ILOILO CITY – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) recently opened agro-forestry facilities worth P109 million in central Iloilo province. A MOUNTAIN community in Calinog town, Iloilo province is one of the recipients of the P109-million agro-forestry projects funded by the Japan...
Protecting the environment would require from the public a “sense of ownership” and an understanding of its economic benefits, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday, June 26, during an event to commemorate Philippine Environment Month. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks...
ILOILO CITY – Several towns in Iloilo province have been awarded for outstanding programs on solid waste management and forestry. THE Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “We want to recognize local government units (LGUs) for their effective programs,” said Atty. Cesar...
• Mangrove, giant bamboo and bitaog trees play an important role in recuding flooding. • Wind and swell waves lose energy and height when they pass through mangrove forests because the aerial tangled roots and branches act as physical barriers • The roots of a giant bamboo absorb excess water...
Almaciga resin or Manila copal. Photo by Jason Houston from Wikimedia Commons. The resin extracted from a native tree called almaciga ( Agathis philippinensis ) has long been traded by the Philippines under the name of Manila copal. It is used to manufacture varnish, lacquer, and paint....
SLSU Clonal Nursery uses both the mist and non-mist system during the rooting stage of the plants. Much like animals can be cloned like the ever-controversial Dolly the Sheep, the same can be done with plants. Some plants may even benefit from cloning. Clonal propagation is the process of...
AS LOVELY AS A TREE A tree in Mariveles, Bataan, 1830. French scientist Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace was here 191 years ago and went deer hunting in Bataan. Voyage Autour du Monde … (Paris, 1833). Forest tree nursery owner Gerardo “Geff” Cedeño, whom I met virtually on Facebook, gave me a...
