Last 28 February 2019, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Mr. Steven Robinson graced the Southern Tagalog Alumni Networking Event held in the Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Pavilion. The event has a theme: Connect, Mobilise and Celebrate. Connect the alumni, mobilise them through different project implementations that aims to elevate the …
The Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) welcomed four (4) new staff under the Protection and Regulation Unit (PRU) headed by Forester Rolly V. Breva. The new forest protectors are as follows: Mr. Jasper Jayson T. Madrigal as Special Police Lieutenant, a registered nurse from Barangay Bambang, Los Baños, Laguna; Mr. Glen DA. Ubay …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for March 2019 is the “fish tail fern” or scientifically known as Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott. It belongs to family Nephrolepidaceae and is also known as forked sword fern and macho fern. It is endemic to Florida, Mexico, the West Indies, …
Morinda citrifolia L. bracteata (Roxb.) Hook.f popularly known as Noni is the Makiling Botanic Gardens Plant of the Month for February 2019. Noni or “cheese fruit” belongs to family Rubiaceae. It is distributed across Southeast Asia and Australia and cultivated throughout the tropics. It is also widely naturalized. Noni is attractive to weaver ants …
The Botanic Gardens, Parks and Ecotourism Division (BGPED) of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystem (MCME) started 2019 with an enriching workshop and planning activity last January 2 to 4 at the Hundred Islands National Park, one of the oldest national parks in the Philippines. Headed by Rogelio T. Andrada …
Forester Emer C. Gestiada, University Researcher I (URI) of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR), University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) presented a paper entitled “Forest Rehabilitation in Disturbed Terrestrial Ecosystem,” during the recently concluded workshop held in Chiang Mai, Thailand last …