Forester Ella named 2012 Outstanding UPLB Alumnus
November 13, 2012
Forester Arsenio B. Ella was one of the six recipients of the 2012 Outstanding UPLB Alumni Award (TOUA) during the university’s Alumni Fellowship and Awards Night at the EB Copeland Gymnasium last 09 October 2012.
The UPLB Alumni Association (UPLBAA) recognized Ella as the 2012 Outstanding Alumnus for Natural Resource Technology Development "for his contribution to the development and transfer of technologies including but not limited to resin and bark harvesting that has benefited and touched the lives of indigenous people in the upland communities of the country and for putting into action his personal and professional advocacy for community-based forest management (CBFM) including livelihood projects for different people's organizations in designated CBFM and Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) areas."
Ella's guidelines for harvesting different kinds of resin have helped prolong the life of exudates-producing forest trees and maximize resin production thus helping improve the livelihood of several IP groups in the country including the Bontocs, Mangyans, Dumagats, Tagbanuas, Bataks, Mandayas, Maranaos, Palau-ans, Manobos, Aetas, Isnegs, Bugkalots and many others. Also, his initiatives in teaching technical skills in collecting, producing and marketing non-timber forest products have empowered handicraft producers in various CBFM areas in Southern Luzon.
Ella finished his BS in Forestry in 1973 and his MS in Forestry in 1983 at UPLB. He was conferred the rank of Scientist III in the DOST Scientific Career System in 2001. He is also a recipient of many honors such as the UPLB-CFNR Most Outstanding Alumnus (Mancono) Award, UPLB-CFNR Outstanding Alumnus (Institutional Service Award) and National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Research Achievement Award. He has also won in various technical paper competitions both local and international. # (Maybell Mariella A. Amador, 05 November 2012)
