The Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems is now looking for a passionate, dedicated, and hardworking University Research Associate II (UPSB-UNIRA2-255-1998). Preferably BS Forestry graduate or any related courses with background on watershed management and biodiversity conservation. For those who are interested kindly address your application letter to Chancellor Jose V. …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for August 2021 is “dao,” scientifically known as Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe. It belongs to the family Anacardiaceae found in East Asia to Southern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, to Papua New Guinea and the …
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.; …