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The University
of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) is renowned as one of the
leading educational institutions for agriculture and forestry in
south east Asia. It is one of the six constituent universities of
the University of the Philippines System. It started out as a
College of Agriculture in 1909 and became a full-fledged university
in 1972.
UPLB is recognized
worldwide for its high educational standards and its
commitment to academic excellence. It maintains linkage with
30 other universities and agencies form Australia, Canada, China,
Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Switzerland,
Thailand, Uganda, United States, and Vietnam.
Research activities
in UPLB are geared towards sustainable productivity and efficient
resources utilization premised on ecological balance, optimal rural
and urban development, appropriate technologies for processing
industry, basic research and cutting-edge technologies, indigenous
knowledge systems, and Philippine culture. The university's
extension function complements not only its instruction and research
programs, but also supports the extension functions of government
and non-government agencies, particularly those related to
agricultural and rural development.
Elvira
Fernandez (B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph.D.) of the Department
of Forest Products and Paper Science is UPLB's lead scientist
assigned to the Bamboo Thematic Network project. Dr.
Fernandez has thirty years of experience in non-timber forest
products and is currently the project leader of an EU project on
Forest Products Chemistry
Non-Timber Forest Products. Her recent
publications include:
Fernandez,
E. C. 2000. Extraction and Textile Application of Crude Dyes
From Bark's of Dysoxylum altissimum and Pterosperman
Indicum. Poster
paper presented at the XII
IUFRO World Congress, 7- 12 August 2000, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.
_______________. 1998. Canarium Resin, A Non-Wood
Forest Products and its Potential in the Manufacture of Paints.
Paper
presented at the Mr. & Mrs. Guillermo Ponce Professorial
Inaugural Chair Lecture, College of Forestry, UPLB, June 17,
1998.
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1997. The Processing and Application of Almaciga (Agathis philippiniensis Warb.) Resin for Paints.
Proceedings of the XI World Forestry Congress. Volume 3,
P. 244. October 13-22, 1997, Antalya, Turkey.
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1996. The Technical and Economic Feasibilty of the Manufacture
of Cement Bonded Hardboard from Wood Wastes.
FORTROP ’96 Tropical Forestry in the 21st
Century, Kasetsart University.
25-28 November1996, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 120.
Fernandez,
EC and T.S. Delgado. 1996. Pilot Processing of Wood Cement
Composites from Woodwastes.
Completed Research Work. DOST-TAPI Project.
Other
members of UPLB's team for the BTN project are Dr. Armando M.
Palijon and Dr. Magadalena Y. Giron.
Armando
Palijon (B.Sc.,
M.Sc. Ph.D.) is specialized in
silviculture, urban forestry and landscaping
and has 20 years of experience in bamboo and non-timber
forest products.
His recent publications include:
Palijon,
Armando M.
Stock Quality and Field Performance
of IAA treated Nursery Grown Bambusa blumeana Branch
Cuttings.
The Philippine Agricultural Scientist, Vol. 83 No. 3
July-September 2000.
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The Community Structure of a Logged-Over Tropical Rainforest in
Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, Philippines. 1999.
Journal of Tropical Forest Science 11(2):446-458.
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Bamboo and Rattan Growing:
The case of
Tabarga in Taminla, Dueñas, Iloilo. 1998
Funded by the Institute of Agroforestry, UPLBCFNR.
Monograph.
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Bamboo Production and Utilization Technologies in Yunnan
Province, People’s Republic of China (Co Author with Dr.
Elvira C. Fernandez) 1996. Monograph.
Magdalena
Giron (B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph.D.) has 25
years of forestry research experience and is the leader of the ACIAR
project Wood, Non-Timber Forest Products Preservation.
Her recent publications include:
Giron,
M.Y., C.M. Garcia and A.V. Reyes.
1998.
Protection and Preservation of Rattan. Forest
Products Technoflow. A publication of Forest Products Research
and Development Institute, DOST, Los Banos, Laguna . Series 18.
12 pp
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Prevention and Control of Fungal and Insect Attack on Rattan,
Bamboo, Palms, Twigs and Vines. FPRDI-ITTO Joint Publication,
Los Banos, Laguna. Pamphlet No. 1E. 8pp.
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1998.
Prevention and Control of Fungal and Insect Attack on
Rattan, Bamboo, Palms, Twigs and Vines. FPRDI-ITTO Joint
Publication, Los Banos, Laguna. Pamphlet No. 2E. 6pp.
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