Program Schedule

Day 1: 26 May 2022

Day 2: 27 May 2022

08:00 – 08:45Registration
08:45 – 09:00Recap of Day 1

Session B

Local perceptions and attitudes towards the blue carbon ecosystems: key towards successful ecosystem restoration efforts

Moderator: Dr. Cleto L. Nañola Jr.
                    Professor, UP Mindanao
09:00 – 09:15“Mangrove Rehabilitation: The Philippine Experience”Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera
Academician
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
09:16 – 09:31“Manila Bay: Efforts Towards Coastal Transformation”Dr. Rhodora V. Azanza
President
National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)
09:32 – 09:47 “People’s Perceptions of Blue Carbon: Key to Its Sustainability”Dr. Miguel D. Fortes
Retired Professor
University of the Philippines Diliman – Marine Science Institute
09:48 – 10:03OPEN FORUM
Awarding of Certificates
10:03 – 10:15Health Break
10:15 – 11:19PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session B1: Wetland EcosystemsModerator:
Dr. Leni G. Yap-Dejeto
Professor, University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College

Convener:
Mr. Rey T. Verona
Instructor, University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Session B2: Coastal Communities, Disaster Risk Management and Climate ChangeModerator:
Dr. Hildie Maria E. Nacorda
Associate Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Convener:
Mr. Jeremy B. Romero
UP Envisage
OPEN FORUM
Awarding of Certificates

Session C

Governance and social context for marine ecosystem restoration, drawing on cases from coral reef restoration and mangroves

Moderator: Dr. Olivia Cabrera
                    Associate Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman
11:20 – 11:35“Governing coral reef restoration in the Philippines’Prof. Dr. Michael Fabinyi
Associate Professor
School of Communication
University of Technology Sydney
11:36 – 11:51“Nearshore invertebrate fishery restoration – Imperatives and Ways Forward”Dr. Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez
Professor
University of the Philippines Diliman – Marine Science Institute
11:52 – 12:07“Old dogs can learn new tricks: Museum specimens as indicators of marine environmental change”Dr. Lawrence M. Liao
Professor
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
School of Applied Biological Sciences
Hiroshima University
12:08 – 12:23OPEN FORUM
Awarding of Certificates
12:24 – 01:30LUNCH
01:30 – 02:34PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session C1: Freshwater EcosystemModerator:
Dr. Loucel E. Cui
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Convener:
Ms. Cherryhel B. Toralde
UP Envisage
Session C2: Marine EcosystemModerator:
Dr. Filipina B. Sotto
Professor, Cebu Normal University

Convener:
Mr. Mark Leonard S. Silaras
UP Envisage
OPEN FORUM
Awarding of Certificates
02:35 – 02:50Health Break

Session D

Policy and governance in relation to natural resources management, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development

Moderator: Dr. Jessica Villanueva-Peyraube
                    Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños
02:50 – 03:05“Sedentary Logics: Gendered Labor Precarity, Plantations, and the Ecology of Disease”Prof. Dr. Wolfram H. Dressler
Associate Professor
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Melbourne
03:06 – 03:31“Valuing the Environment in Policy and Governance”Dr. Rodelio F. Subade
Professor
University of the Philippines Visayas
03:31 – 03:46“Policy and Governance Prospects for Ecosystem Conservation, Protection, and Restoration”Prof. Jessica Dator-Bercilla
Assistant Professor
University of the Philippines Visayas
03:46 – 04:01OPEN FORUM
Awarding of Certificates
04:02 – 05:05PARALLEL SESSIONS
Session D1: Valuation and Natural Resource AccountingModerator:
Dr. Juan Miguel R. Guotana
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Convener:
Mr. John O. dela Cruz
University Research Associate, University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
Session D2: Contemporary Issues/GenderModerator:
Prof. Dakila Kim P. Yee
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College

Convener:
Prof. Victor M. Romero II
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Visayas Tacloban College
OPEN FORUM
Awarding of Certificates
05:05 – 05:30CLOSING CEREMONIES
Synthesis Day 2


Charles Peyraube Award for Best Poster
Cherry Ringor Best Student Oral Presentation Award

Closing Remarks
Dr. Eduardo F. Roquino
Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños





Dr. Rico C. Ancog
Dean, School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños