Republic Act No. 9237 (RA 9237) — An Act Establishing Mount Apo Located in the Municipalities of Magpet and Makilala and City of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, in the Municipalities of Bansalan and Sta. Cruz and City of Digos, Province of Davao Del Sur, and in the City of Davao, as a Protected Area Under the Category of Natural Park and Its Peripheral Areas as Buffer Zones, Providing for Its Management, and for Other Purposes
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INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT ANCESTRAL DOMAIN AND TENURED MIGRANTS PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES MOUNT APO PROTECTED AREA FUNDS EXISTING FACILITIES, UTILIZATION OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, AND PARTNERSHIP AMONG GOVERNMENT, NON-GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATIONS APPROPRIATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Title.
SECTION 1. Title. — This Act shall be known as the Mount Apo Protected Area Act of 2003.
Declaration of Policy.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — Considering Mt. Apo's aesthetic, economic, cultural, and ecological importance and its unique biological resources, it is hereby declared the policy of the State to secure its protection and conservation and those of the indigenous peoples and communities residing therein as well as their culture and way of life. In so doing, the State shall: (a) ensure the protection and conservation of biodiversity in Mt. Apo through sustainable and participatory development; (b) advance, respect, and protect the customs and interests of its legitimate inhabitants, migrants, and indigenous peoples alike; and (c) foster partnership among government, non-government organizations, and people's organizations.
Definition of Terms.
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. — "Ancestral domain/ancestral lands" refers to all areas generally belonging to Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs), subject to property or prior rights within the ancestral domains already existing and vested upon the effectivity of Republic Act No. 8371 or the Indigenous People's Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997, comprising lands, inland waters, and natural resources therein held under a claim of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs, by themselves or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, continuously to the present except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force, deceit, stealth, or as a consequence of government projects or any other voluntary dealings entered into by government and private individuals/corporations, and which are necessary to ensure their economic, social and cultural welfare. It shall include ancestral lands, forests, pasture, residential, agricultural, and other lands individually owned whether alienable and disposable or otherwise, hunting grounds, burial grounds, worship areas, bodies of water, mineral and other natural resources, and lands which may no longer be exclusively occupied by ICCs/IPs but from which they traditionally had access to for their subsistence and traditional activities, particularly the home ranges of ICCs/IPs who are still nomadic and/or shifting cultivators. "Biodiversity" refers to the variety and variability among all living organisms and the ecological complex in which they occur. "Buffer zones" refers to areas outside the boundaries of and immediately adjacent to designated protected areas pursuant to Section 8 of Republic Act No. 7586 or the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992, that need special development and control in order to provide an extra layer around the protected area where restrictions may apply and managed according to the management plan and applicable rules and regulations issued as provided for in this Act and related statutes. "By-products" refers to any part taken from wild species such as hides, antlers, feathers, fur, teeth, claws, internal organs, eggs, roots, trunk, branches, leaves, stems, flowers, bark, including their derivatives such as blood, oils, resin, gum, seed, spores, pollen, honey, beeswax, and the like. "Collection or collecting" refers to the act of gathering or harvesting wild flora and fauna species and its by-products or derivatives. "Commercial facilities" refers to the conduct of business by natural or artificial persons with the purpose of securing an economic or resource surplus not needed for immediate subsistence. "Conservation" refers to the optimum utilization and management of natural resources in order to meet the needs and aspirations of the present and the future. "Ecosystem" refers to the community of plants and animals, their physical environment, and the interactions between them. "Environmental Impact Assessment" refers to the Environment Impact Assessment System established under Presidential Decree No. 1586 or supervening legislation. "Exotic species" refers to species or subspecies which do not naturally occur within the country or within the biogeographic region of the Philippines in which the protected area is situated. "Fish/aquatic animals/products" refers to fishes and other aquatic animals such as crustaceans, echinoderms, marine animals, and all other species of aquatic flora and fauna and all other products of aquatic living resources in any form. "Fishing" refers to the taking of the fish, aquatic products or any aquatic flora and fauna from their wild habitat, with or without the use of fishing vessels. "Forest products" refers to timber, pulpwood, firewood, bark, tree top, resin, gum, wood, lumber, oil, honey, beeswax, nipa, rattan, or other forest growth such as grass, shrub, and flowering plant, the associated water, fish, game, scenic, historical, recreational, and geologic resources in forest lands. "Indigenous Cultural, Communities" refers to the ICCs/IPs as defined in the IPRA. Specifically in the Mt. Apo Natural Park, the ICCs/IPs are known to be composed of the Bagobo and its sub-tribes namely the Ubo, Jangan, and Tagabawa or Bawa who reside within or are substantially dependent upon the protected area. "Legitimate private rights" refers to vested prior rights acquired in accordance with existing laws without taint of deceit, stealth, fraud or bad faith. "Management Plan" refers to the fundamental plan, strategy and/or scheme which shall guide all activities relating to the Mt. Apo Natural Park in order to attain the objectives of this Act as stated in Section 2 hereof. "Non-government organizations" refers to nonstock, nonprofit organizations with qualifications and expertise and engaged in activities concerning community organizing and development or resource and environmental conservation, management and protection related to the protected area. "People's organization" refers to a group of people, which may be an association, cooperative, federation, or aggrupation of individuals or groups, with an identifiable structure of decision making and accountability, established to undertake collective action to address community concerns and needs in relation to the protected area. "Protected area" refers to identified portions of land and water set aside by reason of their unique physical and biological significance, managed to enhance biological diversity and protected against destructive human exploitation. "Secretary" refers to the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). "Stakeholders" refers to individuals, communities, organizations or aggrupation of specific interests or sectors which have particular interest in the achievement of the objective of this Act or dependence, access, or utilization of resources within the protected area such as but not limited to the local government units, people's organizations, non-government organizations, indigenous cultural communities, the DENR, and other concerned government agencies. "Sustainability or sustainable" refers to the use of components of biological diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the decline in the species used, thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of the present and future Filipino generations. "Tenured migrants" refers to individuals and households who have actually and continuously occupied public lands which are not alienable and disposable within the protected area before June 1, 1987 and are substantially dependent on the protected area for their livelihood. "Timber" refers to wood having an average diameter of at least fifteen (15) centimeters and a length of at least one and a half (1.5) meter in its unaltered state, or wood regardless of size, sawn or hewn on two or more sides usually referred to as flitch and all mangrove.
Scope.
SEC. 4. Scope. — The Mt. Apo Natural Park shall cover certain parcels of lands situated in the municipalities of Magpet and Makilala and City of Kidapawan in the Province of Cotabato; municipalities of Bansalan and Sta. Cruz and City of Digos in the Province of Davao del Sur, and in the City of Davao. The boundaries of the Mt. Apo Natural Park, containing an area of 549,744,724.32 square meters, more or less, subject to ground demarcation are as follows: Beginning at a point marked "1" on the map and on the ground; being N 45º36' W about 4,044.877 meters from BCGS monument APO B.L. 29E 1953; CORNER LINE BEARING DISTANCE CORNER MONUMENT REFERENCE OR LOCATION 1 N 54°12' E 543.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On ridge of Mt. 2 Conc. Mon. Talomo range. 2 2 S 56°38' E 5,595.16 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Talomo 3 Conc. Mon. River. 3 3 S 4°33' E 1,852.29 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Junction of Talomo 4 Conc. Mon. River & Taguy Cr. 4 4 S 41°18' W 229.50 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Taguy Cr. 5 Conc. Mon. 5 5 S 36°28' E 122.09 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 6 Conc. Mon 6 6 S 40°40' E 515.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 7 Conc. Mon. 7 7 S 48°30' E 338.66 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 8 Conc. Mon. 8 8 N 56°17' E 2,742.27 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Saro River 9 Conc. Mon. 9 9 N 85º53' E 1,745.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Saro River 10 Conc. Mon. 10 10 S 31°47' W 3,166.44 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Junct. of Lipadas 11 Conc. Mon. River & Saro River 11 11 S 22º00' E 475.14 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Lipadas 12 Conc. Mon. River 12 12 N 77°00' E 350.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 13 Conc. Mon. 13 13 S 30º00' E 235.12 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Longon 1 14 Conc. Mon. Creek 14 14 N 63º19' E 1,266.50 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Longon 2 15 Conc. Mon. Creek 15 15 S 66°42' E 504.80 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Junct. of Longon 2 16 Conc. Mon. Cr. & Alano Cr. 16 16 S 53º40' W 968.03 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Tagurano 17 Conc. Mon. Creek 17 17 S 41°47' W 695.66 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On ridge near 18 Conc. Mon. trail 18 18 S 51º28' W 469.85 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Lapuy Creek 19 Conc. Mon. 19 19 S 62º41' W 505.11 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Lapuy Creek 20 Conc. Mon. 20 20 S 50°00' E 213.77 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Lapuy Creek 21 Conc. Mon. 21 21 S 14°00' E 395.50 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 22 Conc. Mon. 22 22 N 72º16' E 280.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Gumate 23 Conc. Mon. Creek 23 23 S 68º59' E 465.05 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Gumate 24 Conc. Mon. Creek 24 24 N 47º06' E 420.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Gumate 25 Conc. Mon. Creek 25 25 S 77º13' E 440.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Gumate 26 Conc. Mon. Creek 26 26 S 05°15' W 340.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Gumate 27 Conc. Mon. Creek 27 27 S 05°15' W 339.64 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 28 Conc. Mon. near Bulakan 28 28 N 73°59' E 455.24 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Walaway 29 Conc. Mon. Creek 29 29 S 84°56' E 817.53 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Walaway 30 Conc. Mon. Creek 30 30 S 70º48' W 1,888.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Junct. of Bato River 31 Conc. Mon. & Walaway Creek 31 31 S 04º00' W 220.55 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Bato River 32 Conc. Mon. 32 32 S 22°00' W 470.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 33 Conc. Mon. 33 33 S 22°00' W 530.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 34 Conc. Mon. 34 34 S 22°00' W 300.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope/side of 35 Conc. Mon. trail 35 35 S 85°00' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 36 Conc. Mon. 36 36 Due South 601.96 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 37 Conc. Mon. 37 37 S 53°28' E 353.22 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. North bank of 38 Conc. Mon. Baracatan River 38 38 S 22º40' W 258.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. North bank of 39 Conc. Mon. Baracatan River 39 39 S 22°40' W 298.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope south of 40 Conc. Mon. Cucob Creek 40 40 S 22º41' W 101.57 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope near 41 Conc. Mon. DENR office bldg. 41 41 S 34°00' E 125.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On bank of gully 42 Conc. Mon. 42 42 S 10º00' W 350.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 43 Conc. Mon. 43 43 S 21°00' W 600.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 44 Conc. Mon. 44 44 S 36°00' W 600.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. North bank of 45 Conc. Mon. Madalambaog Cr. 45 45 N 78º10' W 860.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. North bank of Dolis 46 Conc. Mon. Creek 46 46 S 03°31' W 189.10 meters A point At source of Bidaran 47 Creek 47 47 S 08º32' W 510.52 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 48 48 48 S 37°46' E 2,405.34 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 49 49 49 S 07°57' E 448.82 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 50 50 50 S 52°25' E 479.94 meters A point At bank of Cabarisan 51 Creek 51 51 S 17°25' W 891.71 meters A point At bank of Cabarisan 52 Creek 52 52 S 02º03' E 1,297.30 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 53 W. of Balusong Cr. 53 53 S 75°03' E 954.26 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 54 E. of Balusong Cr. 54 54 N 56º54' E 1,346.63 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 55 55 55 S 67º28' E 1,856.12 meters STAKE On slope of ridge E. 56 of Ligi Creek 56 56 S 15°31' E 1,963.46 meters STAKE On bank of Bunawan 57 Cr. 57 57 S 57°14' E 1,251.26 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 58 58 58 S 31°51' E 2,370.84 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 59 59 59 S 19°04' W 1,626.45 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 60 60 60 S 10°34' E 739.39 meters STAKE On slope of 61 Kabayawa Ridge 61 61 S 43°16' W 2,752.97 meters STAKE On slope of 62 Ridge Patulangon 62 62 N 36º44' W 2,090.86 meters STAKE On slope of Lubo 63 Ridge 63 63 N 64°18' W 457.09 meters STAKE Bank of Latong 64 Creek 64 64 S 83°11' W 892.99 meters STAKE On slope of Luay 65 Ridge 65 65 S 53°45' W 1,566.66 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 66 66 66 S 04°21' W 1,713.10 meters STAKE N. bank of Pilan 67 Creek 67 67 S 89°58' W 1,829.53 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 68 68 68 S 79º40' W 355.08 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 69 69 69 N 34°57' W 1,040.41 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 70 70 70 S 59°05' W 1,180.96 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 71 71 71 N 71°35' W 511.08 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 72 72 72 S 42º59' W 399.11 meters STAKE On bank of Calagan 73 Creek 73 73 S 39°02' W 398.93 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On bank of Calagan 74 Conc. Mon. Creek 74 74 S 22°37' E 1,480.46 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Junct. of Calagan 75 Conc. Mon. Cr. & Ruparan River 75 75 S 12°52' E 1,103.10 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Ruparan 76 Conc. Mon. River 76 76 S 444°46' E 1,166.20 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Ruparan 77 Conc. Mon. River 77 77 S 02º18' W 2,075.31 meters 20 CMX 20 CM. Bank of Ruparan 78 Conc. Mon. River 78 78 S 62º17' W 1,386.05 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Ruparan 79 Conc. Mon. River 79 79 N 49°54' W 1,109.34 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Ruparan 80 Conc. Mon. River 80 80 N 36º01' W 1,216.78 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 81 81 81 N 24º39' W 672.95 meters STAKE On bank of Bidarag 82 Creek 82 82 N 63º53' W 1,223.94 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 83 83 83 N 42°21' W 890.68 meters STAKE On east bank of 84 Calamagan Creek 84 84 N 43º58' W 528.01 meters STAKE On east bank of 85 Napan Creek 85 85 N 86°49' W 903.14 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 86 86 86 S 61º39' W 428.68 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 87 87 87 N 89°34' W 798.06 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 88 88 88 S 52º09' W 502.97 meters STAKE On bank of 89 intermittent creek 89 89 S 26º19' W 867.72 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 90 90 90 N 84º54' W 1,918.83 meters STAKE Slope of ridge west 91 of Balabag Creek 91 91 S 82°42' W 1,921.99 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 92 92 92 N 78º21' W 767.59 meters STAKE Slope of ridge west 93 of Sinawilan Creek 93 93 S 88º37' W 352.11 meters STAKE On bank of Miral 94 River 94 94 N 27°59' W 1,076.23 meters STAKE Slope of ridge west 95 of Miral River 95 95 N 57°56' W 564.60 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 96 96 96 N 00°09' W 487.82 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 97 97 97 N 53°47' W 3,390.96 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 98 98 98 N 46°16' E 2,359.60 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 99 99 99 N 20º46' W 3,193.79 meters STAKE Slope of ridge east 100 of Marber River 100 100 N 01º19' W 1,032.99 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 101 101 101 N 46°52' W 542.18 meters STAKE Slope of ridge east 102 of Darapuay River 102 102 N 76°48' W 320.53 meters STAKE East bank of 103 Balugan River 103 103 N 82°47' W 672.03 meters STAKE East bank of 104 Balugan River 104 104 N 50°00' W 1,791.19 meters STAKE Slope of ridge west 105 of Balugan River 105 105 N 05°06' W 2,161.48 meters STAKE Slope of ridge west 106 of Bulatukan River 106 106 N 12º56' W 2,053.92 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 107 107 107 N 06°24' E 1,348.10 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 108 108 108 N 16°02' E 1,893.96 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 109 109 109 N 37º47' W 506.92 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 110 110 110 N 01º27' W 417.96 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 111 111 111 S 86°13' E 971.65 meters STAKE Bank of Saguing 112 River 112 112 N 69º21' E 487.24 meters STAKE Slope of ridge north 113 of Saguing River 113 113 N 38º07' E 293.20 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 114 114 114 N 64°57' E 510.64 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 115 115 115 N 78º35' E 281.30 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 116 116 116 N 41º59' E 598.15 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 117 117 117 N 05º58' E 788.39 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 118 118 118 N 59º45' E 558.02 meters STAKE Slope of ridge south 119 of Kinatilan River 119 119 N 89º00' E 1,633.62 meters STAKE Slope of ridge north 120 of Kinatilan River 120 120 S 37°48' W 820.01 meters STAKE Ident. to cor. 4 Geo- 121 thermal reservation 121 121 S 52º12' E 4,274.96 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Ident. to cor. 4 Geo- 122 Conc. Mon. thermal reservation 122 122 N 37°48' E 1,640.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Ident. to cor. 3 Geo- 123 Conc. Mon. thermal reservation 123 123 N 52º12' W 3,654.96 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Ident. to cor. 2 Geo- 124 thermal reservation 124 124 N 29º51' E 92.42 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 125 125 125 N 46º58' W 615.63 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. Bank of Marver 126 Conc. Mon. River 126 126 N 14º02' E 371.07 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 127 Conc. Mon. 127 127 N 61°23' W 751.84 meters STAKE Bank of Marver 128 River 128 128 N 9°47' E 588.56 meters STAKE Bank of Marver 129 River 129 129 N 51º09' W 1,734.11 meters STAKE Bank of Marver 130 River 130 130 N 71°09' E 3,615.81 meters STAKE Bank of Marver 131 River 131 131 N 67º46' E 2,259.01 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 132 132 132 N 83°22' E 1,398.22 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 133 133 133 N 23°16' E 1,803.49 meters STAKE On slope of ridge 134 134 134 N 88º20' E 450.06 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 135 Conc. Mon. 135 135 N 88°56' E 437.43 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 136 Conc. Mon. 136 136 N 89°20' E' 314.90 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 137 Conc. Mon. 137 137 N 58°07' E 460.37 meters 20 CM X 20 CM. On slope of ridge 1 Conc. Mon. A parcel of land containing seven million ten thousand (7,010,000.00) sq. m., which was declared as a geothermal reservation, under the jurisdiction, control, and administration of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) by virtue of its prior vested rights under Proclamation No. 853 of January 30, 1992 in conjunction with Executive Order No. 223, is hereby excluded from the Park: Provided, That in line with PNOC's environmental and watershed management program, PNOC shall assist in the protection and management of the Mt. Apo Natural Park in the form of direct assistance in reforestation and other preservation activities in the Park that may be identified: Provided, further, That the PNOC geothermal reservation shall automatically revert to and form part of the Park upon cessation of PNOC operations in the excluded area. In view of the crucial role of power generation to the national economy, plans and activities of the PNOC geothermal project related to support facilities, back-up or new transmission lines, stabilizing and power-enhancing substations, and other auxiliary support facilities which are vital to the environmental sustainability and energy security of Mindanao shall be implemented within designated buffer zones subject to approval of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) and by appropriate government agencies in line with the national mandate on the development of indigenous sources of energy.
Establishment of Buffer Zones.
SEC. 5. Establishment of Buffer Zones. — Buffer zones of the Mt. Apo Natural Park are hereby established through this Act pursuant to Section 8 of the NIPAS Act to serve as additional peripheral layer of protection to the protected area by providing regulated benefits and livelihood opportunities to local communities to build a strong social fence to the protected area. The boundary of the buffer zones, subject to ground demarcation is hereby described as follows: BUFFER ZONE, PARCEL 1 A parcel of land containing an area of 25,357,266.07 square meters, more or less, declared as Buffer Zone Parcel (1), beginning at a point marked "1" on the map and on the ground being identical to point 45 of Mt. Apo Natural Park; CORNER LINE BEARING DISTANCE CORNER MONUMENT REFERENCE OR LOCATION 1 1 S 41º36' E 661.87 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to Cor. 2 Conc. Monument 45, MANP 2 2 S 77°47' E 833.66 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Dolis Cr. 3 Conc. Monument 3 3 S 42°24' E 836.15 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Dolis Cr. 4 Conc. Monument 4 4 S 03º34' E 321.07 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Dolis Cr. 5 Conc. Monument 5 5 S 18º10' E 730.66 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Dolis Cr. 6 Conc. Monument 6 6 S 18º26' E 339.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 7 Conc. Monument 7 7 S 82º39' W 417.92 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 8 Conc. Monument 8 8 S 09°10' E 310.47 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Slope of ridge 9 Conc. Monument east of Bidaran Cr. 9 9 S 24°53' E 380.30 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 10 Conc. Monument east of Bidaran Cr. 10 10 S 62°48' W 224.29 meters 20 CM X 20 CM South bank of 11 Conc. Monument Sibulan River 11 11 N 85º19' W 336.62 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Slope of ridge 12 Conc. Monument south of Sibulan R 12 12 S 01°11' W 375.08 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Slope of ridge 13 Conc. Monument south of Sibulan R 13 13 S 08°07' W 404.04 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 14 Conc. Monument 14 14 S 11°19' W 458.91 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 15 Conc. Monument 15 15 S 46°18' E 372.74 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 16 Conc. Monument 16 16 N 39°11' E 561.26 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 17 Conc. Monument 17 17 S 59º29' E 430.30 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 18 Conc. Monument 18 18 N 19°26' E 493.07 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 19 Conc. Monument 19 19 N 34°38' E 365.18 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 20 Conc. Monument 20 20 N 73°58' E 355.76 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 21 Conc. Monument 21 21 S 51°06' E 365.68 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 22 Conc. Monument 22 22 S 27°12' E 393.63 meters 20 CM X 20 SM. On slope of ridge 23 Conc. Monument 23 23 S 31°19' E 403.97 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 24 Conc. Monument 24 24 N 80°11' E 411.17 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 25 Conc. Monument 25 25 S 87°57' E 281.29 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 26 Conc. Monument 26 26 N 86º51' E 459.34 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 27 Conc. Monument 27 27 S 11°54' E 260.64 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 28 Conc. Monument 28 28 N 77º49' E 173.99 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 29 Conc. Monument 29 29 S 28º55' E 323.34 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 30 Conc. Monument 30 30 S 06º25' W 668.48 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 31 Conc. Monument 31 31 S 19º55' E 550.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Gully 32 Conc. Monument 32 32 S 19º55' E 501.50 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 33 Conc. Monument 33 33 S 75°34' E 450.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 34 Conc. Monument 34 34 S 75º34' E 437.65 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 35 Conc. Monument 35 35 S 45°41' E 689.53 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 36 Conc. Monument 36 36 S 04°35 E 503.90 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 37 Conc. Monument 37 37 S 35°56' E 690.28 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of creek 38 Conc. Monument 38 38 S 35°08' E 571.52 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 39 Conc. Monument 39 39 S 39°35' E 661.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 40 Conc. Monument 40 40 S 15º24' W 430.07 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 41 Conc. Monument 41 41 S 26º55' W 360.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 42 Conc. Monument 42 42 S 26º55' W 363.76 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 43 Conc. Monument 43 43 S 29°32' W 350.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 44 Conc. Monument 44 44 S 29°32' W 354.77 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 45 Conc. Monument 45 45 S 16°11' E 499.72 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Slope of ridge 46 Conc. Monument south of Corono R 46 46 S 32°56' E 709.62 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of 47 Conc. Monument Kabayawa Hill 47 47 S 48°14' W 660.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of 48 Conc. Monument Kabayawa Hill 48 48 S 48°14' W 659.27 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of 49 Conc. Monument Patulangon Ridge 49 49 S 24°30' W 194.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of 50 Conc. Monument Patulangon Ridge 50 50 S 18°29' W 433.68 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of dry creek 51 Conc. Monument 51 51 S 39º49' W 70.76 meters 28 CM X 20 CM On slope of Batuto 52 Conc. Monument Ridge 52 52 S 70°59' W 647.65 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Batuto 53 Conc. Monument Creek 53 53 S 43°29' W 619.66 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of Tacub 54 Conc. Monument Ridge 54 54 S 00°14' W 689.66 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of west 55 Conc. Monument of Tacub Creek 55 55 S 80°29' W 660.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 56 Conc. Monument 56 56 S 80°29' W 659.92 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Lubo 57 Conc. Monument Creek 57 57 N 05°26' W 869.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope east of 58 Conc. Monument Latong Creek 58 58 S 73°19' W 660.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope west of 59 Conc. Monument Latong Creek 59 59 S 73°19' W 659.27 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Pinanlilok 60 Conc. Monument Creek 60 60 N 14º45' W 410.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 61 Conc. Monument 61 61 N 14º45' W 409.62 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 62 Conc. Monument 62 62 N 14°45' W 574.74 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 63 Conc. Monument 63 63 N 87°16' W 529.73 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 64 Conc. Monument 64 64 S 26º34' W 699.64 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 65 Conc. Monument 65 65 S 06°26' E 279.85 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 66 Conc. Monument 66 66 S 19°46' E 579.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 67 Conc. Monument 67 67 S 02º59' W 510.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 68 Conc. Monument 68 68 S 02º59' W 509.46 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 69 Conc. Monument 69 69 N 71º57' W 520.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 70 Conc. Monument 70 70 N 71°57' W 521.71 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 71 Conc. Monument 71 71 S 79º46' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 72 Conc. Monument 72 72 S 79º46' W 401.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 73 Conc. Monument 73 73 S 83º36' W 510.67 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 74 Conc. Monument 74 74 N 74°40' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 75 Conc. Monument 75 75 N 74°40' W 402.30 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 76 Conc. Monument 76 76 N 35°49' W 390.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 77 Conc. Monument 77 77 N 35°49' W 395.22 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 78 Conc. Monument 78 78 S 65°42' W 500.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 79 Conc. Monument 79 79 S 65°42' W 500.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM South side of 80 Conc. Monument Provincial River 80 80 S 65°42' W 498.05 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 81 Conc. Monument 81 81 N 27º45' W 239.90 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 82 Conc. Monument 82 82 N 42°45' W 309.87 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 83 Conc. Monument 83 83 N 42°59' E 399.11 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 84 Conc. Monument 73, MANP 84 84 S 71º35' E 511.08 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 85 72, MANP 85 85 N 59º05' E 1,180.97 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 86 71, MANP 86 86 S 34°57' E 1,040.41 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 87 70, MANP 87 87 N 79°40' E 355.08 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 88 69, MANP 88 88 N 89º58' E 1,829.53 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 89 68, MANP 89 89 N 04º21' E 1,713.10 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 90 67, MANP 90 90 N 53°45' E 1,566.66 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 91 66, MANP 91 91 N 83°11' E 892.99 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 92 65, MANP 92 92 S 64°18' E 457.09 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 93 64, MANP 93 93 S 35°44' E 2,090.86 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 94 63, MANP 94 94 N 43°16' E 2,752.96 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 95 62, MANP 95 95 N 10°34' W 739.39 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 96 61, MANP 96 96 N 19º04' E 1,626.45 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 97 60, MANP 97 97 N 31°51' W 2,370.84 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 98 59, MANP 98 98 N 57º14' W 1,251.26 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 99 58, MANP 99 99 N 15°31' W 1,963.46 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 100 57, MANP 100 100 N 67º28' W 1,856.12 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 101 56, MANP 101 101 S 56°54' W 1,346.63 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 102 55, MANP 102 102 N 75º03' W 954.26 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 103 54, MANP 103 103 N 02º03' E 1,297.30 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 104 53, MANP 104 104 N 17º25' E 891.71 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 105 52, MANP 105 105 N 52º25' W 479.94 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 106 51, MANP 106 106 N 07º57' W 448.82 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 107 50, MANP 107 107 N 37°46' W 2,405.84 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 108 49, MANP 108 108 N 08°32' E 510.52 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 109 48, MANP 109 109 N 03°31' E 189.10 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 110 47, MANP 110 1 S 78º10' E 860.59 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 46, MANP BUFFER ZONE, PARCEL 2 A parcel of land containing an area of 65,423,921.15 square meters, more or less, declared as Buffer Zone Parcel (2), beginning at a point marked "1" on the map and on the ground being identical to point 79 of the Mt. Apo Natural Park; CORNER LINE BEARING DISTANCE CORNER MONUMENT REFERENCE OR LOCATION 1 1 S 08°17' W 1,070.03 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 2 Conc. Monument 79, MANP 2 2 N 43°20' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM West bank of 3 Conc. Monument Ruparan River 3 3 N 43°20' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On land planted 4 Conc. Monument w/ sugarcane 4 4 N 43°20' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On land planted 5 Conc. Monument w/ sugarcane 5 5 N 43°20' W 400.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 6 Conc. Monument 6 6 N 43°20' W 481.82 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 7 Conc. Monument 7 7 N 64°55' W 481.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 8 Conc. Monument 8 8 N 37°49' W 450.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 9 Conc. Monument 9 9 N 37º49' W 450.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 10 Conc. Monument 10 10 N 37°49' W 450.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 11 Conc. Monument 11 11 N 37º49' W 450.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 12 Conc. Monument 12 12 N 37°49' W 513.33 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 13 Conc. Monument unknown cr. 13 13 N 52°51' W 491.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 14 Conc. Monument west of Guna River 14 14 S 82°03' W 370.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 15 Conc. Monument west of Guna River 15 15 S 82º03' W 369.74 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 16 Conc. Monument 16 16 N 56º46' W 385.52 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 17 Conc. Monument 17 17 S 13º22' W 369.51 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 18 Conc. Monument 18 18 S 55°35' W 472.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 19 Conc. Monument 19 19 S 55°35' W 472.80 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 20 Conc. Monument 20 20 N 86°04' W 481.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 21 Conc. Monument 21 21 N 86º04' W 480.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 22 Conc. Monument 22 22 N 67º37' W 319.45 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 23 Conc. Monument 23 23 S 28°18' W 474.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 24 Conc. Monument 24 24 S 28°18' W 474.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 25 Conc. Monument 25 25 S 28º18' W 473.60 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 26 Conc. Monument 26 26 S 44º36' W 552.24 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 27 Conc. Monument 27 27 S 44°36' W 552.24 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 28 Conc. Monument 28 28 S 89°33' W 556.05 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 29 Conc. Monument 29 29 S 89°33' W 556.06 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 30 Conc. Monument 30 30 N 27°27' W 457.18 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 31 Conc. Monument 31 31 N 70°38' W 666.55 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 32 Conc. Monument 32 32 S 70°38' W 405.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 33 Conc. Monument 33 33 S 70º38' W 405.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 34 Conc. Monument 34 34 N 56°22' W 576.53 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 35 Conc. Monument 35 35 N 23°06' W 432.74 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 36 Conc. Monument 36 36 N 23°06' W 432.74 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 37 Conc. Monument 37 37 N 57°13' W 255.53 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 38 Conc. Monument 38 38 N 21°36' W 597.70 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Moral 39 Conc. Monument River 39 39 N 50°06' W 544.26 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 40 Conc. Monument 40 40 N 50°06' W 544.26 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 41 Conc. Monument 41 41 N 50°06' W 544.26 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 42 Conc. Monument 42 42 N 54°41' W 687.07 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 43 Conc. Monument 43 43 N 40°08' W 679.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 44 Conc. Monument 44 44 S 88°21' W 416.82 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 45 Conc. Monument 45 45 S 88°21' W 416.82 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 46 Conc. Monument 46 46 N 50º51' W 513.23 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 47 Conc. Monument 47 47 N 50°51' W 513.24 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 48 Conc. Monument 48 48 N 07°01' W 513.93 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 49 Conc. Monument 49 49 N 74º47' W 387.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 50 Conc. Monument 50 50 N 45º52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 51 Conc. Monument 51 51 N 45°52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 52 Conc. Monument 52 52 N 45º52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 53 Conc. Monument 53 53 N 45º52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 54 Conc. Monument 54 54 N 45°52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 55 Conc. Monument 55 55 N 45°52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 56 Conc. Monument 56 56 N 45º52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 57 Conc. Monument 57 57 N 45°52' E 421.69 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 58 Conc. Monument 58 58 N 45°52' E 421.75 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 59 Conc. Monument 59 59 N 52º38' W 219.42 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Matanao 60 Conc. Monument River 60 60 N 42º16' W 325.45 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 61 Conc. Monument 61 61 N 37º50' W 190.47 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 62 Conc. Monument 62 62 N 45°15' W 335.05 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 63 Conc. Monument 63 63 N 16°52' W 300.70 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 64 Conc. Monument 64 64 N 68°18' W 239.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 65 Conc. Monument 65 65 N 64°30' W 363.10 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 66 Conc. Monument 66 66 N 19°38' W 372.02 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 67 Conc. Monument 67 67 N 56°38' W 352.12 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 68 Conc. Monument 68 68 N 25°48' E 544.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 69 Conc. Monument 69 69 N 41°01' E 579.42 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 70 Conc. Monument 70 70 N 26°30' W 374.40 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Darapuay 71 Conc. Monument River 71 71 N 29°00' E 322.11 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Darapuay 72 Conc. Monument River 72 72 N 70°53' W 145.26 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 73 Conc. Monument 73 73 N 74°20' W 246.28 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 74 Conc. Monument 74 74 N 59°14' W 226.30 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 75 Conc. Monument 75 75 S 60°53' W 137.63 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 76 Conc. Monument 76 76 S 19°37' W 241.07 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 77 Conc. Monument 77 77 N 52°34' W 181.94 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 78 Conc. Monument 78 78 N 75°07' W 227.31 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 79 Conc. Monument 79 79 N 76°43' W 243.70 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 80 Conc. Monument 80 80 N 12°20' E 322.03 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 81 Conc. Monument 81 81 N 06°19' W 218.85 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 82 Conc. Monument 82 82 N 21º48' W 339.70 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 83 Conc. Monument 83 83 N 66°29' W 214.94 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 84 Conc. Monument 84 84 N 24º22' W 228.13 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 85 Conc. Monument 85 85 N 59º57' W 256.35 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 86 Conc. Monument 86 86 N 18°47' W 306.65 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 87 Conc. Monument 87 87 S 29º29' W 286.43 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 88 Conc. Monument 88 88 N 72º20' W 358.85 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 89 Conc. Monument 89 89 N 81º33' W 244.92 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 90 Conc. Monument 90 90 S 84º28' W 223.56 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Bulatukan 91 Conc. Monument River 91 91 S 78º36' W 247.51 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 92 Conc. Monument 92 92 N 53°38' W 228.94 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 93 Conc. Monument 93 93 N 44°45' W 275.67 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 94 Conc. Monument 94 94 N 58°46' E 574.34 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 95 Conc. Monument 95 95 N 13º32' E 326.12 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 96 Conc. Monument 96 96 N 06º10' W 223.82 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 97 Conc. Monument 97 97 N 61°40' E 606.13 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 98 Conc. Monument 98 98 N 02°49' E 334.72 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 99 Conc. Monument 99 99 N 38º06' W 261.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 100 Conc. Monument 100 100 N 37°53' W 295.47 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 101 Conc. Monument 101 101 N 22º23' W 92.47 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 102 Conc. Monument 102 102 N 10°34' W 226.44 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 103 Conc. Monument 103 103 N 10º56' W 206.41 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 104 Conc. Monument 104 104 N 39°56' W 147.19 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 105 Conc. Monument 105 105 N 13°11' W 172.15 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 106 Conc. Monument 106 106 N 34°10' W 163.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 107 Conc. Monument 107 107 N 31º31' W 264.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 108 Conc. Monument 108 108 N 15º34' E 189.16 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 109 Conc. Monument 109 109 N 23°09' E 385.25 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 110 Conc. Monument 110 110 N 58º23' W 120.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 111 Conc. Monument 111 111 N 34°14' W 251.63 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 112 Conc. Monument 112 112 N 58°56' W 180.44 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 113 Conc. Monument 113 113 N 34°28' E 151.11 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 114 Conc. Monument 114 114 N 07°21' W 264.73 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 115 Conc. Monument 115 115 N 03°15' E 237.75 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 116 Conc. Monument 116 116 N 49º07' E 209.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 117 Conc. Monument 117 117 N 25º45' E 222.42 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 118 Conc. Monument 118 118 N 28º28' E 116.28 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 119 Conc. Monument 119 119 N 14º59' E 104.64 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 120 Conc. Monument 120 120 N 06º57' E 235.53 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 121 Conc. Monument 121 121 N 29º12' W 177.93 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 122 Conc. Monument 122 122 N 66º00' W 204.78 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 123 Conc. Monument 123 123 N 18º27' W 171.50 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 124 Conc. Monument 124 124 N 46º55' W 187.45 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 125 Conc. Monument 125 125 N 63º11' W 106.18 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 126 Conc. Monument 126 126 N 00º15' E 84.97 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 127 Conc. Monument 127 127 N 34º58' E 465.16 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 128 Conc. Monument 128 128 N 32º48' E 246.11 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 129 Conc. Monument 129 129 N 32º 29' E 327.96 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 130 Conc. Monument 130 130 N 23º13' E 409.96 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 131 Conc. Monument 131 131 N 35º11' E 222.55 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 132 Conc. Monument 132 132 N 21º54' E 352.23 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 133 Conc. Monument 133 133 N 25º01' W 246.03 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 134 Conc. Monument 134 134 N 70º28' W 158.87 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 135 Conc. Monument 135 135 N 36°21' W 205.43 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 136 Conc. Monument 136 136 N 33°49' E 320.92 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 137 Conc. Monument 137 137 N 36°48' W 165.94 meters 20C X 20 CM On cultivated land 138 Conc. Monument 138 138 N 02°55' E 107.58 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 139 Conc. Monument 139 139 N 08°51' W 63.27 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 140 Conc. Monument 140 140 N 27°50' W 84.97 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 141 Conc. Monument 141 141 N 54°42' E 85.99 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Saging 142 Conc. Monument River 142 142 N 51°47' W 995.32 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Saging 143 Conc. Monument River 143 143 S 52°57' W 1,357.05 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Saging 144 Conc. Monument River 144 144 N 39°41' W 159.67 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 145 Conc. Monument 145 145 N 27°03' E 537.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 146 Conc. Monument 146 146 N 44°55' E 312.79 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 147 Conc. Monument 147 147 N 65°50' E 356.78 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 148 Conc. Monument 148 148 N 26º31' E 212.59 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 149 Conc. Monument 149 149 N 30°55' E 342.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 150 Conc. Monument 150 150 N 48°37' E 240.75 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 151 Conc. Monument 151 151 N 26º48' W 269.36 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 152 Conc. Monument 152 152 N 35º43' E 245.49 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 153 Conc. Monument 153 153 N 11°04' W 254.86 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 154 Conc. Monument 154 154 N 15°08' W 207.35 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 155 Conc. Monument 155 155 N 78°41' W 598.44 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 156 Conc. Monument 156 156 N 01°02' W 334.97 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 157 Conc. Monument 157 157 N 50°10' E 267.83 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 158 Conc. Monument 158 158 N 42°16' E 272.51 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 159 Conc. Monument 159 159 N 83°25' E 294.48 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 160 Conc. Monument 160 160 N 46°43' E 134.02 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 161 Conc. Monument 161 161 S 19°11' E 202.00 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 162 Conc. Monument 162 162 S 01°34' W 44.03 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 163 Conc. Monument 163 163 S 80º 57' W 60.92 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 164 Conc. Monument 164 164 N 10°53' W 39.72 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 165 Conc. Monument 165 165 N 84°14' W 98.93 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 166 Conc. Monument 166 166 S 45°46' E 30.96 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 167 Conc. Monument 167 167 S 12°33' W 46.68 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 168 Conc. Monument 168 168 N 65°03' E 38.04 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 169 Conc. Monument 169 169 N 87°09' E 41.10 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 170 Conc. Monument 170 170 S 43º08' E 30.14 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 171 Conc. Monument 171 171 S 67°04' E 64.94 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 172 Conc. Monument 172 172 S 70°40' E 33.39 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 173 Conc. Monument 173 173 N 77°58' E 23.84 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 174 Conc. Monument 174 174 S 71°30' E 161.36 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 175 Conc. Monument 175 175 S 58°39' E 157.27 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 176 Conc. Monument 176 176 S 78°44' E 66.91 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 177 Conc. Monument 177 177 S 72°23' E 64.58 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 178 Conc. Monument 178 178 S 79°12' E 58.92 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 179 Conc. Monument 179 179 S 77°43' E 67.98 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 180 Conc. Monument 180 180 S 68°51' E 19.51 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 181 Conc. Monument 181 181 S 69°49' E 50.09 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 182 Conc. Monument 182 182 N 50°04' E 32.34 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 183 Conc. Monument 183 183 N 69°10' E 20.28 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 184 Conc. Monument 184 184 S 58°54' E 75.80 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 185 Conc. Monument 185 185 N 64º23' E 57.60 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 186 Conc. Monument 186 186 S 43°04' E 22.41 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 187 Conc. Monument 187 187 N 57º34' E 24.58 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 188 Conc. Monument 188 188 S 53º42' E 58.57 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 189 Conc. Monument 189 189 S 79°31' E 13.17 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 190 Conc. Monument 190 190 N 62°55' E 36.16 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 191 Conc. Monument 191 191 S 88°44' E 117.56 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 192 Conc. Monument 192 192 N 67º40' E 23.06 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 193 Conc. Monument 193 193 S 34°44' E 27.89 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 194 Conc. Monument 194 194 S 48°29' E 34.71 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 195 Conc. Monument 195 195 N 05°35' E 37.85 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 196 Conc. Monument 196 196 N 03º17' E 203.55 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 197 Conc. Monument 197 197 N 02°38' E 196.27 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 198 Conc. Monument 198 198 S 88°10' E 247.93 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 199 Conc. Monument 199 199 N 03°09' E 203.35 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 200 Conc. Monument 200 200 S 89°45' E 116.19 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 201 Conc. Monument 201 201 N 56º33' E 342.40 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 202 Conc. Monument 202 202 N 17°37' W 472.61 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 203 Conc. Monument 203 203 N 46°29' E 325.93 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 204 Conc. Monument 204 204 N 37º54' E 359.20 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 205 Conc. Monument 205 205 N 59º08' E 507.88 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 206 Conc. Monument 206 206 N 56º13' E 594.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On cultivated land 207 Conc. Monument 207 207 N 71º34' E 920.68 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Bank of Marber 208 Conc. Monument River 208 208 N 74º38' E 1,095.08 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 209 Conc. Monument 209 209 N 86º40' E 480.75 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 210 Conc. Monument 210 210 N 34º45' E 485.23 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 211 Conc. Monument 211 211 N 12°39' E 511.75 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 212 Conc. Monument 212 212 N 81°02' E 749.38 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 213 Conc. Monument 213 213 S 77°43' E 695.02 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 214 Conc. Monument 214 214 N 55º19' E 515.09 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 215 Conc. Monument 215 215 S 53°51' E 502.87 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 216 Conc. Monument 216 216 S 52°03' E 694.79 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 217 Conc. Monument 217 217 S 89°45' E 507.80 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 218 Conc. Monument 218 218 S 44º09' E 538.63 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 219 Conc. Monument 219 219 S 75°49' E 746.71 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 220 Conc. Monument 220 220 N 61º12' E 514.57 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 221 Conc. Monument 221 221 N 68°17' E 511.94 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 222 Conc. Monument 222 222 N 14º33' E 475.54 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Slope of ridge north 223 Conc. Monument of Kabacan River 223 223 N 34°18' E 548.94 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 224 Conc. Monument 224 224 N 64°52' E 484.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM On slope of ridge 225 Conc. Monument 225 225 S 23°16' W 1,803.49 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 226 Conc. Monument 129, MANP 226 226 S 83°22' W 1,398.22 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 227 Conc. Monument 128, MANP 227 227 N 67°46' W 2,259.01 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 228 Conc. Monument 127, MANP 228 228 S 71°09' W 3,615.81 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 229 Conc. Monument 126, MANP 229 229 S 51º09' E 1,734.11 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 230 Conc. Monument 125, MANP 230 230 S 09°47' W 588.56 meters 20 CM X 20 CM Identical to cor. 231 Conc. Monument 224, MANP 231 231 S 61º23' E 751.84 meters A point Identical to cor. 232 01 Geothermal Res. 232 232 N 14º02' W 371.07 meters A point Identical to cor. 233 04 Geothermal Res. 233 233 S 46°58' E 615.63 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 234 119, MANP 234 234 S 29°51' W 92.42 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 235 118, MANP 235 235 S 52º12' W 620.00 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 236 117, MANP 236 236 S 37º48' W 820.00 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 237 116, MANP 237 237 S 89°00' W 1,633.62 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 238 115, MANP 238 238 S 59º42' W 558.32 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 239 114, MANP 239 239 S 05°58' W 788.39 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 240 113, MANP 240 240 S 41°59' W 598.15 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 241 112, MANP 241 241 S 78°35' W 281.30 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 242 111, MANP 242 242 S 64º57' W 510.64 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 243 110, MANP 243 243 S 38°07' W 293.20 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 244 109, MANP 244 244 S 69°21' W 487.24 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 245 108, MANP 245 245 N 86º13' W 971.65 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 246 107, MANP 246 246 S 01°27' E 417.96 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 247 106, MANP 247 247 S 37°47' E 506.92 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 248 105, MANP 248 248 S 16°02' W 1,893.96 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 249 104, MANP 249 249 S 06°24' W 1,348.10 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 250 103, MANP 250 250 S 12°56' E 2,053.92 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 251 102, MANP 251 251 S 05°06' E 2,161.48 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 252 101, MANP 252 252 S 50°00' E 1,791.19 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 253 100, MANP 253 253 S 82°47' E 672.03 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 254 99, MANP 254 254 S 76°48' E 320.53 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 255 98, MANP 255 255 S 46°52' E 542.18 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 256 97, MANP 256 256 S 01°19' E 1,032.99 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 257 96, MANP 257 257 S 20°46' E 3,193.79 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 258 95, MANP 258 258 S 46°16' W 2,359.62 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 259 94, MANP 259 259 S 53°47' E 3,390.96 meters STAKE Identical to cor: 260 93, MANP 260 260 S 00°09' E 487.82 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 261 92, MANP 261 261 S 57°56' E 564.60 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 262 91, MANP 262 262 S 27º59' E 1,076.23 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 263 90, MANP 263 263 N 88°37' E 352.11 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 264 89, MANP 264 264 S 78°21' E 767.59 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 265 88, MANP 265 265 N 82º42' E 1,921.99 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 266 87, MANP 266 266 S 84°54' E 1,918.83 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 267 86, MANP 267 267 N 26º19' E 867.72 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 268 85, MANP 268 268 N 52°09' E 502.97 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 269 84, MANP 269 269 S 89°34' E 798.06 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 270 83, MANP 270 270 N 61°39' E 428.68 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 271 82, MANP 271 271 S 86º49' E 903.14 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 272 81, MANP 272 272 S 43°58' E 528.01 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 273 80, MANP 273 273 S 42º21' E 890.68 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 274 79, MANP 274 274 S 63º53' E 1,223.94 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 275 78, MANP 275 275 S 24°39' E 672.95 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 276 77, MANP 276 276 S 36°01' E 1,216.78 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 277 76, MANP 277 277 S 49°54' E 1,109.34 meters STAKE Identical to cor. 1 75, MANP A portion of land immediately adjacent to the PNOC Reservation Area outside the protected area and within the boundary of buffer zone parcel (2) as described in this section shall be allocated as an energy support zone for the sustenance of the existing geothermal installation to ensure the power security in the region. The boundary limits of the energy support zone shall be subject to ground delineation by the PAMB and said energy support zone shall be made part of the land use zoning of the park and its buffer zones: Provided, That other land uses compatible with geothermal energy shall be allowed within the energy support zone: Provided, further, That permits for geothermal activities within the energy support zone shall be secured pursuant to relevant forestry and environmental regulations: Provided, however, That geothermal exploration within the energy support zone for the purpose of increasing the power capacity of the existing project shall only be allowed through a law passed by Congress: Provided, finally, That areas through a law passed by Congress: Provided, finally, That areas within the energy support zone which shall not be used directly for the development and utilization of geothermal energy shall remain under the control and jurisdiction of the PAMB.
Management Plan.
SEC. 6. Management Plan. — Within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act and in accordance with the General Management Planning Strategy as provided in the NIPAS Act, there shall be a Management Plan to be prepared by the Office of the Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) in coordination with the local communities, indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples, local government units (LGUs), appropriate offices of the DENR, non-government and people' organizations, existing operators in the park and experts with socioeconomic, anthropological and ecological experience in the area. It shall contain, among others, the following: Period of applicability of the plan, preferably at least fifteen (15) years; Key management issues; Goals and objectives of management in support of Section 2 hereof; Site management strategy; Major management activities such as, but not limited to, enforcement of laws, biodiversity conservation habitat and wildlife management, sustainable use management, infrastructure development and maintenance, and fire and pest control; Establishment and delineation of zones and the regulated and/or prohibited activities therein, such as, but not limited to, multipurpose use zones, buffer zones, recreational zones, strict protection zones and other special zones which can provide effective management of the protected area and promote sustainable development of all legitimate stakeholders. To avoid relocation, primary consideration shall be accorded to the traditional zones used which have been proven sustainable and in consonance with the biodiversity and protection of the natural characteristics of the protected area; and Visitor management programs. The Management Plan shall be consistent with the nature of Mt. Apo as a protected area under the category of a natural park. It shall be reviewed and approved by the PAMB and certified to by the Secretary that it conforms to all laws and regulations issued by the DENR. The Management Plan shall not be revised nor modified except by prior consultation with the PAMB and in accordance with the procedure herein set forth. If any part or section of the Management Plan is inconsistent with existing laws, the Secretary shall certify to the other provisions of the plan that are consistent with the laws. Unless the Secretary accepts or adopts such inconsistent provisions, he/she shall notify the PAMB of the provisions that need modification or revision. Two (2) years before the expiration of the initial Management Plan, there shall be a subsequent plan to be prepared and submitted by the Office of the Protected Area Superintendent in the same manner as the procedure and principles herein set forth and in accordance with the General Management Planning Strategy as provided in the NIPAS Act. In the same period, the Office of the Protected Area Superintendent shall cause the publication of notices for comments and suggestions on the proposed plan in a newspaper of local circulation and the actual posting of such notices in conspicuous places within the LGUs in the Mt. Apo Natural Park. The proposed new Management Plan shall be made available for public perusal in all agencies, offices, and organizations duly represented in the PAMB. In the event that no subsequent plan is adopted upon the expiration of the initial management plan, the latter shall remain in force subject to interim modifications that may be adopted by the PAMB.
The Protected Area Management Board.
SEC. 7. The Protected Area Management Board. — There shall be a Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) which shall serve as the highest policy-making body of the Mt. Apo Natural Park. It shall be composed of the following: The Regional Executive Director (RED) of DENR Region XI who shall sit as PAMB Chairman as provided for under Section 11(d) of the NIPAS Act; The RED of DENR Region XII or his/her duly designated permanent representative; The provincial governors of North Cotabato and Davao del Sur or their authorized permanent representatives; The Planning and Development Officers of Davao City and the provinces of Cotabato and Davao del Sur or their respective authorized permanent representative; The municipal/city mayors of Magpet, Makilala, Kidapawan, Bansalan, Sta. Cruz, Digos and Davao City or their respective authorized permanent representative; All barangay captains within the Mt. Apo Natural Park; Three (3) representatives from the indigenous cultural communities, composed of one (1) representative from each of the three (3) sub-tribes (Jangan, Ubo and Tagabawa) in Mt. Apo subject to increases upon determination of the existence of other sub-tribes based on an ethnographic study to be conducted by an independent institution or academe and validated by the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP); A maximum of eight (8) representatives from people's organizations (POs) and non-government organizations (NGOs); Representatives from national government agencies operating within the protected area which can potentially contribute to protected area management; and Other stakeholders who can potentially assist and contribute in the protection, preservation, and conservation of the Mt. Apo Natural Park. In the selection of representatives from people' and non-government organizations, the following criteria shall be primarily considered: active involvement in the ecological conservation, preservation, rehabilitation and protection of the protected area; great potential in community organizing and other development works; favorable track record in community work; and duly accredited by the LGU concerned and the DENR.
Term of Office of the PAMB Members.
SEC. 8. Term of Office of the PAMB Members. — Every member of the PAMB shall serve for a term of five (5) years: Provided, That he/she remains a member or employee of the sector or office he/she is representing. If a vacancy occurs, a new member shall be chosen in accordance with the original selection process; however, only the remaining term shall be served.
Powers and Functions of the PAMB.
SEC. 9. Powers and Functions of the PAMB. — The PAMB of Mt. Apo Natural Park, being the highest policy-making body, shall have the following powers and functions: Decide and approve matters relating to proposals, work and action plans, guidelines and policies and other activities for the management of the protected area; Review, approve and adopt the management plans and development programs and their respective implementing rules and regulations; Recommend and approve the establishment and delineation of zones; Establish supplemental criteria and guidelines for park fees for activities regulated by this Act or the Management Plan subject to DENR's approval pursuant to Section 10(f) of the NIPAS Act; Ensure the effective implementation of development activities within the protected area; Adopt rules and procedures in the conduct of business, roles and responsibilities, and discipline of its board members, including the creation of standing committees; Evaluate the performance and activities of the Office of the Protected Area Superintendent; Accept donations, approve proposals for funding and budget allocation and exercise accountability over all funds that may accrue; Evaluate and recommend compliance to all existing requirements set by the DENR particularly in the issuance of the Environmental Compliance Certificate; Recognize the rights and privileges of indigenous communities under the provisions of this Act and other applicable laws; Request assistance from any government agency, office, board, private or public person to achieve the objectives of this Act; Monitor and evaluate the performance of protected area personnel, NGOs, and the communities in biodiversity conservation and sociocultural and economic development and report its assessment to the DENR; and Participate in the selection and designation process of the DENR in the appointment of the Protected Area Superintendent. The DENR, through the REDs, shall ensure that the PAMB acts within the scope of its powers and functions. In case of conflict between administrative orders issued by the DENR pursuant to the NIPAS Act and other laws and resolutions issued by the PAMB, the DENR Secretary shall decide whether to apply the rule or withdraw its application.
The Executive Committee of the PAMB.
SEC. 10. The Executive Committee of the PAMB. — There shall be an Executive Committee within the PAMB to which the latter may delegate some of its powers and functions. It shall be composed of the following: The Regional Executive Director (RED) of DENR Region XI who shall sit as Chairman; The RED of DENR Region XII or his/her duly designated permanent representative; The Planning and Development Officers of Cotabato, Davao Del Sur and Davao City or their authorized permanent representative as designated by the provincial governor/city mayor; The municipal/city mayors of Magpet, Makilala, Kidapawan, Bansalan, Sta. Cruz, Digos and Davao City or their authorized permanent representative; One (1) barangay captain from each of the municipalities of Magpet, Makilala, Bansalan, Sta. Cruz, and cities of Kidapawan, Digos, and Davao, selected from among themselves; Three (3) representatives of the indigenous cultural communities representing Davao City, North Cotabato and Davao del Sur; Three (3) representatives of people' organizations (POs) representing Davao City, North Cotabato and Davao del Sur; Three (3) representatives of NGOs representing Davao City, North Cotabato and Davao del Sur; and One (1) representative each from the national government agencies and relevant stakeholders described in Section 7(i) hereof.
The Protected Area Superintendent Office.
SEC. 11. The Protected Area Superintendent Office. — There shall be a Protected Area Superintendent Office for Mt. Apo Natural Park within the DENR headed by the Protected Area Superintendent who shall serve as the chief operating officer of the protected area. The Protected Area Superintendent Office shall have the following powers and functions: Administrative Serve as chief administrative officer of the protected area for the purpose of implementing the Management Plan as detailed in the annual work program; Establish a productive partnership with the local community, including groups, in the planning, protection and management of the protected area; Ensure the performance and good morale of his staff; Ensure the proper utilization of annual budget allocations and the proper disposition of fees and other funds generated within the protected area; Develop and implement a park information, education and visitor program; Develop and implement a natural history documentation program and to oversee research that may be conducted within the area; Integrate the roles of NGO and DENR staff in the operation of the area; and Document the processes involved in the establishment and management of the protected area, with particular reference to the development of relationships with cultural communities, tenured migrants, buffer zone residents and others in establishing effective protection of the area. Regulative To act as peace officer for the purpose of maintaining peace and order within the protected area. As peace officer, he shall exercise police supervision therein and may arrest any person found in any place within protected areas who is committing, has committed, or is about to commit an offense which is prohibited in this Act; Enforce rules and regulations established to protect the area and preserve the area from trespass, damage, injury and illegal occupancy; Require, when necessary, any person entering or passing through or any part of the protected area under his jurisdiction, to give the following information: name, address, the proposed duration of stay inside the protected area and the portion which he intends to visit or has visited and such other information of similar nature as may be referred to him; Summarily remove or eject from the area persons who have rendered themselves obnoxious by disorderly conduct or bad behavior or who have violated any of the regulations on the protected area; Require persons cutting and/or gathering forest products or hunting or fishing within the protected area to produce, upon demand, authority or permit to do so; Seize and confiscate timber or other forest products, game birds, animals, and fish, including instruments, tools and conveyances used inside the protected area by unlicensed persons, or if licensed, in violation of protected area laws, rules and regulations, and to report them in accordance with the present rules, regulations and guidelines issued by the Secretary concerning confiscation, seizure and disposition of illegally cut, gathered, transported forest products, and other natural resources and confiscated wildlife; and Perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by higher authorities. The Protected Area Superintendent Office shall be supported by a sufficient number of personnel who shall be performing day-to-day management, protection and administration of the protected area. All DENR employees detailed with the protected area at the time of the effectivity of this Act shall be accorded preference to form part of the Protected Area Superintendent Office.
Ancestral Lands and Domain.
SEC. 12. Ancestral Lands and Domain. — The rights of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral domains shall be fully recognized subject to Section 56 of the IPRA. Traditional property regimes exercised by indigenous cultural communities in accordance with their customary laws shall govern the relationships of all individuals within their communities with respect to all lands and resources found within ancestral lands. Indigenous cultural communities may apply for Certificates of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) as provided in the IPRA. The provisions of this Act shall be construed liberally in favor of the indigenous cultural communities in accordance with the conservation and preservation objectives of the Mt. Apo Natural Park and its resources. Nothing herein shall be construed to impair or diminish prior or existing rights currently enjoyed by the indigenous cultural communities as provided by existing laws. Permits, licenses or authorities required by this Act or any other statutes concerning the continued use, extraction or exploitation of forest products and/or possession or occupation of land within the protected area shall not be unnecessarily withheld from the indigenous cultural communities by the granting authority.
Tenured Migrants.
SEC. 13. Tenured Migrants. — Tenured migrants shall be eligible to become stewards of portions of lands within the designated buffer and multiple-use zones. The PAMB shall identify, verify and, subject to Section 56 of the IPRA, review all tenure instrument, land claims, and issuance of permits for resource use within the protected area and recommend the issuance of the appropriate tenure instrument consistent with the land classification, proper and allowed use of resources found therein, and zoning provided in the management or successor plans. Farmers who have been cultivating land within the protected area are considered to be occupying such lands and shall be entitled to a tenure instrument limited to cultivation and residence: Provided, That the rights under such can only be transferred to direct descendants. Nothing herein shall be construed to mean any diminution of accrued rights earned by tenured migrants. If areas occupied by tenured migrants are designated as zones in which no occupation or other activities are allowed, they shall be transferred to multiple-use zones or buffer zones to be accomplished through just and humane means. In the event of termination of a tenure instrument for cause or by voluntary surrender of rights, the Protected Area Superintendent shall take immediate steps to rehabilitate the area in order to return it to its natural state prior to the cultivation or other act by the tenured migrant.
Existing Rights.
SEC. 14. Existing Rights. — All prior and property and private rights within the protected area and its buffer zones and the ancestral domains already existing and/or vested upon the effectivity of this Act shall be protected and respected in accordance with existing laws.
Special Prosecutor.
SEC. 15. Special Prosecutor. — Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Justice (DOJ) shall appoint a special prosecutor to whom all cases of violation of laws, rules and regulations in the protected area shall be assigned. Such special prosecutor shall coordinate with the PAMB and the Protected Area Superintendent in the performance of his/her duties and assist in the training of wardens and rangers in arrest and criminal procedure. The PAMB shall periodically submit an evaluation of the performance of the designated special prosecutor to the Department of Justice.
Prohibited Acts and Penalties.
SEC. 16. Prohibited Acts and Penalties. — The penalties and qualifications prescribed in Articles 309, on Theft, and 310, on Qualified Theft, of the Revised Penal Code depending on the value of the resources involved in connection with the prohibited act shall be imposed upon any person who: Hunts, takes, destroys, disturbs or possesses any timber, forest product, natural growing or wild terrestrial or aquatic plants, animals, flora or fauna or products derived therefrom, or any form of extraction or use of resources within particularly identified regulated or prohibited areas or zones in the protected area including private lands, without the necessary protected area permit, authorization or exemption, as issued or promulgated by the PAMB; Cuts, gathers, removes or collects timber or any forest products within particularly identified prohibited areas or zones in the protected area including private lands, without the necessary protected area permit, authorization or exemption, as issued or promulgated by the PAMB; Cuts, destroys any tree or shrubs or other erosion-preventing plants, or builds or introduces any structure that would cause erosion in riparian areas mentioned in Section 16 of Presidential Decree No. 705, as amended, or the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines; Possesses outside the protected area any timber, forest products, wild terrestrial or aquatic plants, animals, flora or fauna so prohibited by the PAMB or products derived therefrom which is ascertained to have been taken from the protected area. It shall be presumed to have been taken from the protected area if the subject plant, animals, flora or fauna is found in possession or control of persons who traveled to the protected area within seventy-two (72) hours before the time of their arrest; and Hunts, collects, removes, or destroys endangered or protected species, except when collection or removal is for scientific research and is so exempted from this prohibition by the PAMB. A fine ranging from One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) to Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00), or imprisonment ranging from five (5) years to ten (10) years, or both, at the discretion of the court, and the restoration and rehabilitation of the damage or, when appropriate, the ejectment therefrom, shall be imposed upon any person who: Occupies, settles, or possesses any portion of the protected area, introduces improvements, agricultural or otherwise, or performs kaingin therein not sanctioned by law or without the proper permit and authority as required by the PAMB; Sells, buys, or offers to sell or buy any real property or rights within particularly identified regulated areas or zones in the protected area; Occupies or possesses any portion of lands within the protected area by using force, intimidation, threat, deceit or by taking advantage of the absence or tolerance of the rightful possessor, occupant, or claimant; Uses explosives, noxious substances, or electricity for fishing within the protected area. The possession of explosives, noxious or poisonous substances, electro-fishing devices and paraphernalia, or fish caught through explosives, noxious or poisonous substances or electricity within and nearby fishing areas or fishing boats shall constitute prima facie evidence that the possessor thereof committed the act herein prohibited; Destroys, damages, mutilates, defaces, or commits any act of vandalism on any object of natural beauty, object of anthropological or cultural importance, or non-renewable resource within the protected area; Throws, discharges, or dumps within the protected zone any substance that is deleterious or potentially deleterious to the ecosystem or of the plants, animals or inhabitants in the protected and buffer areas, or committing same activities within the buffer zone without appropriate permit or authority; Alters, removes, destroys or defaces any boundary markers, monuments, or interpretative signs relating to the protected area; Causes damage to road, trails and pathways; Engages in any degree or form location/exploration, quarrying or extraction of mineral; and Obstructs or hinders the enforcement of this Act, its related laws, rules and regulations. A fine ranging from Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) to One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00), or imprisonment ranging from one (1) year to six (6) years, or both, at the discretion of the court, shall be imposed upon any person who: Violates any rules and regulations promulgated by the PAMB or its duly authorized delegate or any agreement or commitment reached before the PAMB; Deals any product illegally derived from the protected area, such as, but not limited to, selling, buying, offering to sell or buy any timber, forest product, natural growing or wild terrestrial or aquatic plants, animals, flora or fauna or products derived therefrom or any resource from within particularly identified regulated or prohibited, areas or zones in the protected area without the necessary permit, authorization or exemption for the utilization, and/or extraction thereof as provided by this Act and other existing laws, rules and regulations; Uses any equipment which facilitates extraction of resources, regardless of such intention or purpose within the protected area without the necessary protected area permit or authorization; Leaves debris, refuse, or garbage in exposed or unsanitary condition anywhere within the protected area; and Enters any portion of the protected area for purposes of mountain climbing, camping, spelunking, study, research or recreational visit without the necessary permit or authorization. Administrative procedures for the investigation and validation of the violation shall be prepared by the PAMB in coordination with the appropriate bureaus of the DENR. If the act is committed by a corporation, organization, partnership or association, the penalty shall be imposed on the chief executive officer and/or board of trustees of the corporation, organization or managing partner of the partnership or association. Valuation of the damage shall take into account biodiversity and conservation considerations as well as aesthetic and scenic value. Valuation by the DENR or the concerned government agency shall be presumed correct unless proven otherwise. Any person who shall induce or conspire with another person or other persons to commit any of the acts prohibited in this Act or suffer their workers to commit any of the same shall be liable in the same manner as the one actually performing the act.
Administrative Confiscation and Fine.
SEC. 17. Administrative Confiscation and Fine. — Administrative proceedings for violation of the foregoing prohibited acts shall proceed independently and without prejudice to judicial action. The PAMB through the Protected Area Superintendent is hereby empowered to impose an administrative fine ranging from Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) to One hundred fifty thousand pesos (P150,000.00) and/or the cancellation of permit or license issued. Decisions of the Protected Area Superintendent may be appealed within thirty (30) days from receipt of the decision to the PAMB Executive Committee. The decision of the PAMB Executive Committee is appealable to the DENR Secretary within a period of sixty (60) days from the receipt of the decision. All conveyances, vessels, equipment, paraphernalia, implements, gear, tools and similar devices shall be subject to immediate administrative confiscation by the Protected Area Superintendent Office upon apprehension without prejudice to criminal action. Once the proper criminal action is filed in the regular courts, the said conveyances, vessels, equipment, paraphernalia, implements, gear, tools and similar devices shall be in custodia legis but shall continue to be subject to administrative confiscation and may only be released by the trial court to the owner pending trial upon consultation with the Protected Area Superintendent and with proper consideration of the pending administrative proceedings and the potential forfeiture of the said objects. Administrative fines collected and the proceeds of the sale of all objects administratively or judicially confiscated or forfeited pursuant hereto shall accrue to the Integrated Protected Area Fund. The procedure for the sale thereof shall be promulgated by the PAMB.
Special Counsel.
SEC. 18. Special Counsel. — The-PAMB may retain the services of a competent lawyer to prosecute or assist in the prosecution of cases or defend the members of the PAMB, the Protected Area Superintendent and staff or any person assisting in the protection, conservation, and sustainable development of the protected area against any legal action related to their powers, functions and responsibilities as provided in this Act or as delegated or tasked by the PAMB.
Mount Apo Protected Area Fund.
SEC. 19. Mount Apo Protected Area Fund. — There is hereby established a trust fund to be known as the Mt. Apo Protected Area Fund for purposes of financing projects of the system. All income generated from the operation of the system or management of wild flora and fauna in the protected area shall accrue to the Fund. These income shall be derived from visitors/tourist fee, fees from permitted sale and export of flora and fauna and other resources from the protected area, proceeds from registration and lease of multiple-use areas including tourism concessions, contributions from industries and facilities directly benefiting from the protected area; and such other fees, fines and other income derived from the operation of the protected area. The Fund may be augmented by grants, donations, endowment from various sources, domestic or foreign for purposes related to their functions: Provided, That the Fund shall be deposited as a special account in the national treasury and disbursement therefrom shall be made solely for the protection, maintenance, administration, and management of the system, and duly approved projects endorsed by the PAMB in accordance with existing accounting and budgeting rules and regulations.
Existing Facilities within the Protected Area.
SEC. 20. Existing Facilities within the Protected Area. — Existing facilities within the protected area shall be inventoried and assessed by the PAMB in accordance with the objectives of this Act. Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act, unless extended by the PAMB, all commercial facilities existing within the boundaries of the protected area with a total capitalization exceeding One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) shall submit to the PAMB through the Protected Area Superintendent the following information: Environmental Impact Assessment and/or Environmental Management Plan; Environmental Compliance Certificate, if any; and Developmental Plan, if any. Failure to submit the required information shall constitute a violation of this Act. Based on its submission, the PAMB, with the assistance of the DENR shall assess such facility and its future plan and operation vis-a-vis the objectives of this Act. The PAMB may prescribe conditions for the operation of the facility to ensure that it does not contradict protected area management objectives. If any of such conditions are violated, a fine of Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) for every day of violation shall be imposed. If the fine reaches the total amount of Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00), regardless of duration; the PAMB, through the Protected Area Superintendent and deputizing other government entities, shall cause the cessation and demolition of the facility at the cost of its owners. The removal of existing facilities which provide basic services and amenities to the public shall require the concurrence of the LGU consistent with the responsibility of the local government to its constituents. Existing facilities allowed to remain within the protected area may be charged a reasonable fee, subject to DENR approval pursuant to Section 10(f) of the NIPAS Act by the PAMB based on the extent of its impact on the environment and biodiversity.
Utilization of Non-renewable Resources.
SEC. 21. Utilization of Non-renewable Resources. — Any exploration, exploitation or utilization of non-renewable resources within the protected area shall not be allowed.
Environmental Impact Assessment System.
SEC. 22. Environmental Impact Assessment System. — Existing laws, rules and regulations relating to Environmental Impact Assessment shall be applicable to projects and activities intended in the protected area. The issuance of the Environmental Compliance Certificate or its exemption shall be coordinated with the PAMB.
Partnership among Government, Non-government Organizations and People's Organizations.
SEC. 23. Partnership among Government, Non-government Organizations and People's Organizations. — For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this Act, all government agencies, non-government organizations, people's organizations and their personnel shall continuously foster and develop a strong and true partnership. All non-government organizations, people's organizations and private entities implementing any park conservation, protection and development program must be accredited by the LGUs and the DENR.
Roles of Local Government Units and National Agencies in the Protected Area.
SEC. 24. Roles of Local Government Units and National Agencies in the Protected Area. — LGUs and relevant national agencies shall be represented in the PAMB and shall have the following roles: Apprise their respective constituents, office, and sector on activities and programs for the protected area; Ensure consistency in the implementation of all activities in the protected area; Retain their ordinance-making powers over the protected area and shall consider the Management Plan and the rules and regulations adopted by the PAMB in their legislative agenda relating to biodiversity, conservation, protection and sustainable development; In the formulation of their development plan, LGUs shall consider the protected area management plan for Mt. Apo Protected Area to be prepared by the PAMB; Assist the PAMB in the implementation of the overall park programs, including but not limited to the imposition, collection and utilization of park fees, enforcement of policies, rules and regulations and other similar park activities; Accredit people's organizations, non-government organizations and other entities and groups involved in activities within the protected area; and Provide the PAMB with relevant information and data for the effective management of the protected area.
Public Service Utilities, Projects.
SEC. 25. Public Service Utilities, Projects. — All existing and future development projects of public service utilities involving water services, communication facilities, power and energy generation, public security, health and education services and other facilities which will promote public welfare, shall be implemented within areas designated/approved by the PAMB and other appropriate government agencies.
Appropriation.
SEC. 26. Appropriation. — The Secretary shall immediately include in the Department's program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Construction.
SEC. 27. Construction. — The provisions of this Act shall be construed liberally in favor of tenured migrants and indigenous cultural communities and with due consideration of the prior property rights of the stakeholders, to sustainable development, and the conservation and protection of biodiversity. Republic Acts Numbers 7160, 7586, 8371 and 8550 or the Local Government Code, NIPAS Act, IPRA, and Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, respectively, and other existing forestry laws and their corresponding rules and regulations not inconsistent hereto shall have suppletory effect in the implementation of this Act.
Implementing Rules and Regulations.
SEC. 28. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in consultation with the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources, and the PAMB, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to effectively implement the provisions of this Act.
Repealing Clause.
SEC. 29. Repealing Clause. — All other existing laws, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Separability Clause.
SEC. 30. Separability Clause. — If any part or section of this Act is declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the other parts or sections hereof.
Effectivity Clause.
SEC. 31. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall be translated in the Visayan language. It shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation readily available in the protected area. It shall likewise be posted for three (3) consecutive weeks starting on the day of publication in newspapers in both the English and Visayan languages in a conspicuous place in the provincial, municipal and barangay halls within the area as well as in three (3) other places frequented by the public. This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days from such publication and posting. Approved, (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON (Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR. President of the Senate Speaker of the House of Representatives This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 5772 and Senate Bill No. 2501 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 6, 2003 and September 10, 2003, respectively. (Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES (Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO Secretary of the Senate Secretary General House of Representatives APPROVED: FEB 03 2004 (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL - ARROYO President of the Philippines
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