Establishment of a Watershed Forest Reservation in a Parcel of Land in Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato

September 24, 1985

PROCLAMATION NO. 2455

ESTABLISHING AS WATERSHED FOREST RESERVATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING, MAINTAINING, OR IMPROVING ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING A RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND LAND-USE, A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE PROVINCES OF SULTAN KUDARAT AND SOUTH COTABATO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, water supply is indispensable to the socio-economic development and well-being of Allah Valley;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to protect and properly manage the watershed of Allah Valley, particularly the upper reaches and tributaries of Allah river in order to maintain or improve its water supply and to restrain inappropriate forest exploitation and land-use;

WHEREAS, reserving the said land for watershed purposes is in the best interest of the public;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources and in accordance with Section 1 of Republic Act 3891, do hereby withdraw from sale and settlement and set aside as watershed forest reserve, subject to private rights, if there be any, and to the operation of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof for specific purposes, a parcel of land located in the Municipalities of Isulan, Banga, Surallah, and Kiamba, Province of Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at Corner 1, a point at the bank of Allah River which is 1,850 meters S 58º 30'E of Corner 1 of Alienable or disposable land Block I Proj. 4 (LC Map No. 1922) and with longitude 124º 38'E and latitude 6º 26' 49' in the Province of South Cotabato; cdt

Thence S 43º 30'E, 1,250 meters to Corner 2, a point on east of Isuland provincial road;

Thence N 73º 00'E 1,690 meters to Corner 3, a point on ground;

Thence N 52º 00'E 1,300 meters to Corner 4, a point on ground;

Thence S 55º 00'E 2,080 meters to Corner 5, a point on slope;

Thence S 51º 30'E 3,400 meters to Corner 6, a point on slope;

Thence S 3º 00'E 2,800 meters to Corner 7, a point on side road;

Thence S 9º 30'E 2,900 meters to Corner 8, a point on slope;

Thence S 16º 30'E 1,700 meters to Corner 10, a point on slope;

Thence S 67º 00'E 1,280 meters to Corner 11, a point on slope;

Thence S 20º 30'E 2,950 meters to Corner 12, a point on slope;

Thence S 63º 31'E 2,900 meters to Corner 13, a point on slope;

Thence S 29º 00'E 2,550 meters to Corner 14, a point on slope;

Thence S 22º 00'E 2,580 meters to Corner 15, a point on slope;

Thence S 36º 00'E 2,350 meters to Corner 16, a point on slope;

Thence S 5º 00'W 1,825 meters to Corner 17, a point on slope;

Thence S 35º 00'E 1,800 meters to Corner 18, a point along slope;

Thence S 20º 00'E 2,280 meters to Corner 19, a point on slope;

Thence S 25º 00'E 2,320 meters to Corner 20, a point along slope;

Thence S 9º 00'W 530 meters to Corner 21, a point along slope;

Thence S 54º 00'E, 3,060 meters to Corner 22, a point along the ridge;

Thence S 72º 30'E, 3,000 meters to Corner 23, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 70º 00'E, 2,500 meters to Corner 24, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 8º 30'W, 3,160 meters to Corner 25, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 21º 00'W, 1,650 meters to Corner 26, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 14º 30'W, 1,900 meters to Corner 27, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 61º 00'W, 2,050 meters to Corner 28, a point on top of ridge; cd

Thence S 77º 00'W, 2,975 meters to Corner 29, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 49º 00'W, 1,500 meters to Corner 30, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 70º 00'W, 4,500 meters to Corner 31, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 65º 00'W, 3,300 meters to Corner 32, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 77º 00'W, 2,550 meters to Corner 33, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 62º 00'W, 3,950 meters to Corner 34, a point along the ridge;

Thence S 50º 00'W, 780 meters to Corner 35, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 43º 30'W, 2,350 meters to Corner 36, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 37º 30'W, 2,830 meters to Corner 37, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 26º 00'W, 1,990 meters to Corner 38, a point on Peak of Mt. Busa;

Thence N 43º 30'W, 3,000 meters to Corner 39, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 13º 30'W, 3,160 meters to Corner 40, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 33º 00'W, 3,350 meters to Corner 41, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 37º 00'W, 1,590 meters to Corner 42, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 17º 30'E, 1,920 meters to Corner 43, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 21º 60'W, 2,200 meters to Corner 44, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 63º 00'W, 1,720 meters to Corner 45, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 10º 00'W, 1,800 meters to Corner 46, a point on top of Pitol;

Thence N 43º 00'W, 2,350 meters to Corner 47, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 52º 00'W, 2,800 meters to Corner 48, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 65º 00'W, 1,700 meters to Corner 49, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 61º 00'W, 3,600 meters to Corner 50, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 4º 00'W, 1,600 meters to Corner 51, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 5º 00'W, 3,500 meters to Corner 52, to point on top of ridge;

Thence N 50º 00'W, 1,680 meters to Corner 53, to point on top of ridge;

Thence N 40º 00'W, 1,250 meters to Corner 54, a point on top of ridge;

Thence Due North, 1,550 meters to Corner 55, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 30º 00'E, 2,600 meters to Corner 56, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 5º 00'W, 2,000 meters to Corner 57, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 41º 00'E, 2,820 meters to Corner 58, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 19º 00'W, 1,420 meters to Corner 59, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 31º 00'E, 2,000 meters to Corner 60, a point on top of ridge; aisa dc

Thence N 26º 00'W, 1,090 meters to Corner 61, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 52º 30'E, 2,000 meters to Corner 62, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 73º 30'E, 2,720 meters to Corner 63, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 85º 30'E, 2,425 meters to Corner 64, a point on top of ridge;

Thence S 48º 30'E, 750 meters to Corner 65, a point along the ridge;

Thence N 57º 00'E, 1,070 meters to Corner 67, a point on top of ridge;

Thence N 56º 00'E, 1,300 meters to Corner 69, a point along the ridge;

Thence 50º 30'E, 1,050 meters to Corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an approximate area of One Hundred Two Thousand Three Hundred Fifty (102,350) Hectares more or less.

Within the reservation are the following lands that have been designated earlier for specific purposes:

a. Lake Sebu Watershed Forest Reserve

b. Tasaday-Manubo Special Forest Reserve (Partial)

c. National Cultural Minorities Settlement (Tagbili (PANAMIN) Reservation-CR— 119 (Proc. No. 697.)

d. Datu Ma Falen Civil Reservation

e. Alienable or Disposable lands enclosed herein which may be disposed of in accordance with the public land law are the following:

Project 4, Blocks I and II, Cert. 1955, LR-1922

Project 4-B, Blocks II and III, Cert. 1961, LR-2436

Project 4-C

Project 4-F, Cert. 1975, LR- 2649

Project 4-1, Proposed

Project 51, Blk. 1, Cert. 1933, LC- 1017

Project 50, Blk. 1, Cert. 1931, LC- 917

The Ministry of Natural Resources, thru the Bureau of Forest Development shall administer and manage the reservation, in coordination with other agencies of the government with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a source of water for agriculture, domestic, industrial and other uses, and to protect against forest exploitation and land-use that would induce severe soil erosion, sedimentation, and excessive surface runoff resulting to serious damages downstream.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. aisa dc

DONE in the City of Manila, in the year of Our Lord, this 24th day of September, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.