The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) presents the “False Bird of Paradise” as Plant of the Month (POM) with scientific name Heliconia plastachys Baker. It is also known as hanging lobster claw, lobster-claw, crab claw, or hanging heliconia. The false bird of paradise is native to Central and South America, commonly used …
Be an Educator for Nature Tourism (ENTs)! The Makiling Botanic Gardens is inviting you to join a training course for ENTs on 27 August at MBG starting 9AM. See you there!
Supporting its theme ‘Climate Change and the Rainforest’, ASEAN Plus Three Junior Science Odyssey (ASEAN PT JSO) held field activities including tree planting, field work and field exposure participated by ASEAN-Members and other participating countries on June 14, 2016 at Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG). Ten ASEAN-member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, …
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, H.E. Amanda Gorely paid a visit on the Makiling Botanical Gardens (MBG) on 14 June 2016 for a Tree Planting Project together with the Philippine Australian Alumni Association, Inc. The ambassador was welcomed by the MCME Director, Dr. Nathaniel C. Bantayan. The Ambassador, together with the …
The third Makiling Forum was held on 22 April 2016 at the A. V. Manza Room at CFNR with the topic on Mount Makiling Forest Reserve Buffer Zone. Forester Joselito R. Barile delivered the presentation focusing on the provisions of Proclamation 1257 of 1998 and extended to the recent information …
The External Linkages and Decision Support unit of MCME conducted an orientation-briefing of private land owners within the buffer zone of the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR) as part of the Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) campaign for Proclamation 1257 (Designating Certain Areas Surrounding the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve …