Fields of Expertise

Forestry and Natural Resources

Executing Units

• Forestry Development Center (FDC)
• Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES)
• Department of Forest Products and Paper Science
• Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR)
• Institute of Agroforestry
• Department of Forest Biological Sciences
• Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance
• Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME)

Specializations

• Forestry and the Natural Environment
  • Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands and Plantation Development
  • Environmental Forestry
  • Biodiversity, Protected Areas, Mangroves, and Wetlands Conservation
  • Urban Forestry
• Forestry and Poverty Eradication
  • Community-Based Forestry
  • Management of Residual Forest and Non-timber Forest Products
  • Bio-resource Utilization and Enterprise Development
• Forestry and Food Security, Nutrition and Health
  • Forestry and Agricultural Productivity
  • Forestry and Nutrition and Health
• Conservation and Development of Makiling Forest Reserve

Prominent Projects

• Levelling the Playing Field: Fair Partnership for Local Development to Improve the Forest Sustainability in Southeast Asia
• International Conference on tropical Forest and Climate Change: "Carbon Sequestration and Clean Development Mechanism"
• Training on Methodologies in Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Local Communities
• An Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Watershed Areas and Communities in Southeast Asia
• Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of Greater Sipit Watershed of Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve
• Watershed Research and Development Support Project for the Kaliwa Watershed
• Inventory of the Biodiversity Resources, Wildlife Fauna, Insects and Fungi within 100 hectare Portion of the La Mesa Watershed
• Ecosystem and People: The Philippine Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Sub-Global Assessment
• Improved Management of the Angat, IPO, Umiray and La Mesa Watersheds in Luzon: A Contingent Valuation Study