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Proclamation No. 926 establishing subic watershed forest reserve for purposes of protecting, maintaining, or improving its waterfield and providing restraining mechanisms for inappropriate forest exploitation and disruptive land use, a certain parcel of land of the public domain situated in the province of Bataan, Island of Luzon, Philippines.

Country/Territory
Philippines
Document type
Regulation
Date
1992
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Water conservation zone Basin/catchment/watershed Inland waters Access right Protected area Ecosystem preservation Wetlands Biodiversity
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The President of the Philippines hereby withdraws from sale, entry, settlement, exploitation, exploration and other forms of disposition, subject to private rights, if any there be, and set aside and declare Subic Watershed Forest Reserve to protect and preserve the rare biological diversity of the flora and fauna therein and keep intact the productive capacity of the hydrologic unit supplying the developable portions of the Subic Bay Military Reservation a specified area. Any person who shall collect, cut, gather any forest products, wildlife from the said watershed area and/or in any manner destroy the biological of the resource natural features therein or interfere with the sustainable functioning of the water resource shall be punished in accordance with the penalties prescribed under existing laws, rules and regulations.

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