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LOS BAñOS, Laguna—Asean SecretaryGeneral Dr. Kao Kim Hourn graced the 18th Founding Anniversary of the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) together with the ambassadors of the Asean member states (AMS), Philippine government officials, Asean dialogue and development partners, University of the Philippines Los Baños officials and youth representatives at its…
Another species of the rare and world’s largest flower was recently recorded in Kalinga by local and international researchers. The biodiversity journal, Phytotaxa published on Sept. 5 a study made by botanists from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and University of Oxford Botanic Garden that reinstated the rafflesia banaoana under the genus of rafflesia, which contains
AS we are obsessed debating over many national issues, we are distracted from discussing the major realities of our agricultural education and our long-term food security. Food security is anchored on our self-reliance to produce them. The term 'food security' is defined as the state where all the members of a community have access to ''culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate food through local, non-emergency sources at all times.'' (Brown and Carter 2003)
ASEAN stands resolute in its pursuit of a greener, more sustainable future. Despite comprising only three per cent of the world’s total land area, Southeast Asia stands out as a biodiversity hotspot, home to nearly 20 species of all known species in the world. Out of the 24,889 species evaluated in the region by the […]
This was how Dr. Rico J. Cabangon, deputy director of Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute, described the recent exhibit of DOST-FPRDI’s Artist and Industrial Designer Chris Rana of avant-garde art pieces made from underutilized and waste forest materials. The exhibit, dubbed “Forsee, ForSea: When…