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Natural Fungicide from Tasmannia piperita (Hook. f.) Miers

(Clockwise from top): (1) Tasmannia piperita (Hook.f.) Miers plant; (2) Field monitoring of the lettuce farm where the fungicide has been tested; (3) Wildling collection of T. piperita before transplanting in nurseries; (4) T. piperita nursery (5) Dr. Amoroso’s presentation of their project, “Field Verification of Natural fungicide from T. piperita (Hook.f.) Miers” during 2018 …

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Freshwater Morphology Information-Encoding System

Project FRIES or the Freshwater Morphology Information-Encoding System, is a technology developed by a team of Science teachers and students of the Philippine Science High School, Eastern Visayas Campus through the PCAARRD-GIA funded project titled “Project 3. River flow computational modelling of the Binahaan River System in Leyte” under the “Biodiversity and Vulnerable Ecosystems Research …

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Indigenous fruits as colorants and flavorings

Food products from ferns The UPLB – College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS), and College of Forestry and Natural Resources and (CFNR) set out to investigate Region IV-A’s (CALABARZON) indigenous fruit trees and explore their natural culinary potential. The five indigenous CALABARZON fruit trees under the spotlight are ‘binayuyo’ (Antidesma ghaesembilla), ‘bitongol’ (Flacourtia rukam), …

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Exploration of CALABARZON caves yields discoveries of new species

New faunal species discoveries: Philippine spiny stick insect: (Stenobrimus pilipinus) (top left); two-pronged bristletail (Parajapyx rarosorum) (bottom left); and Aristolochia sp. (right) currently in press The first comprehensive research program that dealt with extensive biodiversity assessment of caves in CALABARZON has reported significant milestones – the discoveries of two insect species new to science and …

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Valuing Ecosystem Services: Sustainable Financing Options for Bataan National Park

The Bataan National Park (BNP), a protected area of 20,004 hectares (ha), is home to the Province of Bataan’s old-growth forests. While BNP is a protected area, there is an intense pressure on its natural resources due to illegal settlement and resource use. From 2010 to 2015, the park’s built-up areas doubled mainly because of …

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S&T Community-based Nursery, Plantation Establishment and Management of Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper, Schult Backer) in Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon – ERDB-FWRDEC

Giant bamboo, identified as one of the ten commercially important bamboo species in the Philippines, is a large, dense-clumping species native to Southeast Asia. It grows up to 20 meters tall and 12 centimeters in diameter and is valued for its culms used in construction and shoots used as vegetables. In Bukidnon, it’s utilized for …

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Enhancing the Adoption and Transfer of the Phenology-based Bamboo Mapping Technology and GIS-based Mapping of Potential Areas Suitable for Commercial Bamboo in Selected Areas of the Philippines – ERDB

Bamboo provides many ecosystem goods and services, including food, fiber and construction materials. In most developing countries in tropical Asia, data on bamboo resources such as species composition, clump density (clump/ha) and culm density (culm per ha) are, most of the time, not available, including the map of their current extent and the suitability maps …

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Bamboost Projects: Mainstreaming of Bamboost App as an Online Marketing Platform of Bamboo Farmers in Select Science & Technology Community-Based Farms (STCBF) and Empowering S&T-Based Bamboo Enterprises Through Bamboost® Ecosystem Across Select Regions in the Philippines – Phase 2 -USTP-CDO/TTPD-PCAARRD

The Bamboost® is a mobile marketplace designed to connect small bamboo farmers and enterprises with a wider audience, it leverages technology to bridge the gap between producers and potential buyers.It is also a platform for promoting sustainability. By featuring eco-friendly, science and technology (S&T)-based bamboo products, the app encourages consumers to choose sustainable options. This, …

Bamboost Projects: Mainstreaming of Bamboost App as an Online Marketing Platform of Bamboo Farmers in Select Science & Technology Community-Based Farms (STCBF) and Empowering S&T-Based Bamboo Enterprises Through Bamboost® Ecosystem Across Select Regions in the Philippines – Phase 2 -USTP-CDO/TTPD-PCAARRD Read More »

Harmonized system for community-based inventory of bamboo resources in key production areas in the Philippines

Bamboo cover maps and estimates of harvestable bamboo culms in Pangasinan, Iloilo, and Bukidnon were obtained using community-based bamboo approaches combined with remote sensing technologies and open-source mapping resources, with respectable accuracy. Pixel-based image classification method was used to map bamboo resources and other land-use and land-cover (LULC) at 10 m resolution. Total projected bamboo …

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