Establishing Loboc Watershed Forest Reserve

Policy purpose of the reserve

The proclamation establishes the Loboc Watershed Forest Reserve for watershed and soil protection and for timber production.
The reserve is created to support watershed and soil conservation functions while also enabling timber production activities under forest law and regulations.
The reserve is placed under institutional forest administration to control and regulate forest use and timber extraction.

Scope: location and land status

The reserve covers parcels of the public domain situated in the municipalities of Balilihan, Batuan, Bilar, Carmen, Clarin, Garcia Hernandez, Jagna, Lila, Loboc, Sevilla, Sierra Bullones, and Valencia, Province of Bohol, Island of Bohol.
The proclamation withdraws the listed parcels from entry, sole, or settlement.
The proclamation declares the parcels to be the Loboc Watershed Forest Reserve, while expressly recognizing private rights, if any there be.
The proclamation uses Bureau of Forestry Map No. FR-119 as the reference for the described parcels.

Managing authority: Bureau of Forestry powers

The proclamation places the reserve under the administration and control of the Bureau of Forestry.
The Bureau of Forestry is authorized to regulate the use and occupancy of the forest reserve.
The Bureau of Forestry is authorized to regulate cutting, collection and removal of timber and other forest products within the reserve.
Regulation must be carried out in accordance with the Forest Law and Forest Regulations.

Legal basis and approval chain

The establishment is made upon the recommendation of the Director of Forestry.
The recommendation is required to be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The President acts on that approved recommendation pursuant to Section Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Six of the Revised Administrative Code.

Boundaries, technical descriptions, and lots

The forest reserve is laid out through technical descriptions for multiple lots under Bureau of Forestry Map No. FR-119.
The proclamation provides lot-by-lot boundary definitions using corner points, bearing-distance notations, natural features (including rivers and creeks), and references to other project boundaries.
Each lot includes a statement of approximate area and boundary corner markings using Bureau of Forestry marking hatchet numbers.

Lot No. 1 (approx. 225 hectares)

Lot No. 1 is defined by corner-by-corner bearings and distances beginning at corner 1 and ending back at corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an approximate area of 225 hectares.
The proclamation states that corners 1 through 22 are marked with B. F. marking hatchet No. 342.
The proclamation identifies alignment of corners 1 through 22 with corners 1 through 22 of Block B, Timberland Project No. 36, Valencia, Bohol.
The lot description references specific local landmarks such as proximity to Bo. Lantang, Municipality of Valencia, Bohol.
Boundary segments include bearings and distances such as S11AW, 400 meters and S88AE, 200 meters, among others.

Lot No. 2 (approx. 500 hectares)

Lot No. 2 is defined by bearings and distances beginning at corner 1 and returning to corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an approximate area of 500 hectares.
The lot description references a point identical to corner 156, Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 7, Balilihan, Bohol.
Boundary segments include distances such as S51AE, 1,950 meters and S76AE, 1,900 meters, among others.
The lot description specifies terminal points as plain “a Point” at the listed corners.
The proclamation does not impose separate conditions for Lot No. 2 beyond its inclusion in the forest reserve and the general regulatory authority of the Bureau of Forestry.

Lot No. 3 (approx. 1,925 hectares)

Lot No. 3 is defined beginning at corner 1 and traversing through named and measured segments, ending at corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an area of approximately 1,925 hectares.
The description references the Balilihan–Carmen Municipal Boundary line and Loboc River downstream in closing boundary segments.
Boundary traversal includes watercourse-following segments such as Loboc River downstream in a general southwesterly direction.
The lot states that corners 1 to corner 59 are marked with Bureau of Forestry marking hatchet No. 219, corners 60 to 81 with Bureau of forestry marking hatchet No. 343, and corner 82 and 83 with Bureau of forestry Marking Hatchet No. 151.
The lot includes multiple references to Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 7, Balilihan, Bohol for corner identity matches.

Lot No. 4 (approx. 670 hectares)

Lot No. 4 is defined by boundary lines beginning at corner 1 and ending back at corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an area of approximately 670 hectares.
The description includes boundary portions following Hibagay River upstream and the Balilihan–Carmen Municipal Boundary Line.
The proclamation states that corners 1 to 19 are marked with Bureau of Forestry marking hatchet No. 151 and corners 20 and 21 with Bureau of Forestry marking hatchet No. 168.
The description references identity matches to corners in Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. I-A, Carmen, Bohol.

Lot No. 5 (approx. 300 hectares)

Lot No. 5 is defined beginning at corner 1 and returning to corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an approximate area of 300 hectares.
The description includes creek-following boundary segments and a junction at intersections of the Loboc River and a creek.
The proclamation states that corners 1 up to 14 are marked with Bureau of Forestry marking hatchet No. 151.
The lot description references identity matches to corners in Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 8, Batuan, Bohol.

Lot No. 6 (approx. 175 hectares)

Lot No. 6 is defined by starting at corner 1 and returning to corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an approximate area of 175 hectares.
The description includes boundary segments following a creek downstream.
The proclamation states that corners 1 to 11 are marked with B. F. marking hatchet No. 151.
The lot uses corner identity matches to Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 8, Batuan, Bohol.

Lot No. 7 (approx. 323 hectares)

Lot No. 7 is defined starting at corner 1 and closing at corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an area of 323 hectares.
The boundary follows the Loay River downstream in a general southwesterly direction in the closing portion.
The proclamation states that corners 1 to 19 are marked with B. F. marking hatchet No. 219.
The description references identity matches to corners in Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 7, Balilihan, Bohol.

Lot No. 8 (approx. 2,075 hectares)

Lot No. 8 is defined by boundary lines beginning at corner 1 and returning to corner 1.
The lot contains an approximate area of 2,075 hectares.
The description includes points identical to corners in the same forest reserve, including Lot No. 3 and Lot No. 6.
The boundary follows the Sevilla–Bilar Municipal Boundary line for substantial distance segments.
The proclamation states that corner 1 is marked with B. F. marking hatchet No. 219, corner 3 with B. F. marking hatchet No. 15, corners 5 and 6 with B. F. marking hatchet No. 343, and corners from 7 to 41 inclusive with B. F. Marking Hatchet No. 219.
The lot description uses many tree and stump references with measured diameters as corner markers.

Lot No. 9 (approx. 1,550 hectares)

Lot No. 9 is defined starting at corner 1 at an intersection of two creeks and closing back at corner 1.
The lot contains an approximate area of 1,550 hectares.
The boundary follows creeks and the Bilar River upstream in multiple segments.
The proclamation states that corner 2 is marked with B. F. marking hatchet No. 15, corners 3 to 9 inclusive with B. F. marking hatchet No. 219, and corners 10 to 29 inclusive with B. F. Marking Hatchet No. 343.
The description references identity matches to corners in Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 9, Bilar, Bohol.

Lot No. 10 (approx. 475 hectares)

Lot No. 10 is defined starting at corner 1 and returning to corner 1 as point of beginning.
The lot contains an area of approximately 475 hectares.
The description includes multiple “junction to corner” references tied to Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 9, Bilar, Bohol and boundary lines with Sevilla–Bilar Municipal Boundary line.
The proclamation states that corners from 1 through 22 are marked with B. F. marking hatchet No. 343, and corners 23 up to corner 28 with B. F. marking hatchet No. 342.
The lot includes a boundary segment following the Bilar–Loboc Municipal Boundary line.

Lot No. 11 (approx. 125 hectares)

Lot No. 11 is defined by starting at corner 1, traversing through specified directions and distances including a due EAST segment, and returning to corner 1.
The lot contains an approximate area of 125 hectares.
The description includes segments following the Bilar–Loboc Municipal Boundary line.
The proclamation states that all corners from 1 up to 9 are marked with B. F. Marking Hatchet No. 343.
The lot uses corner identity matches to trees referenced in Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 9, Bilar, Bohol.

Lot No. 12

Lot No. 12 is defined beginning at corner 1, traversing boundary lines including multiple segments following municipal boundary lines, and closing back to corner 1.
The proclamation identifies Lot No. 12 beginning at corner 1 and continuing along boundary segments that include Bilar–Loboc Municipal Boundary line and Loboc–Idla Municipal Boundary line.
The lot description uses multiple corner identity matches to Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 25, Loboc, Bohol and Block I, Alienable and Disposable Project No. 9, Bilar, Bohol.
The lot description contains a series of measured bearings and distances and tree-based corner references with specified diameters.
The proclamation states the lot’s boundary and corner markers through its technical description method, consistent with the rest of the proclamation’s technical descriptions.

Forest administration effect on occupancy and extraction

The reserve is governed by rules that authorize the Bureau of Forestry to regulate use and occupancy.
The reserve is governed by rules that authorize the Bureau of Forestry to regulate cutting, collection, and removal of timber and other forest products.
Those regulatory actions must conform to the Forest Law and Forest Regulations.
The proclamation’s withdrawal from entry, sole, or settlement applies to the declared reserve parcels while recognizing any private rights, if any there be.