Section 1Sec./Art. 1

There is hereby established, within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of Camarines Sur, a botanical garden to be known as the "Bikol Botanical Garden". It shall be located in a portion of Mt. Isarog Natural Park within the Municipality of Pili and occupy an area of at least twenty-five (25) hectares to be determined and delineated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and its faculties shall be built within landscaped spaces in order to create a park-like recreational environment dedicated to botanic research, experimental planting, collection of study specimen, and the teaching and dissemination of botanic knowledge.