The Earth Engine created by scientist Rebecca Moore and her team enable global-scale data mining. Business Insider reports that the Earth Engine make trillions of scientific measurements available for users with analysis tools from Google. Products of this data mining are time lapse videos made from LandSat images.
Two PARR Fellows will visit Mount Makiling for one month between 15 October until 15 November 2014. Mr. Md. Azizul Bari and Ms. Nurfashareena Muhamad are PhD candidates at National University of Malaysia and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, respectively. View their profile at http://start.org. Hosted by UPLB, the fellows will be …
The UPLB-INREM Center is one of the newly established centers at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. The Center serves as the lead role in the rehabilitation and management of Laguna de Bay and Makiling watershed through integrated training and research and development. It aims to create a long-term …
The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), in collaboration with the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) and the ECO-BEST project (Enhancing the Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Southeast Asia) recently conducted a short course training on Biodiversity Valuation and Payment for Ecosystem Services held at Khao …
Illegal loggers are being actively expelled from the Amazon jungle courtesy of indigenous tribes in the area. A photo report by David Sim documents one of the successful operations of a group of warriors of the Ka’apor tribe from Brazil. The warriors tied up, stripped of clothes, and beat up …
Mount Makiling sustained significant damage after typhoon Glenda passed through southern Luzon on July 16, 2014. On September 6, 2014 Mount Makiling trail reopens after extensive clearing operations. Trails leading to Flatrocks, Mudpsring, and Peak II have been cleared of debris and declared safe for visitors. Come revisit Mount Makiling!