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internal waters up to the Central Government's baselines under existing laws. In the
southern and eastern part of the BJE, it shall be demarcated by a line drawn from
the Maguling Point, Palimbang, Province of Sultan Kudarat up to the straight
baselines of the Philippines. On the northwestern part, it shall be demarcated by a
line drawn from Little Sta. Cruz Island, Zamboanga City, up to Naris Point, Bataraza,
Palawan. On the western part of Palawan, it shall be demarcated by a line drawn
from the boundary of Bataraza and Rizal up to the straight baselines of the
Philippines.
"The final demarcation shall be determined by a joint technical body composed of
duly-designated representatives of both Parties, in coordination with the appropriate
Central Government agency in accordance with the above guidelines "
[43] Id., par. 1. "1. The Bangsamoro homeland and historic territory refer to the land
mass as well as the maritime, terrestrial, fluvial and alluvial domains, and the aerial
domain, the atmospheric space above it, embracing the Mindanao-Sulu-Palawan
geographic region. x x x."
[44] Id., par 2(g). "(1) The territorial waters of the BJE shall stretch beyond the BJE
internal waters up to the Republic of the Philippines (RP) baselines south east and
south west of mainland Mindanao. Beyond the fifteen (15) kilometers internal
waters, the Central Government and the BJE shall exercise joint jurisdiction,
authority and management over areas and all natural resources, living and nonliving contained therein. The details of such management of the Territorial Waters
shall be provided in an agreement to be entered into by the Parties.
"(2) The boundaries of the territorial waters shall stretch beyond the 15-km. BJE
internal waters up to the Central Government's baselines under existing laws. In the
southern and eastern part of the BJE, it shall be demarcated by a line drawn from
the Maguling Point, Palimbang, Province of Sultan Kudarat up to the straight
baselines of the Philippines. On the northwestern part, it shall be demarcated by a
line drawn from Little Sta. Cruz Island, Zamboanga City, up to Naris Point, Bataraza,
Palawan. On the western part of Palawan, it shall be demarcated by a line drawn
from the boundary of Bataraza and Rizal up to the straight baselines of the
Philippines.
"The final demarcation shall be determined by a joint technical body composed of
duly-designated representatives of both Parties, in coordination with the appropriate
Central Government agency in accordance with the above guidelines."
[45] MOA-AD, Resources, pars. 8. "All proclamations, issuances, policies, rules and
guidelines declaring old growth or natural forests and all watersheds within the BJE
as forest reserves shall continue to remain in force until otherwise modified, revised
or superseded by subsequent policies, rules and regulations issued by the competent
authority under the BJE.
Id., par. 9. "Forest concessions, timber licenses, contracts or agreements, mining
concessions, Mineral Production and Sharing Agreements (MPSA), Industrial Forest
Management Agreements (IFMA), and other land tenure instruments of any kind or
nature whatsoever granted by the Philippine Government including those issued by
the present ARMM shall continue to operate from the date of formal entrenchment of
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