During the 1301st meeting of the UP Board of Regents on September 29, 2014, Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr. was elected as the new University of the Philippines Los Baños Chancellor. An oath-taking ceremony and turn over of the University Mace, the symbol of authority of the chancellor, was held at …
What’s the worst that could happen? This article by Chelsea Harvey lists 25 of the most devastating effects of climate change. Greenhouse effect drive the increase of world temperature affect the environment and ultimately all living things.
The Earth Engine created by scientist Rebecca Moore and her team enable global-scale data mining. Business Insider reports that the Earth Engine make trillions of scientific measurements available for users with analysis tools from Google. Products of this data mining are time lapse videos made from LandSat images.
Two PARR Fellows will visit Mount Makiling for one month between 15 October until 15 November 2014. Mr. Md. Azizul Bari and Ms. Nurfashareena Muhamad are PhD candidates at National University of Malaysia and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, respectively. View their profile at http://start.org. Hosted by UPLB, the fellows will be …
The UPLB-INREM Center is one of the newly established centers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. The Center serves as the lead role in the rehabilitation and management of Laguna de Bay and Makiling watershed through integrated training and research and development. It aims to create a long-term …
The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), in collaboration with the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) and the ECO-BEST project (Enhancing the Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Southeast Asia) recently conducted a short course training on Biodiversity Valuation and Payment for Ecosystem Services held at Khao …