Title
Mining Areas Excluded from Quirino Protected Landscape
Law
Proclamation No. 779
Decision Date
Feb 6, 2005
Proclamation No. 779 excludes certain areas covered by existing mining tenements from the Quirino Protected Landscape, with a technical description provided, signed and sealed by the Republic of the Philippines.
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Q&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 779)

The Quirino Protected Landscape was proclaimed pursuant to Republic Act No. 7586, also known as the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992.

The municipalities of Diffun, Cabarroguis, Aglipay, Maddela, and Nagtipunan, all in the Province of Quirino, were declared as the Quirino Protected Landscape.

The President of the Republic of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and pursuant to the powers vested by law, has the authority to exclude areas from the coverage of the Quirino Protected Landscape.

Yes, Proclamation No. 548 provides that the declaration of the subject parcel of land as a protected area is subject to private rights.

Three parcels are described in the amended boundaries of the Quirino Protected Landscape (Parcel I, Parcel II, and Parcel III).

Mining tenements that are valid and existing are excluded from the coverage of the Quirino Protected Landscape as per Proclamation No. 779.

The amended boundaries include detailed geographical technical descriptions with coordinates, bearings, distances, and points of corners for each parcel.

The amended boundaries of the Quirino Protected Landscape shall be subject to ground survey and delineation to finalize the boundaries.


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