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Director Aggangan attends IUFRO meeting
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Director Aggangan attends IUFRO meeting
June 14, 2012
Director Romulo T. Aggangan (first row, second to the left), poses for a class picture with delegates from 52 countries at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Directors’ Forum and All Division 9 Conference held 7-11 May 2012 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“The forum,” according to Dr. Aggangan, “discussed issues on forest research and education management and provided an excellent platform for the vivid exchange of information and good experiences and practices on research management.”
The conference, on the other hand, gave him insights on the crucial role of the social sciences in forest governance research. It likewise oriented him about the latest global developments in forest policy, governance and participatory management. (Rizalina K. Araral, 07 June 2012) #
For. Estudillo attends international plant identification course
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For. Estudillo attends international plant identification course
May 29, 2012
Forester Glenn B. Estudillo, Science Research Specialist II at FPRDI’s Anatomy and Forest Botany Section, attended the Tropical Plant Identification Course held from 24 April to 4 May 2012 at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) in London, United Kingdom. The training course was designed for conservationalists, environmental professionals, foresters, ethnobotanists, ecologists, zoologists and graduate students, with participants coming from Botswana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Philippines, Malaysia, Brazil, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
“The course exposed us to 70 of the most common tropical plant families and introduced us to plant structures and identification tools. Lectures were supplemented by hands-on sessions, examinations, and visits to living plant collections,” related Estudillo. The identification sessions focused on plant species found in Tropical Asia, Tropical Africa and Tropical America.
Estudillo noted that his attendance to the course allowed him to meet Dr. Rogier de Kok, head of Kew’s Southeast Asian team. “Dr. Kok shared that Kew has limited access to Philippine forests, that is why it has minimal herbarium specimens from our country. We will submit a proposal to Kew which, if approved, will benefit the Institute, particularly our collection of plant and wood specimens,” he concluded. ### (Apple Jean C. Martin, 23 May 2012)
FPRDI takes on challenge amid a growing paper bag industry
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FPRDI takes on challenge amid a growing paper bag industry
May 24, 2012
As more and more municipalities across the country start using paper instead of plastics as packaging material, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI Philippines) organized last 20 April 2012 the “Seminar on Paper Bag Industry Outlook” to discuss the market prospects and challenges in paper bag manufacturing. FPRDI is a member of TAPPI Philippines, a non-profit organization that promotes the application of science in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Attended by representatives from government agencies, pulp & paper and related industries, private sector and the academe among others, the seminar included discussions on government regulations, quality standards for packaging paper, state of Philippine paper manufacturing, paper chemistry, plastic-free society, and hybrid abaca fibers for paper manufacturing. Dr. Erlinda L. Mari, Scientist 1 at the FPRDI, discussed “Carbon Footprinting the Philippine Paper Industry?”
