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 …
On 19 March 2019, the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) through the Social Forestry Division (SFD) conducted Ugnayan Pamayanan para sa Maunlad na Bundok Makiling at Puting Lupa, Calamba City. The Ugnayan was attended by 17 participants from Barangay Officials, Sanggunian Kabataan, Farmer Group and other community members. The …
The University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region IV-A signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project entitled “Delineation and Demarcation of the Boundary of Mount Makiling Forest Reserve” on 12 March 2019 held at the Conference Room of the …
Last 29 January 2019, two (2) birds found dead inside the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG). The MBG staff were patrolling the ECOTRAIL when they saw these two poor thing at different location. They decided to conserve the dead bodies and put it inside the Biodiversity Diorama. The Labuyo or the …
Last 5 February 2019, fifteen (15) students completed the training for the Educators for Nature Tourism (ENTs) held at the Toyota Environment Education Theater (TEET) of the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG). The new batch of ENTs are now equipped and ready to serve as guide in MBG. ENTs provide either short or …