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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 354
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 354 -
RESERVING FOR RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTION PURPOSES OF MAN AND THE
BIOSPHERE (MAB) OF THE PHILIPPINES A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE
PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PUERTO GALERA, PROVINCE
OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
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WHEREAS,
the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) of the Philippines is conducting
specific studies on the effects of human activities on ecosystems of
mountains, grasslands, forests, water bodies and coastal zones; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the MAB has selected Puerto Galera and the surrounding
mountains (Mts. Alinyaban, Malasimbo and Talipanan) in Oriental Mindoro
bounded on the west by Camerong River as its pilot research project
site for satisfying the following requirements: availability of
suitable components of ecosystems affected by varying degrees of human
disturbances, existence of governmental and academic research stations,
and accessibility of the area to the MAB Task Forces;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the MAB pilot research project requires an area without
uncontrollable human activities, such as logging, fishing, injudicious
collection and destruction of corrals and other biological resources,
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WHEREAS, the main objectives of the MAB program is to obtain
information through inter-disciplinary research as rational basis for
efficient utilization and management of our natural resources;
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WHEREAS, the University of the Philippines has endorsed the MAB
projects above contemplated and for this purpose has requested and
proposed the reservation of Puerto Galera Bay and vicinity for research
and instruction purposes;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby set aside as
civil reservation for research and instruction purposes of the Man and
Biosphere (MAB) of the Philippines, Puerto Galera and the surrounding
mountains of Alinyaban, Malasimbo and Talipanan, including Puerto
Galera Bay and vicinity in the Province of Oriental Mindoro.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-three.
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