The Make It Makiling! (MIM!) 2026 Steering Committee gathered on 15 April 2026 for the post-event assessment. For MIM! 2026, 5,850 visitors, including campers and solo hikers, were welcomed within the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve ASEAN Heritage Park (MMFR AHP). The primary objective of the meeting was to evaluate the…
Promoting responsible outdoor activity ethics, the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems’ annual Lenten season visitor management program—Make It Makiling (MIM)! 2026—was successfully held from 29 March to 05 April 2026. The program was spearheaded by the MIM! 2026 Steering Committee, chaired by Forester Alexis John Fajardo and co-chaired by Forester…
In preparation for the Make it Makiling! (MIM!) 2026, the Steering Committee, headed by Forester Alexis Fajardo, held an initial Volunteers’ Meeting at the Toyota Environment Education Theater (TEET), Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) on 20 February 2026. The meeting convened key partner agencies and stakeholders such as Barangay Bagong Silang,…
In preparation for the Make it Makiling! (MIM!) 2026, the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) held its General Assembly Meeting on 06 February 2026. Led by the Chairperson, Alexis John Fajardo, and Assistant Chairperson, Mary Anne Abadillos, the steering committee presented the team’s organizational structure and shared results from…
The UPLB Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (UPLB-MCME), the UPLB Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs (UPLB-OVCCA), the National Power Corporation Makiling-Banahaw Watershed Area Team (NPC-MBWAT), and the Local Government of Sto. Tomas City, Batangas, conducted a joint trail assessment on January 24, 2026. The assessment covered the…