to corner 22; |
| Thence S 39° 43E |
1,335.30 m to corner 23; |
| Thence S 39° 37E |
931.80 m to corner 24; |
| Thence S 35° 20W |
407.80 m to corner 25; |
| Thence S 71° 44W |
1,266.90 m to corner 26; |
| Thence S 40° 40W |
2,381.90 m to corner 27; |
| Thence N 65° 10W |
1,070.00 m to corner 28; |
| Thence N 49° 50W |
1,800.00 m to corner 29; |
| Thence N 76° 00W |
1,450.00 m to corner 30; |
| Thence N 58° 12W |
2,847.17 m to corner 31; |
| Thence N 76° 25W |
1,234.54 m to corner 32; |
| Thence N 10° 20E |
1,920.00 m to corner 1; the |
point of beginning containing an area of EIGHT THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE (8,423) hectares, more or less.1aшphi1
The Buffer Zone of the Mt. Balatukan Range Natural Park begins at corner “1” is located at 124° 5700' E and 8° 4722' N, near the junction of Kihangad river & a branch creek N 66° 4805' W, 456.94 m;
| Thence N 82° 16W |
3,266.70 m to corner 2; |
| Thence N 31° 13W |
2,428.20 m to corner 3; |
| Thence N 60° 04W |
1,820.10 m to corner 4; |
| Thence N 33° 28E |
2,178.00 m to corner 5; |
| Thence N 26° 45E |
1,428.50 m to corner 6; |
| Thence N 86° 02E |
1,725.70 m to corner 7; |
| Thence N 69° 53E |
1,962.40 m to corner 8; |
| Thence S 64° 44E |
2,046.20 m to corner 9; |
| Thence S 86° 49E |
721.80 m to corner 10; |
| Thence S 59° 11E |
1,212.20 m to corner 11; |
| Thence Due East |
720.70 m to corner 12; |
| Thence S 31° 51E |
872.60 m to corner 13; |
| Thence S 07° 35W |
303.20 m to corner 14; |
| Thence S 27° 42W |
429.90 m to corner 15; |
| Thence S 03° 01W |
1,143.60 m to corner 16; |
| Thence S 18° 02E |
1,609.20 m to corner 17; |
| Thence S 78° 25E |
899.10 m to corner 18; |
| Thence N 31° 49E |
318.70 m to corner 19; |
| Thence S 77° 57E |
1,248.60 m to corner 20; |
| Thence 82° 30E |
1,114.20 m to corner 21; |
| Thence S 04° 45W |
965.00 m to corner 22; |
| Thence S 34° 37E |
2,361.40 m to corner 23; |
| Thence S 31° 14E |
1,157.00 m to corner 24; |
| Thence S 37° 20E |
1,483.50 m to corner 25; |
| Thence S 56° 48W |
692.70 m to corner 26; |
| Thence S 15° 17E |
341.40 m to corner 27; |
| Thence S 71° 25W |
1,139.60 m to corner 28; |
| Thence S 31° 28E |
420.10 m to corner 29; |
| Thence S 34° 50W |
84.30 m to corner 30; |
| Thence S 24° 55E |
94.20 m to corner 31; |
| Thence S 71° 14W |
1,440.70 m to corner 32; |
| Thence N 61° 59W |
1,840.70 m to corner 33; |
| Thence N 50° 32W |
1,713.10 m to corner 34; |
| Thence N 71° 06W |
1,313.60 m to corner 35; |
| Thence N 52° 44W |
2,890.06 m to corner 36; |
| Thence N 73° 02W |
1,885.14 m to corner 37; |
| Thence N 19° 31E |
1,420.60 m to corner 1; the |
point of beginning, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO (1,222) hectares, more or less.
The boundaries of the Natural Park and its buffer zone shall be subject to further ground survey and delineation.
The Natural Park 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 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
All contracts, permits or licenses for the extraction or utilization of natural resources already existing prior to this Proclamation shall, subject to national interest, be respected until their expiration.
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 6th day of March in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary
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