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1 7Th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 1 2 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Environmental Science, Green Technology, and Society: Pushing the Boundaries Toward Sustainability PROGRAM 13-15 June 2018 University of Eastern Philippines University Town, Northern Samar, Philippines 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 1 CONFERENCE PROGRAM DAY 1 13 JUNE 2018 TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCE PERSON 8:00-9:00 Registration 9:00-9:15 Opening Ceremony Prayer and National Anthem University Chorale Opening Remarks Dr. Lemnuel V. Aragones President, Philippine Environmental Science Association (PESA) Director and Professor, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines Diliman (IESM-UPD) 9:15-9:30 Welcome Remarks Dr. Rolando A. Delorino Conference Chair President, University of Eastern Philippines 9:30-9:40 Conference Overview Dr. Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava Conference Co-chair Dean, School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM-UPLB) 9:40-10:30 Keynote Address and Open Forum MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS TO COPE WITH FOOD AND HEALTH SECURITY IN ASIA Dr. Ryohei Kada Professor, Shijonawate Gakuen University, Osaka, Japan Moderator Dr. Tito M. Cabili Dean, College of Education University of Eastern Philippines 10:30-11:00 Group Photo and Coffee Break 11:00-11:30 Plenary Talk and Open Forum CONDUCTING POLYMER COMPOSITES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS Dr. Christina A. Binag Professor, University of Santo Tomas Moderator Dr. Abel Alejandro U. Flores, Jr. Professor, College of Science University of Eastern Philippines 11:30-12:00 Plenary Talk and Open Forum JOURNEY TO THE DEPTHS OF BENHAM BANK Dr. Hildie Maria E. Nacorda Assistant Professor, SESAM-UPLB Moderator Dr. Ronelie C. Salvador Professor, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources, University of Eastern Philippines 12:00-1:00 Networking Lunch 1:00-1:30 Keynote Address and Open Forum THE JOURNEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE(S) IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT Dr. Percy E. Sajise Honorary Research Fellow, Biodiversity International Senior Fellow, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture Moderator Dr. Rolando A. Delorino Conference Chair President, University of Eastern Philippines 2 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 1:30-2:00 Speed Talks: Selected Papers Dr. Loucel E. Cui University Researcher, SESAM-UPLB 2:00-3:00 Parallel Sessions 1. Climate Change, Variability, and Air Quality 2. Environmental Impact Assessment 3. Biodiversity and Conservation (Terrestrial) 4. Biodiversity and Conservation (Aquatic) 3:00-3:30 Poster Session and Coffee Break Sponsor Exhibits 3:30-4:30 Parallel Sessions 1. Climate Change, Variability, and Air Quality 2. Environmental Impact Assessment 3. Biodiversity and Conservation (Terrestrial) 4. Biodiversity and Conservation (Aquatic) 4:30-5:30 Poster Presentation Session 6:00-9:00 Cultural Night and Dinner 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 3 DAY 2 14 JUNE 2018 TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCE PERSON 7:30-8:30 Registration 8:30-9:00 Plenary Talk and Open Forum THE 3GS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR PUSHING ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BEYOND BOUNDARIES Dr. Perry S. Ong Dean, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman Moderator Dr. Lemnuel V. Aragones President, PESA Director and Professor, IESM-UPD 9:00-9:30 Plenary Talk and Open Forum CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES BY PRODUCING MORE Atty. Asis G. Perez Executive Director, Tanggol Kalikasan, Inc. Moderator Dr. Lemnuel V. Aragones President, PESA Director and Professor, IESM-UPD 9:30-10:00 Group Photo and Coffee Break 10:00-10:30 Plenary Talk REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN BORACAY ISLAND Mr. Livino B. Duran OIC, Assistant Regional Director for Management Services Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region VI Moderator Prof. Romula A. Obleopas Professor, College of Science University of Eastern Philippines 10:30-12:30 Parallel Sessions 1. Environment, Resources, and Population Dynamics 2. Integrated Water Resource Systems 3. Environmental Education and Integration of Information Database and Networks 4. Lakes and Wetlands 12:30-1:30 Networking Lunch 1:30-2:30 Keynote Address and Open Forum Senator Cynthia A. Villar Senate Chair on Food and Agriculture Senator, Republic of the Philippines Moderator Dr. Patricia Ann J. Sanchez Associate Professor, SESAM-UPLB 2:30-3:00 Speed Talks: Selected Papers Dr. Loucel E. Cui University Researcher, SESAM-UPLB 3:00-5:00 Parallel Sessions 1. Land use and Land Cover Change 2. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management 3. Human Health and Environmental Hazards 4. Best Practices and Green Solutions for Sustainable Development 5:00-5:30 Discussions: The Future of Environmental Dr. Lemnuel V. Aragones Science in the Philippines President, PESA Director and Professor, IESM-UPD 5:30-5:45 Closing Remarks Dr. Maria Victoria O. Espaldon Chair, Scientific Session Professor, SESAM-UPLB 6:00-8:00 Dinner at the University of Eastern Philippines, White Beach Resort 4 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science DAY 3 15 JUNE 2018 TIME ACTIVITIES RESOURCE PERSON 6:00-8:00 Travel to Biri Island 8:00-12:00 Field Exposure and Lectures TECTONICS OF CENTRAL PHILIPPINES AND THE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF BIRI ISLAND Dr. Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava Conference Co-chair Dean, SESAM-UPLB THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BIRI AND NORTHERN SAMAR Dr. Myrna N. Ogoc Professor, College of Science University of Eastern Philippines 12:00-1:00 Lunch Break 1:00-3:00 Travel back to UEP 7th Annual International Conference on Environmental Science 5 ABSTRACT KEYNOTE ADDRESS MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS TO COPE WITH FOOD AND HEALTH SECURITY IN ASIA Ryohei Kada Professor, Shijonawate Gakuen University, Japan 1. Introduction: Expanding Ecological Risk and Food Insecurity Increasing ecological risks and greater impacts of climate change are among the most serious threats to many Asian countries. High economic growth, population increase, industrialization and rapid urbanization have not only affected the sustainability of natural resources and socioeconomic systems, but also endangered food and health security of the people. In our Philippines-Indonesia-Japan joint research project, entitled as “Managing Environmental Risks to Food and Health Security in Asian Watersheds,” we have tried to seek for practical solutions for food and health securities of the people in Asian watersheds. Drastic changes in water system and land use patterns in many watersheds have caused serious damages and expanded natural disasters such as flooding and soil erosion. The damages not only result in huge economic loss but also affect serious public health issues in the urban areas located downstream, and pose a threat to the food security of the people, as typically shown in the Laguna Lake region, Philippines and Sekampung watershed in west Sumatra, Indonesia. We tried to build up partnership with local governments, community leaders, yraders and other private sector people and other stakeholders to put in place community-based resource management system to ensure sustainable resource-base and food-health securities of the people. 2. Transdisciplinary Approach in Laguna Lake Regions, Philippines Our research project is a social action research that showcased the comprehensive process of integrated trans-sectoral analysis of impact of urbanization in the Laguna Lake region. It is a kind of social action research that demonstrates the process of establishing and adoption of common multi-stakeholder resource management. The “Yaman ng Lawa (YNL, blessings of lake in Tagalog) Project” has been conducted since April 2012. A trans-disciplinary watershed research, a participatory, community-based social action research based on local knowledge and wisdom, has been challenged so as to combat lake degradation and for restoring local fish habitat and population and livelihood of fisherfolks. This project has inspired the renewal of the practice of traditional “Bayanihan Spirit (Collective Volunteerism)” This trans-sectoral social action research is basically a revival of the traditional culture called “Bayanihan” (Volunteerism or Self-help) between and among local fishermen with various scientists from UP-Los Banos and those from Kyoto, Japan. This indicates the transformation of traditional practices into science-based knowledge by showcasing the adoption of local fishermen’s bio-signals and other forms of traditional communication of locally observed ecological changes for combatting fish kills and other forms of environmental risks in the lake. It has established a one year daily actual fish harvest by open lake fishermen which now become the benchmark for future studies of lake productivity by students and professors of school of environmental science, economics, fisheries and rural development at the University of the Philippines and various colleges in and around the Laguna Lake Watershed areas. 3. Sustainable Community-Based Resource Management The project has inspired the renewal of the practice of traditional “Bayanihan Spirit (Collective Volunteerism)” which now serves in harmonizing partnership of lakeshore communities in restoring lake productivity. The project has created academic interests among Development Communication students at the UPLB who have started studying the YNL Yankaw Project for their MS research/thesis programs. As a result instead of current practice of providing “small eco-dot”
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