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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1754, June 22, 1978 ]

RESERVING A STRIP OF LAND ALONG MARCOS HIGHWAY FROM AGOO, LA UNION TO BAGUIO CITY FOR WATERSHED AND FOREST RESERVE PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, watersheds and forest areas along the entire length of the Marcos Highway from Agoo, La Union to Baguio City need to be preserved to protect the road from erosion;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reserve for watershed and forest reserve purposes a strip of land five kilometers from either side of the Marcos Highway from Agoo, La Union to Baguio City. Said strip of land shall be closed to logging and mineral exploration, but may be released for human settlement purposes upon recommendation of the Ministers of Natural Resources and Human Settlements.

All logging and mineral exploration permits or licenses are hereby revoked or cancelled.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant

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