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How much do we know about our resources? Is Danahon a Bank or a Reef?
Yes, is Danajon a Bank or a Reef - $64 million dollar question to the claimant Provinces of Leyte, Southern Leyte, Bohol, and Cebu, to this small marine wonder in Central Philippines. Now that that the inhabitants are aware of what Danajon is, they will post all tangibles and intangibles to claim ownership of this marine wonder. Definitely, being a Leyteno and a practicing marine scientist, this writer is hell-vent to stake his claim to this data-rich natural laboratory. This marine wonder [...]
Summer-break, a time for S & T fora Part II – A.S.B.P.I. Outreach Symposium
Another aggrupation of Filipino plant and animal systematiststaxonomists, who founded the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines, Inc., is hosting yet another outreach S & T conference in Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City on May 23-25, 2001. This year’s theme, on plant, animal, and microorganism biodiversity, will have as resource speakers select Filipino researchers/scientists presenting their contributions in their areas of specialization. Like the O.Y.S.I., [...]
Summer-break, a time for S & T Fora Part I – O.Y.S.I. Outreach Symposium
After two or three semesters of blistering school work, schools, colleges, and universities ‘declare’ an academic cease-fire for the much-needed summer-break. During the 3-month long break, organizations hold scientific, socio-civic, and other fora, i.e. seminars, symposia, workshops, round-table discussions to cater to the teachers, mentors, institution managers, students, and laymen for their academic growth, scientific enhancement and advancement. This writer, owing to his [...]
Philippine Aquatic Resource: are we protecting it Part II: Marine Water
Mismanagement of the fresh water resource due to land-based activities have repercussions or domino-effect on the ocean ecosystem. This scenario was tackled in the Manila Declaration, an off-shot of the recently held Conference on Land-Ocean Connections, calling all member countries, “to adopt integrated management of water resources as as “ridge to reef” approaches as well as sustainable use of nutrients in wastewater treatment and fertilizer use to mitigate possible negative [...]
UP at Los Baños unveils New Biotech Technologies and products for adoption
New and matured technologies generated by the researchers at the UPLB – BIOTECH or National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, are now ready for adoption and/or commercialization. This was recently learned from Dr. Reynaldo Ebora, Director of BIOTECH. He (Ebora) said that “ … BIOTECH has over the years developed biotechnology products and have widened the frontiers of agriculture and natural resources research and development in the country.” Dr. Ebora, who also [...]
European Union and Southeast Asia Research and Innovation
During this writer’s brief visit to Singapore, gathered a much-welcomed information about the joint Science Program of the member nations of the European Union and the Southeast Asia, budgeted at 80 Billion Euros or P4.5 Trillion. This windfall assistance is aimed to strengthen the research and innovation programs to find “…solutions to global societal challenges such as climate change.” This collaborative efforts between EU and SEA, could not have come at an opportune time when R & [...]
Suppletory notes on “over-subscribed and undersubscribed” courses
In previous write-ups, attempts were made to advise High School students entering colleges and universities, that they chart their professional lives. In fact, it should be incumbent that an Academic Road Map (ARP) is prioritized and laid down in the Tertiary Level Institutions to serve as guide to the fledgling students in the choice of their baccalaureate courses. Aside from honestly determining their individual ‘strong and weak’ points, a carefully crafted ARP helps the students select [...]
Students: a word of caution in plotting your professional destinies
Part I - BE AWARE OF “EXTREMELY OVERSUBSCRIBED” COLLEGE COURSES This writer has, purposely, decided to deviate a bit from his predominantly science-oriented topics for this Column, to give way to the recent alarming messages from concerned government and non-government agencies, addressed to students (especially those who will be enrolling in colleges/universities) in June 2012. These concerned agencies have echoed the warning to students to avoid at least five courses [...]
Students: A word of caution in plotting your professional destinies Part 1 – Be aware of “extremely oversubscribed” college courses
This writer has, purposely, decided to deviate a bit from his predominantly science-oriented topics for this Column, to give way to the recent alarming messages from concerned government and non-government agencies, addressed to students (especially those who will be enrolling in colleges/universities) in June 2012. These concerned agencies have echoed the warning to students to avoid at least five courses found to have flooded the market, making it difficult for graduates to get an [...]
BFAR reports 4.1 percent decline in fish catch and production
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), posted a gloomy picture about the apparent decline in fish catch and production at 4.1 percent in 2011, though a bit higher than the 2010 statistics. Using Tuna production as gauge, BFAR said that in 2010 fish catch was 941,378.6 Metric Tons lower by 19,749.17 Metric Tons than last year’s catch of 961,127.23 Metric Tons (MT). The forecast of BFAR says that unless certain factors attributed to the decline in fish catch are contained, [...]
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