THE

BUSUANGA
PASTURE
RESERVE
(BPR)

BACKGROUND
INFORMATION

Presidential Decree No. 619

Title :

Issued by:
Date:

Authorizing the classification,

reservation and development of
any lands of the public domain
into a grazing reserve for largescale ranching projects
Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos
December 20, 1974

Salient provisions:
No individual or private corp. may hold
grazing reserve in excess of 50,000
hectares

Proclamation No. 1387

Title :

Reserving and establishing as a

pasture reserve a certain parcel
of land of the public domain
situated in the Island of
Busuanga, Province of Palawan

Issued by:
Date:
Area:

Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos

February 13, 1975

more or less 40,000 hectares

BUSUANGA ISLAND

BUSUANGA

CORON

BUSUANGA PASTURE RESERVE

Proclamation No.

BUSUANGA

1387
CORON

o issued by Pres. Marcos

on 13 Feb. 1975

Area :
o Per Proclamation
= 40,000 ha
o Per SWO 04-000080
= 34,656 ha
o Per GIS plotting using
TD = 37,048 ha

AIRPORT
SOURCE OF WATER
PORT
NATIONAL ROAD

EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURES

Location
of Ports/
Airports
PORT CALTOM

DECALACHAO PORT

AIRPORT

AIRPORT
SOURCE OF WATER
PORT
NATIONAL ROAD
CORON PORT

Existing
Rivers
PAMATPATAN RIVER
PANGAWARAN RIVER

BUSUANGA RIVER

DECALACHAO RIVER

GUCCI FALLS

RELEVANT
ISSUANCES

Presidential Proclamation
No. 2057
Title :

Issued by:
Arroyo
Date:

Authorizing the Phil. Forest

Corp. to administer the
development of the area
covered by the Busuanga
Pasture Reserve delineated by
Proclamation No. 1387
Pres. Gloria MacapagalMay 7, 2010

Proclamation No. 663

Title :

Issued by:
Date:

Repealing Proclamation no.

2057 and transferring the
administration of the Busuanga
Pasture Reserve to the Forest
(FMB) Management Bureau of
DENR
Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III
October 14, 2013

THANK
YOU!