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Section 4Sec./Art. 4
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Declaration and Scope. - Pursuant to and in accordance with the NIPAS Act, the Northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range within the Province of Isabela is hereby declared and established as a protected area and part of the National Integrated Protected Areas System under the category of a natural park as defined herein. It shall be referred to as the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (NSMNP) and its boundaries shall be as follows:
Beginning at a point marked 1 on the map which is a point located at the boundary of the provinces of Isabela and Cagayan,
POINT
LONGITUDE
LATITUDE
1
122 - 11'23"
17 - 32'23"
2
122 - 11'15"
17 - 31'16"
3
122 - 10'14"
17 - 29'43"
4
122 - 10'35"
17 - 28'26"
5
122 - 11'22"
17 - 28'44"
6
122 - 12'19"
17 - 28'02"
7
122 - 12'27"
17 - 25'51"
8
122 - 11'37"
17 - 26'21"
9
122 - 10'18"
17 - 26'57"
10
122 - 09'21"
17 - 28'38"
11
122 - 08'58"
17 - 30'32"
12
122 - 07'47"
17 - 32'01"
13
122 - 05'10"
17 - 32'21"
14
122 - 02'21"
17 - 32'21"
15
122 - 59'31"
17 - 32'20"
16
121 - 59'21"
17 - 30'31"
17
121 - 59'39"
17 - 28'41"
18
122 - 00'45"
17 - 26'47"
19
122 - 00'19"
17 - 24'28
20
121 - 59'55"
17 - 22'27
21
122 - 00'08"
17 - 20'26
22
122 - 00'58"
17 - 19'01
23
122 - 03'16"
17 - 18'13"
24
122 - 02'24"
17 - 16'25
25
122 - 02'44"
17 - 14'15"
26
122 - 03'06"
17 - 12'39
27
122 - 03'12"
17 - 10'52
28
122 - 04'55"
17 - 09'33
29
122 - 06'56"
17 - 10'21
30
122 - 07'17"
17 - 08'19"
31
122 - 07'43"
17 - 06'05
32
122 - 09'04"
17 - 04'46
33
122 - 09'21"
17 - 02'40
34
122 - 09'19"
17 - 00'39
35
122 - 09'19"
16 - 59'27
36
122 - 10'39"
16 - 59'18"
37
122 - 12'11"
16 - 58'25
38
122 - 12'06"
16 - 56'09
39
122 - 12'37"
16 - 54'20
40
122 - 11'10"
16 - 52'49
41
122 - 11'40"
16 - 21'28
42
122 - 12'52"
16 - 49'05
43
122 - 11'21"
16 - 48'16"
44
122 - 10'53"
16 - 46'29
45
122 - 10'47"
16 - 44'17"
46
122 - 11'55"
16 - 42'19"
47
122 - 12'34"
16 - 40'26
48
122 - 12'44"
16 - 37'56
49
122 - 14'41"
16 - 38'37
50
122- 16'19"
16 - 39'36
51
122 - 17'26"
16 - 38'50
52
122 - 19'42"
16 - 38'54
53
122- 21'09"
16 - 39'21
54
122 - 23'58"
16 - 39'21
55
122 - 25'18"
16 - 41'27
56
122 - 26'45"
16 - 43'40
57
122 - 28'03"
16 - 45'53
58
122 - 28'51"
16 - 48'21
59
122 - 29'49"
16 - 50'46
60
122 - 30'20"
16 - 53'18"
61
122 - 31'11"
16 - 55'45
62
122 - 30'59"
16 - 58'24
63
122 - 32'40"
16 - 59'59
64
122 - 33'47"
17 - 02'21
65
122 - 34'16"
17 - 04'44
66
122 - 33'59"
17 - 07'10"
67
122 - 32'58"
17 - 09'29
68
122 - 30'55"
17 -10'58
69
122 - 28'24"
17 -10'03
70
122 - 28'11"
17 - 11'60"
71
122 - 29'13"
17 - 14'23
72
122 - 28'60"
17 - 17'03
73
122 - 27'55"
17 - 19'24
74
122 - 26'33"
17 - 21'28
75
122 - 24'29"
17 - 23'15"
76
122 - 21'57"
17 - 24'14
77
122 - 19'33"
17 - 23'01
78
122 - 17'39"
17 - 24'36
79
122 - 16'22"
17 - 26'51
80
122 - 14'57"
17 - 29'06
81
122 - 14'35"
17 - 31'44
containing an approximate land area of two hundred eighty-seven thousand and eight hundred sixty-one hectares (287,861 has.) and coastline water area of seventy-one thousand and six hundred twenty-five hectares (71,625 has.).
All existing land-use and resource-use permits within the NSMNP and its buffer zones, as provided herein, shall be reviewed and shall not be renewed upon their expiration unless consistent with the management plan as provided herein and upon approval by the PAMB. Extractive resource-use within the NSMNP shall not be deemed to include sustainable extraction by indigenous cultural communities or indigenous peoples and tenured migrants.
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