Laws & Rules

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 186

DECLARING THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF
NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA SITUATED IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES OF NABAS, MALAY, BURUANGA
PROVINCE OF AKLAN AND MUNICIPALITIES OF
LIBERTAD AND PANDAN IN THE PROVINCE OF
ANTIQUE AS PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO R.A.
7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS
THE NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA NATURAL PARK

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare the Mountain Ranges of Northwest Panay Peninsula located in the Municipalities of Nabas, Malay and Buruanga, Province of Aklan and the Municipalities of Libertad and Pandan in the Province of Antique as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the Indigenous People as provided for in R.A. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02, and other related rules and regulations, if any there be, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. R-6-05.

Link: Presidential Proclamation No. 186

Link: Presidential Proclamation No. 186 (PDF)

News Report: ANTIQUE: NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA DECLARED AS NATURAL PARK

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM, DEFINING ITS SCOPE AND COVERAGE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1
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This Act shall be known and referred to as the “National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 1992.”

Links:

Republic Act No. 7586 (HTML)

Republic Act No. 7586 (HTML)

Republic Act No. 7586 (HTML)

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-26

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 26 Series of 2008

REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586 or THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS) ACT OF 1992

Links:

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-26 Revised IRR (PDF)

DENR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-26 Revised IRR (PDF)