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Published February 25, 2021, 9:10 AM
Good news for archaeologists, foresters and students.
The Department of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) may open its digital wood library to the public soon, as it has started digitizing around 20,000 wood samples from both local and foreign sources.
For. Estudillo examines a wood sample using a digital microscope
(DOST-FPRDI / MANILA BULLETIN)
Forester Glenn B. Estudillo of the DOST-FPRDI’s Material Science Division- Anatomy and Forest Botany Section cited the need to protect and preserve the country wood collection samples, the oldest of which was 117 years old.
He recalled that after the American occupation in the early 1900s, American experts left their collection of wood specimens gathered from their exploration of Philippine forests at the then Bureau of Forestry.
(PIXABAY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“We are encouraging start-ups or small wood and non-wood forest products enterprises to check out DOST-FPRDI’s TBI. The institute will be glad to assist you in moving your business to the next level,” DOST-FPRDI Director Dr. Romulo T. Aggangan said in a statement, after the DOST-FPRDI and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) inked a memorandum of agreement on TBIs Co-Incubation with the Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU), Laguna-based Adoress Farm on January 26.
According to Aggangan co-incubation initiative is an “excellent pathway for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and Research & Development Institutes to commercialize their technologies and collaborate in research and product development.”
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