DOST-FPRDI dryer installed in Pililla, Rizal
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FPRDI’s Wency H. Carmelo (left) and Carl Anthony O. Lantican (second from left) along with handicraft weavers from Pililla, Laguna hold bundles of “sabutan” leaves ready for drying inside DOST-FPRDI’s dryer for non-wood forest products.
DOST-FPRDI helps save almaciga trees
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(Left photo) DOST-FPRDI’s Forester Florena B. Samiano lectures on the right way to harvest resin from the almaciga tree (Agathis philippinensis Warb.) to a group of indigenous people (IP) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Coupled with hands-on exercises (right photo), the lecture was held in May last year as part of the project “Saving the Almaciga Tree” by the Centre for Sustainability, a non-profit organization.
DOST-FPRDI conducts cinnamon conservation project
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DOST-FPRDI’s Ms. Florena B. Samiano (center) shows a group of farmers how to strip the bark of a cinnamon tree at Mt. Labo, Barangay Baay, Labo, Camarines Norte.