‘As I Write On Science’ Archives
UN Report: Philippine Coral Reef Endangered
A United Nations backed report titled “Reefs of Risk Revisited” jointly issued in Washington and London, included the coral reef system among 27 other countries considered vulnerable to degradation. The same report included the reef system of Comoros, Fiji, Grenada, Haiti, Indonesia, Kiribati, Tanzania, and Vanuata, among others. The issue about man’s activities, estimated at about 75 %, like overfishing (coupled with the illegal fishing practices like the ‘Muro-ami’, use of [...]
A Shot – In – The – Arm to PHL Science Part I : Graduate Studies Opportunities
In what could be considered an all-important and a well-timed press release by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), came under a banner heading of “Grad students in Sciences increase”. It contained statistical increases of Filipinos taking up science graduate courses by 52 percent in 2010 in the DOST’s ASTHRDP (Advanced Science and Technology Human Resources Development Program), showed an increase of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy scholarship grantees from [...]
Batting records on R & D in Eastern Visayas Part II – S&T and non-S&T personalities and institutions I owe tons of gratitude
In a recent pep talk with SLDE Publisher, a serious worker who knows his job and manages will to make his paper the ONLY regional newspaper which comes out everyday, Mr. Macy C. Grafil relayed to this writer the many e-mailed messages/letters he received containing positive comments on the articles appearing in this humble column “As I write On Science”. I appreciate and treasure such commentaries, coming from LSDE readers here and abroad, and definitely has emboldened my desire to share S [...]
Batting records of R &D in Eastern Visayas
As 2010 comes to a close, this column attempts to capture some activities related to fisheries R & D activities that took place in Region 8. Information were either personally gathered or contributed by members of the Society of Fishery Technologists in Eastern Visayas (SFTEV). The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), regional office and its field stations cum nurseries and demonstration/mariculture farms, have been active with their documentation of the fisheries resources [...]
Dr. Leonard Co’s demise, a loss to PHL R & D
Lest this revelation not ‘scares’ away future potential East Visayan researchers, just as in any professions, being a biology researcher has risks to contend with. For terrestrial biologists like Leonard, scouring for data in the mountains and the rest of the land ecosystem, subjects oneself to danger from poisonous animals lurking in the woodlands like snakes, tarantulas, ferocious wild 4-legged animals among others, including suffering from physical attacks, i.e. cramps, broken legs and [...]
Dr. Leonardo Co’s demise, a loss to PHL R & D Part I: He, a comrade in science: A tribute
The bullets that felled Dr. Leonardo Co and his companions in Kananga, Leyte province, had left a void to the already depleted and anemic population of active Filipino plant scientists. With less than 300 per million of Phl population, of active MA, PhD and DSc Degree holders in Biological Sciences cum researchers on whose shoulders are heaped the R & D programs of government, the departure of Dr. Co from the science community will be felt tangibly by us so-called aquatic and terrestrial [...]
5th Congress bats for strong fisheries R&D in Eastern Visayas
The recently concluded 5th Fisheries R & D Congress of the Society of Fishery Technologists of Eastern Visayas (STFEV) and hosted by the Visayas State University at Tolosa, succeeded in espousing the dire need to inject and support research and development efforts to discover authoritatively the wonders and potentials that the aquatic ecosystem of Region 8 hold. The Congress output included technical papers on both freshwater and marine water-based researches presented by resource speakers from [...]
How climate change will affect the Philippines?
From a credible source manned by equally credible personalities came the grim picture of the Philippines should the National Dispensation fails to craft jiffily effective adaptation measures on climate change. Such measures should be aimed and translated to all levels of governance alongside coordinating national efforts towards and incorporated ecosystem-based administration in order to enable sectors (especially vulnerable communities) to become climate-resilient. The grim picture [...]
Climate change academy for Leyte?
Is this possible? With the very tragic experiences of the Ormoc and Burauen floods and the Guinsaugon killer landslide, it is about time that Leytenos are awakened to the realities of the time! No more to taking natural hazards for granted. The LGU has to admit its unpreparedness amidst the onslaught of natural calamities, e.g. flooding and landslides during the disasters mentioned. The Department of Science ad Technology (DOST) has not been remissed with presenting to the national [...]
PHL hosts the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
The Philippine National Committee for Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) and DIVERSITAS, play hosts to the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, with an International Conference and Scientific meeting on November 20, 2010 at CHED Auditorium, UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City. The international forum expects to draw participants cum researchers/scientists from Australia (Dr. Daniel P. Faith, Research Specialist, The Australian Museum), France (Dr. Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, Deputy [...]
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