ADOPTING THE MT. MAKILING RESERVE AREA AND LAGUNA DE BAY REGION MASTER PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 121, dated 24 August 1993, constituted the Mt.
Makiling Reserve Area and Laguna de Bay Commission to coordinate and oversee
efforts to preserve and develop the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area and the Laguna de
Bay Region, consistent with the development framework;

WHEREAS, Section 4 of said Executive Order directed the Commission to
formulate and submit, for approval of the President, a Master Plan for the
preservation and development of the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area and Laguna de Bay
Region;

WHEREAS, Section 5 of the same Executive Order directed the implementation
of a moratorium in the subject areas and the Commission to recommend and
provide guidelines for the lifting of said moratorium after the Master Plans
have been put in place;

WHEREAS, after a series of consultations with concerned sectors, the Master
Plan was formulated and adopted by the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area and Laguna de
Bay Commission during its meeting on February 8, 1996;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the
approval and adoption of the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area and Laguna de Bay Region
Master Plan. In accordance therewith, I hereby order the following:

SECTION 1. Implementation of the Master Plan.
The implementation of the Master Plan shall be guided by the following priority
considerations:

a. The implementation of
programs and projects under the Master Plan shall be consistent with existing
environmental laws and policies for the environmental protection of the region;

b. The implementation of the
Master Plan shall be directed towards the rehabilitation and sustainable
development of the watershed to ensure adequate and continuous fresh water
supply for various uses;

c. The implementation of the
Master Plan shall support the efforts to enhance the environmental quality of
the lake. Consistent with this, a Zoning and Management Plan for the Lake and
its fishery resources shall be implemented with priority attention to small
fisherfolks and other marginalized sectors of the region; and

d. The implementation of the
Master Plan shall also ensure the protection of the natural ecological
attributes of the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area.

SEC. 2. Moratorium. The moratorium provided
in Section 5 of Executive Order No. 121 is hereby lifted in areas specified in
the guidelines issued by the Commission pursuant to the Master Plan as follows:

a. Moratorium on the issuance of
new land development permits, clearances or concessions, as well as all modes
of disposition in areas outside of the designated Buffer Zones is hereby
lifted.

However, development of projects
in these areas shall be subject to the conditions of PD 1586 and other existing
environmental laws and policies as well as compliance with the requirements of
DENR-LLDA and other government agencies. For existing projects, there should be
adequate provision of environmental management measures that mitigate all
negative impacts.

b. The moratorium in areas
designated as Buffer Zones shall remain in effect. As such, development in
these areas shall be in accordance with the Master Plan provided that these are
non-critical projects as provided in the guidelines.

Disposition involving areas
within the Buffer Zone of the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area shall be allowed.
However, subsequent development shall still be covered by the moratorium as
stated above.

For the Laguna Lake Buffer Zone,
development shall also be in accordance with the provisions of the Shoreland
Policy as promulgated by the LLDA;

c. Moratorium on the issuance of
new permits for the construction and operation of fishpens and fishcages in the
Laguna Lake is lifted subject to compliance with the Zoning and Management Plan
for Laguna de Bay.

SEC. 3. Institutional Arrangement. To ensure that the Master Plan shall implemented fully in the most
expedient way, the following are hereby directed:

a. The Mt. Makiling Reserve Area
and Laguna de Bay Commission in addition to its functions, shall provide
oversight and coordinative mechanisms to fast-track the implementation of the
programs and projects under the Master Plan;

The Commission shall provide for
an effective review, monitoring and continuous refinement of the Master Plan to
make it responsive to the development requirements in the region;

b. The Laguna Lake Development
Authority (LLDA) and the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) in
coordination with various agencies, shall lead in the implementation of the
Master Plan for the Laguna de Bay Region and the Mt. Makiling Reserve Area,
respectively;

c. The Executive Committee
(ExCom) created pursuant to Memorandum Order No. 204 issued on April 27, 1994
shall oversee the full implementation of the programs and projects of the
Master Plan; and

d. All concerned Local
Government Units and other government agencies or entities shall align their
development plans, programs and projects and extend full support to the
implementation of the Master Plan. The private sector is also encouraged to
support the Master Plan and coordinate their activities with the Commission.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. All orders, issuances, circulars, rules and regulations, or portions
thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby
deemed amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 18th day of June in the year of our
Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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