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Sampaguita is MBG’s Plant of the Month for May 2019
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 …
Make it Makiling 2019! A Lenten Season Visitors Management Program of MCME-UPLB was a blast
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 …
Habitat Care Program 2 won the “Best Paper Award” in the 2019 UP REPSS Conference
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 …
Responsible Local Traders of Make it Makiling 2019 Achieved!
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 is MBGs’ Plant of the Month for April 2019
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 …