MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1315, June 27, 2007 ]

DECLARING MTS. PALAY-PALAY MATAAS-NA-GULOD NATIONAL PARK, SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TERNATE AND MARAGONDON, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AND MUNICIPALITY OF NASUGBU, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AS PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO R.A. NO. 7586, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NIPAS ACT OF 1992, WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS MTS. PALAY-PALAY MATAAS-NA-GULOD PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL - ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Mts. Palay-Palay Mataas-Na-Gulod National Park, situated in the Municipalities of Ternate and Maragondon, Province of Cavite, and Municipality of Nasugbu, Province of Batangas, as Protected Area, which shall be known as Mts. Palay-Palay Mataas-Na-Gulod Protected Landscape, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of indigenous peoples as provided for in R.A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order No. 93-02, and other related rules and regulations, if any there be, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. RO4A-8.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Beginning at a point marked “1” which is S 80° 40' W, 4,423.77 meters from BLLM No. 1, Psc-21 with geographic coordinates of 14° 16? 58.432' North Latitude and 120° 51? 49.227' East Longitude;

Thence S 89° 26' E 1700.70 meters to corner 2;
Thence S 00° 34' W 8703.18 meters to corner 3;
Thence N 89° 26' W 7403.03 meters to corner 4;
Thence N 03° 46' E 2741.39 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 67° 33' E 677.94 meters to corner 6;
Thence S 77° 07' E 1781.61 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 28° 13' E 2218.71 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 28° 13' E 445.34 meters to corner 9;
Thence N 28° 13' E 64.85 meters to corner 10;
Thence N 28° 13' E 400.14 meters to corner 11;
Thence N 28° 13' E 400.52 meters to corner 12;
Thence N 28° 13' E 964.48 meters to corner 13;
Thence N 28° 13' E 1165.66 meters to corner 14;
Thence N 28° 13' E 515.67 meters to corner 15;
Thence N 28° 13' E 96.73 meters to corner 16;
Thence N 28° 13' E 22.71 meters to corner 17;
Thence N 28° 13' E 144.75 meters to corner 18;
Thence N 28° 13' E 413.10 meters to corner 1,

the point of beginning containing an area of THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE AND 13/100 (3,973.13) hectares subject to actual ground survey and delineation.1aшphi1

The Mts. Palay-Palay Mataas-Na-Gulod Protected Landscape 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.

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 27th day of June in the Year of the Lord, Two Thousand and Seven.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary


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