Dr. Kee Il Lyu (President), Dr. Eui-Seok Nahm, and Dr. Kyounghee An from the Far East University of Korea had a very short last 17 January 2023. After the meeting with the Executives of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, they strolled the gardens wherein we feature the beautiful …
The ASEAN European Union through the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) conducted tree planting activity on 02 December 2022 at the Dipterocarp Arboretum, Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG), College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR) Campus, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The tree planting activity is part of #ForOur …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for December 2022 is the Balakat Gubat, scientifically known as Balakata luzonica (Vidal) Esser. The plant is from the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to the Philippines. C. Ridsdale provided the translation of Balakat gubat as “shoulder tree”. Balakat Gubat is a …
AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI) and Nague Malic Magnawa & Associates (NMM) are the newest partners of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños for Mount Makiling Forest Reserve’s Corporate Partnership for Environmental Restoration Program (CoPERP). CoPERP is a program …
Professors from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), a public university in Malaysia visited the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve ASEAN Heritage Park (MMFR AHP) from 13 to 14 December 2022. Dr. Jamalunlaili Abdullah, Dr. Mohd Salleh Daim, Ms. Siti Noorbaizura Bookhari, Ms. Mazzueen Md Khalid, and Ms. Mas Aiyu Jamaludin of …
Dr. Katsuhide Yokoyama and Dr. Akira Kawamura, professors of Urban Environmental Sciences at the Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan visited the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). As part of their visit to the UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR), they had a short tour of the …