The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for May 2019 is the “sampaguita” or scientifically known as Jasminum sambac (L.) Ait. It belongs to family Oleaceae. It is native to Bhutan, Bangladesh Indian, and Pakistan but much cultivated in South and Southeast Asia. Sampaguita is derived from the …
The Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) together with all its partners and volunteers successfully implemented the Make it Makiling! (MIM) 2019. Last 14-21 April 2019, the center conducted the Lenten Season Visitors Management Program or the Make it Makiling! The program aims to increase visitors’ awareness and appreciation of …
For. Emer C. Gestiada, University Researcher I (URI) of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) won the 1st Place Best Paper Award in the 6th Annual Scientific Conference and 10th General Assembly Meeting for the paper entitled TREE VEGETATION ANALYSIS in Tigbi Watershed 2-Ha Long Term Ecological Research Plot, Mount …
On March 20, 2019, the Local Trade Management Committee conducted a briefing with the residents of Purok 3, Barangay Bagong Silang, Los Banos, Laguna held at the Station 1 of the Mariang Makiling Trail (MMT). A total of 38 residents of Bagong Silang attended the meeting. Make It Makiling! (MIM!) …
Amherstia nobilis Wall. also known as the “Queen of Flowering Plants” is the Makiling Botanic Gardens Plant of the Month for April 2019. Amherstia belongs to family Leguminosae, native to Myanmar. It was introduced and cultivated in Malesia and in the Philippines. Amherstia has a large beautiful pinkish-red flowers that attracts not …
Visitors of the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) visited the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve ASEAN Heritage Park last 26 March 2019. Sixteen (16) students from the University of Bayreuth in Germany and two (2) Research Assistants (RA) visited the different projects of the German Development Cooperation GIZ Philippines here in Los Baños …