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 P…

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;

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;

WHEREAS, the MAB pilot research project requires an area
without uncontrollable human activities, such as logging, fishing,
unjudicious collection and destruction of corals and other biological
resources, and docking;

WHEREAS, the main objective of the MAB program is to obtain
information through inter-disciplinary research as rational basis for
efficient utilization and management of our natural resources; and

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;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by law, do hereby set
aside as civil reservation for research and instruction purposes of the
Man and the 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.