Tabon-tabon is the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for July 2021. The tabon-tabon or scientifically known as Atuna racemosa Rafin. belongs to the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is usually found in lowland forest areas and widely distributed in Thailand to the Pacific Islands, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, …
Counselor Seah Park of the Korean Embassy and her delegation Jae-sang Hwang – Acting Country Director, and Misun Choi – Assistant Country Director, visited the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) on 13 July 2021. After they had their meeting with the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity, Counselor Park and her delegation had …
On Wednesday, 30 June 2021, a group of researchers from the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NFP) visited the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) to discuss possible collaboration. The team who visited MCME is composed of two horticulturists and a design assistant namely Mr. Esteban Vergel, Sr.; Mr. Antonio Tolentino, Jr.; …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for June 2021 is the “kuhl’s palm” also known as the “ivory cane palm.” It is scientifically known as Pinange kuhlii Blume that belongs to the family Arecaceae, endemic to Indonesia. Ivory cane palm is a clump-growing palm with slender …
Youth Summer Program (YSP) formerly known as the Outdoor Recreation Education (ORE) Program has been a venue for students and youth in general, to express themselves creatively through arts and crafts. Students’ voices and opinions on a given environmental situation or issue were expressed creatively through poster making. The featured …
