Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Quezon Memorial Park situated in the Municipalities of Atimonan, Pagbilao and Padre Burgos, all in the Province of Quezon as Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous people as provided for in R.A. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 02, Series of 1993 and other related rules and regulations, if any there be, as described in DENR NIPAS Map RO-4A-3.


Beginning at a point marked "1" on the DENR NIPAS Map No. RO-4A-3, a concrete monument .20x.20x85 cm., identical to corner 1 of the Old Quezon National Park due West, about 550 meters from Barrio Malinao, Atimonan, Quezon with geographic coordinates 13 58'00" to 14 01'00" North latitude and 121 47'00" to 121 50'00" East longitude;

thence S	00 46'	W	132.7 m.	to corner	2;
thence S	00 46'	W	275.5 m.	to corner	3;
thence S	00 46'	W	338.2 m.	to corner	4;
thence S	00 46 ™	W	102.9 m.	to corner	5;
thence S	67 14'	W	1,223.6 m.	to corner	6;
thence S	67 14'	W	79.4 m.	to corner	7;
thence S	00 34'	E	51.0 m.	to corner	8;
thence S	40 41'	E	44.0 m.	to corner	9;
thence S	30 23'	E	23.9 m.	to corner	10;
thence S	12 51 ™	E	36.2 m.	to corner	11;
thence S	49 48'	W	9.1 m.	to corner	12;
thence N	62 51'	W	22.4 m.	to corner	13;
thence S	56 06 ™	W	92.3 m.	to corner	14;
thence S	31 24'	W	70.6 m.	to corner	15;
thence S	75 56'	W	58.3 m.	to corner	16;
thence N	55 50 ™	W	40.9 m.	to corner	17;
thence N	85 43'	W	40.9 m.	to corner	18;
thence N	71 52'	W	75.3 m.	to corner	19;
thence S	66 26'	W	56.4 m.	to corner	20;
thence S	61 31'	W	39.0 m.	to corner	21;
thence S	71 07'	W	90.9 m.	to corner	22;
thence S	78 17'	W	115.8 m.	to corner	23;
thence S	31 48'	W	83.6 m.	to corner	24;
thence N	47 01'	W	14.9 m.	to corner	25;
thence N	21 33'	W	63.6 m.	to corner	26;
thence S	86 43'	W	51.3 m.	to corner	27;
thence S	04 38'	W	61.5 m.	to corner	28;
thence S	50 22'	W	34.0 m.	to corner	29;
thence S	84 31'	W	81.9 m.	to corner	30;
thence S	21 44'	W	29.5 m.	to corner	31;
thence N	49 46'	W	121.2 m.	to corner	32;
thence S	45 25'	W	61.4 m.	to corner	33;
thence S	05 06'	W	45.3 m.	to corner	34:
thence S	19 04 ™	W	45.6 m.	to corner	35;
thence	Due South		41.2 m.	to corner	36;
thence S	59 24'	W	34.7 m.	to corner	37;
thence N	86 59'	W	51.7 m.	to corner	38;
thence N	66 08'	W	43.6 m.	to corner	39;
thence S	74 40'	W	50.0 m.	to corner	40;
thence S	42 60'	W	66.3 m.	to corner	41;
thence S	00 58'	W	59.3 m.	to corner	42;
thence S	46 45'	W	45.1 m.	to corner	43;
thence S	19 13 ™	W	131.9 m.	to corner	44;
thence S	40 56'	W	40.2 m.	to corner	45;
thence S	71 04'	W	22.0 m.	to corner	46;
thence N	59 38'	W	72.6 m.	to corner	47;
thence S	82 30'	W	60.2 m.	to corner	48;
thence N	66 04'	W	321.0 m.	to corner	49;
thence N	22 34'	W	805.1 m.	to corner	50;
thence N	22 34'	W	15.2 m.	to corner	51;
thence N	22 33'	W	449.4 m.	to corner	52;
thence N	22 59"	W	355.5 m.	to corner	53;
thence N	31 42'	W	504.9 m.	to corner	54;
thence N	39 10'	W	342.4 m.	to corner	55;
thence N	63 50'	W	204.2 m.	to corner	56;
thence S	84 13'	W	192.4 m.	to corner	57;
thence S	63 14'	W	174.7 m.	to corner	58;
thence N	71 18'	W	265.4 m.	to corner	59;
thence N	17 37'	W	85.6 m.	to corner	60;
thence N	24 51'	E	73.6 m.	to corner	61;
thence N	07 21'	E	84.9 m.	to corner	62;
thence N	01 50'	E	84.7 m.	to corner	63;
thence N	41 36'	E	157.1 m.	to corner	64;
thence N	62 40'	E	141.2 m.	to corner	65;
thence N	73 47'	E	120.8 m.	to corner	66;
thence N	66 43'	E	146.1 m.	to corner	67;
thence S	78 17'	E	221.0 m.	to corner	68;
thence	Due East		231.3 m.	to corner	69;
thence N	59 39'	E	232.1 m.	to corner	70;
thence N	47 36'	E	177.1 m.	to corner	71;
thence N	56 38'	E	186.8 m.	to corner	72;
thence N	80 53'	E	140.8 m.	to corner	73;
thence N	02 57'	E	91.8 m.	to corner	74;
thence N	76 49'	E	150.9 m.	to corner	75;
thence N	76 49'	E	171.1 m.	to corner	76;
thence N	76 49'	E	125.8 m.	to corner	77;
thence N	81 53'	E	221.3 m.	to corner	78;
thence S	84 09'	E	175.9 m.	to corner	79;
thence N	68 44'	E	181.3 m.	to corner	80;
thence N	68 44'	E	181.3 m.	to corner	81;
thence N	41 36'	E	91.2 m.	to corner	82;
thence S	46 43'	E	285.1 m.	to corner	83;
thence S	45 22'	E	175.7 m.	to corner	84;
thence S	31 19'	E	201.3 m.	to corner	85;
thence S	78 22'	E	3.7 m.	to corner	86;
thence S	49 52'	E	94.1 m.	to corner	87;
thence S	65 33'	E	85.9 m.	to corner	88;
thence S	53 04"	E	180.5 m.	to corner	89;
thence S	45 47'	E	30.4 m.	to corner	90;
thence S	34 33'	E	231.4 m.	to corner	91;
thence S	60 47'	E	1,302.4 m.	to corner	92;
thence S	23 37'	E	14.8 m.	to corner	1

which is the point of beginning containing an area of NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE (983) hectares, more or less, subject to actual ground survey and delineation.

The Quezon Protected Landscape shall be under the management jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992.

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 02 day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.


By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary