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CURRICULUM VITAE Ben S. Malayang III
Academic
Ph.D. (Wildland Resource Science), Department of Forestry and Environmental
Management, College of Natural Sciences, University of California at
Berkeley, 1990
MA International Affairs (Southeast Asia Studies; Major in Economics; Minor
in Political Science and Philosophy), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1983
MA (Philosophy), Ohio University, 1983
BA (Philosophy), University of the Philippines, Diliman, 1974
Professional
Presently:
1. President, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines
2. Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance, and Lecturer in
Philosophy, Silliman University
3. Trustee, Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities
in the Philippines (ACSCU)
4. Country Representative in the Executive Committee of the
Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia
(ACUCA)
5. Senior Fellow, Development Academy of the Philippines (since
2004)
6. Fellow, Strategic Studies Group, National Defense College of the
Philippines (since 2004)
7. President, Asian University Digital Resource Network (Since 2016)
8. Chair, Commission on Higher Education – Task Force for Graduate
Education Review
9. Chair, CHED Task Force and Transition Faculty Development
Previously:
1. Project Leader, Institutional Capacity Building Project for Visayas
and Mindanao, DENR-ADB Integrated Coastal Resource
Management Program
2. Chair, Integrated Water Resource Management Council, Negros
Oriental and Negros Occidental
3. Chair, Coordinating Council of Private Education Associations of
the Philippines (COCOPEA)
4. Member, Negros Oriental Climate Change Preparation Task Force
5. Member, Advisory Council on Climate Change, Negros Oriental 6. Member, Advisory Panel, Environmental Economics Program in
Southeast Asia
7. Technical Adviser on Sustainable Development, GTZ Project on
Developing Implementing Rules and Regulations on the
Environmental Code for the Province of Southern Leyte
8. Deputy Chief of Party and Policy Specialist, Environmental
Governance Project, USAID-Government of the Philippines
9. Team Leader, Integrated Coastal Resource Management Project
Institutional Strengthening Component of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and the Asian Development
Bank
10. Professor II, School of Environmental Science and Management,
University of the Philippines;
11. Contributing Author, Chapter on Policy Responses, Millennium
Ecosystems Assessment, UN and Other Global Organizations;
12. Member, National Biosafety Committee of the Philippines;
13. National (Philippines) Co-Coordinator and Member of the
International Science Planning Committee for the 2003 Open
Science Meeting, International Human Dimensions Programme;
14. Chair and President, Philippine Sustainable Development Network;
15. Chair, Environmental Security Program, Center for Integrative
Development Studies, University of the Philippines System.
16. Faculty, Master in Public Affairs Program, Development Academy
of the Philippines
17. Member, Experts’ Panel, Project to Develop a National Marine
Policy Framework for the Philippines (UNDP-DENR)
18. Lecturer, Foreign Service Institute, Department of Foreign Affairs,
and National Defense College, Department of National Defense,
Philippines
19. Team Leader, Final Evaluation Mission on the Building a National
Constituency for Biodiversity Conservation Project of the National
Haribon Foundation, Philippines, funded by the Royal Netherlands
Embassy of Manila (March 2003)
20. Mission Leader, Tripartite (UNDP-FAO-Government of Cambodia)
Evaluation Mission on the Forest Crimes Monitoring and Reporting
Project of the Royal Government of Cambodia (26 Nov-22 Dec
2002)
21. Lead Writer on Empowerment and Governance, Revitalized
Philippine Agenda 21 Project, Philippine Council for Sustainable
Development
Formerly
1. Undersecretary, Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, Republic of the Philippines (1993-1995); experienced
heading Philippine government missions in SEA regional and
global multilateral environmental meetings and negotiations
including GEF, World Bank, ESCAP and ASEAN-ASOEN;
2. Institution Specialist, Samar Island Biodiversity Project (USAID-
REECS)
3. Lecturer, International Environmental Seminar, Dalhousie
University, Canada, 1996; and presently Philosophy, Ethics and
Environment in Miriam College, Quezon City
Teaching
Fifteen years teaching graduate courses on:
1. Institutions and Environment (emphasizing governance and political
ecology);
2. Environmental Impact Assessment (Policy, Laws and Regulations),
3. Contemporary Issues in Environmental Science and Management
(e.g., bioethics; food safety; and trade and environment)
Over 8 years teaching undergraduate courses on:
1. Philosophy (in the Philippines and the US)
2. Agroforestry (as teaching assistant in the University of California at
Berkeley)
3. Social Sciences (Contemporary Political Issues) in the Philippines
4. Science, Technology and Society (a Senior course in the University
of the Philippines)
Research Areas
* Forest and Environmental Policy and Governance
* Biodiversity
* Environmental Security
* Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
* Institutional and Environmental Transformations of Southeast Asia
Published Works
“An In-Depth Review of the NIPAS Law and Related Statutes on the
Establishment and Management of Protected Areas in the Philippines” August
31, 2011
“Rethinking How We Do Environmental Science” Paper in England (being
considered for publication).
“Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Coconut Types: Framework and
Methodology Development”, Journal of Environmental Science and
Management, Vol. 12 (1): 68-78 (Co-authors: Jose Nestor M. Garcia, Edna A.
Aguilar, Juanito B. Sangalang, Antonio J. Alcantara, Raymundo Celestino Habito,
Charito P. Medina and Ben S. Malayang III), 2009.
“ Crocodile Conservation in the Philippines “National Museum Papers , Vol. 14,
2008.
“A Model of Policy Changes to Secure Sustainable Forest Management and
Control of Deforestation in the Philippines”, Forest Policy and Economics,
Vol. 8: 67-80 (Co-authors: Alan Grainger and Ben S. Malayang III), 2006.
Chapter on Sub-Regional Assessments, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,
2005.
“A historical Overview of the Development of Social Capacities for
Environmental Governance in the Philippines,” in Proceedings of the
International Workshop on Social Capacity Development for Environmental
Management and International Cooperation in Asia, Hiroshima and Tokyo:
Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima
University, 2003.
“Policy options to encourage community support for the sustainable development
of Philippine lakes: Insights from Laguna de Bay” (with N. Briones and Z.
Catalan as secondary authors), in Aquatic Ecosystems Health & Management
(Journal of the Aquatic Ecosystems Health & Management Society), v.5(2): 147-
154, 2002; Taylor & Francis.
“Tenure Rights and Ancestral Domains in the Philippines: A Study of the Roots
of Conflict,” in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde 157 (3): 661-
675, 2001
“Principles for the conservation of wild living resources”, with Mandel et al., in
Ecological Applications. 6(2): 338-362, 1996.
“Environmental Governance in the Philippines,” with M. Magallona, in
Environmental Governance in Asia, Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies and Sophia University, Japan, 2001: 59-98.
“The Changing Role of Government in Forest Protection” in Forest Policy and
Politics in the Philippines: The Dynamics of Participatory Conservation,
2000. P. Utting ed., Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press and the
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
“Philippine Environment and Natural Resources in One Hundred Years of
Nationhood and Revolution”, a Social Science Centennial Lecture, 25 February
Agriculture, UPLB, College, Laguna; in Issues and Letters, vol. 8 No. 4-5,
published by the Philippine Center for Policy Studies, April-May 1999.
Socio-Cultural Theories and Models of Human-Environment Interactions, a
distance education module on Social Theory and Environment for the ladder
Diploma-MS Course on Environment and Natural Resource Management, UP
Open University.
“Environmental Co-Management in the Philippines: A Policy Challenge from the
Perspective of Political Ecology” In: Co-Managing the Environment: The
Natural Resources of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Ellen Bernardo and
Denyse Snelder (eds.). Cagayan Valley Programme on Environment &
Development and PLAN International, 1999.
“A Political Ecology Model of Environmental Policy in the Philippines:
Implications to Forest Management”, a keynote lecture in the 1999 Annual
Convention of the Society of Filipino Foresters, Davao City, Philippines,
November 1999; in Journal of Environmental Science and Management. Vol.
1, No.1. June 1998. SESAM-UPLB
“Principles and Prospects for Harmonizing Animal Production with the
Environment” (with Alcantara, AJ and N. Rogel), in Proceedings, Philippine
Society of Animal Science, 15 October 1998. PICC, Manila
GATT-WTO and Philippine Environment: Policy Safeguards to Ensure an
Environment-friendly Competitiveness in World Trade, with O. Zamora, A.
Contreras, R. Cuevas, R. Rañola, MV Espaldon, A. Flor, M. Ruscoe, IV Ongkiko,
and J. Duma; Los Baños and Halifax, by the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) and the Environment and Resource Management
Project, UPLB-Dalhousie University, 1996.
Environmental Ethics. A course design. Published in Los Baños and Halifax by
the Environment and Resource Management Program, 1996.
“The Laguna Lake Basin: Cauldron of Opportunities and Conflicts,” in Sly, P.
ed., Laguna Lake Basin, Philippines: Problems and Opportunities, ERMP
Reports, Los Baños and Halifax: Environment and Resource Management
Project, 1993.
“Policy Dimensions of Tenure Issues in Aquatic Production Regimes in the
Philippines, PCMARD,1992.
“Tenure Rights and Exclusion in the Philippines,” in Nature and Resources, vol.
27 Nov 4, 1991; UNESCO and the Pathenon Publishing Group,1991; paper
presented at the Second Annual Meeting of the International Association for the
Study of Common Property, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 25 Sep
to 2 Oct 1991.
“Logging Ban: A Policy Advance or Revision?” IESAM Bulletin (Oct-Dec 1991).
Other Works
“A Model of Water Governance in the Philippines,” prepared for the Philippine
Institute for Development Studies and University of the Philippines Los Baños.
“SPS Harmonization and Food Security in the Philippines,” a paper read and
presented in the workshop on “Markets, Rights and Equity: Rethinking Food and
Agricultural Standards in a Shrinking World,” Michigan State University, USA,
31 Oct-3 Nov 1999.
“Flashpoints in Philippine Biodiversity Policy,” an Emil Q. Javier UP Presidency
Lecture, University of the Philippines System, 5 August 1999.
“Science and Policy: How the Twain Shall Meet,” an analysis of the success of
the Environment and Natural Resources Accounting Project in relation to the
unleaded gasoline policy of the Philippines; presented to the Environmental
Economics Programme for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), May 23-25, 2000,
Singapore.
“The State of Our Global Environmental Security,” an opening lecture of the
annual lecture series of the Philippine Social Science Council, August 2000.
“Sustainability and Agricultural Modernization in the Philippines.” 1999 Annual
Meeting of the Philippine Agricultural Economics & Development Association,
19 Feb 1999, Manila.
“Eastern and Western Perspectives of the Environment”, a keynote paper
presented to the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Population and Environment
Education, 8-10 December 1998, Pryce Plaza Hotel, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.
“Population and Environment in the Philippines: Integrating Human and
Ecological Security in the Philippine EIA System,” a technical report submitted to
the Population Commission, Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
and the Department of Interior and Local Government, April 1998.
“Population, Development and Environment in the Philippines: Policy Models for
Sustainable Development into the Next Millennium,” a Metro Manila
Commission Professorial Chair Lecture, College of Arts and Sciences, UPLB, 6
August 1997.
“A Model for Integrating Population, development and Environment in National
Planning,” a paper presented at the PDE Modelling Seminar-Workshop,
Population Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Mar 1995.
“Deforestation in the Philippines: A Study of factors that Promote or Inhibit
Forest Loss,” a research paper submitted as a collaborative study on deforestation
in the tropics, with Dr. Alan Grainger, University of Leeds,
England.“Environmental Movements in Asia: An Overview”, a paper presented at
the International Workshop on Environmental Movements in Asia sponsored by
the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Leiden, Netherlands, 27-29 October
1994
“Dwindling Forest and Environmental Stress: The Story of the Philippines,” a
paper presented at the Fourth Annual Common Property Conference of the
International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Manila,
16-19 June 1993.
Major Research and Consultancy
Project Leader. An Independent Assessment of Critical Amendments to the
NIPAS Act to Raise the Level of Effectiveness of Protected Area Management
and Biodiversity Conservation in the Philippines. Deutsche Gesselschaft für
Technische Zusammernarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, 2014.
Project Leader. Protected Area Management Enhancement (PAME) Project,
of Clusters E (12) and D (7) in Regions 4B, 6, 7 and 8. Protected Area Wildlife
Bureau (PAWB)-Deutsche Gesselschaft für Technische Zusammernarbeit (GIZ)
GmbH, 2013.
Lead author on a chapter on Social and Political transformations of Southeast
Asia, A book project on Asian Change funded by the Asia-Pacific Network
(Dr.Louis Lebel, Project Coordinator).
Institutions Specialist, Samar Island biodiversity Project, USAID-REECS .
Analyst, Biodiversity Policy and Decision-making in the Philippines, a project of
the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Graduate Studies and research in
Agriculture contracted by the World Bank, 1998.
Project Leader, Development of a Community-based System to Identify Priority
Protectable Seascapes in the Philippines; a multidisciplinary research and
development project funded by the Center for Integrative Development Studies of
the University of the Philippines System.
Project Leader, Environmental Impact Assessment of the Philippine Population
Policy, a multidisciplinary project funded by the Philippine National Economic
and Development Authority; 1998.
Program Leader, Environmental Security and Management Program, a joint
program on enhancing environmental security at community to regional levels in
the Philippines, jointly undertaken by the School of Environmental Science and
Management and the Development Foundation Inc., both of UPLB, funded by the
Philippine-Canada Development Fund.
Project Leader, An Inventory of Environmental Programs, Professionals and
Facilities in the UP System, a project commissioned by the UP Systemwide
Technical Working Group on Environmental Security.
Lead Person, Review of Multilateral Environmental Commitments of the
Philippines and Their Impacts on the Country’s Medium-Term Development
Program and International Trade and Related Obligations, a project of the
Commodity team on Environmental Management, Philippine Council for
Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Research and development.
Awards
Professorial Chair Holder, Metro Manila Commission Professorial Chair in Arts
and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños 1995-1997.
Research Fellow, Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, University of
California Berkeley (May-Aug 1980).
Thesis Research Grantee, Luce Foundation, given by the Center for South and
Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley (1988-1989).
Doctoral Graduate Fellow, Ford foundation, 1983-85.
Doctoral Graduate Fellow, Winrock International, 1986-1987.
Attachments
A. Full list of papers and Publications
B. Full list of Conferences Attended
C. Summary of Significant Professorial Experience
D. Summary of Events as a Speaker
TRUE AND CORRECT AS OF October 14, 2016
ATTACHMENT A Full List of Papers and Publications
“Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Coconut Types: Framework and Methodology
Development”, Journal of Environmental Science and Management, Vol. 12 (1):
68-78 (Co-authors: Jose Nestor M. Garcia, Edna A. Aguilar, Juanito B. Sangalang,
Antonio J. Alcantara, Raymundo Celestino Habito, Charito P. Medina and Ben S.
Malayang III), 2009.
“Crocodile Conservation in the Philippines” National Museum Papers, Vol. 14, 2008.
“ When our Tree Becomes Only your Tree: What Happens to it, What Happens to Us?”
Silliman Journal 48(2) : 111- 114. July to December 2007.
“A Model of Policy Changes to Secure Sustainable Forest Management and Control of
Deforestation in the Philippines”, Forest Policy and Economics, Vol. 8: 67-80 (Co-
authors: Alan Grainger and Ben S. Malayang III), 2006.
Chapter on Sub-Regional Assessments, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005.
“A Historical Overview of the Development of Social Capacities for Environmental
Governance in the Philippines,” in Proceedings of the International Management
and International Cooperation in Asia, Hiroshima and Tokyo: Graduate School for
International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University,2003.
“Policy options to encourage community support for the sustainable development of
Philippine lakes: Insights from Laguna de Bay” (with N. Briones and Z. Catalan as
secondary authors), in Aquatic Ecosystems Health & Management (Journal of the
Aquatic Ecosystems Health & Management Society), v.5(2): 147-154, 2002; Taylor &
Francis.
“Tenure Rights and Ancestral Domains in the Philippines: A Study of the Roots of
Conflict,” in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde 157 (3): 661-675, 2001
“Environmental Governance in the Philippines,” with M. Magallona, in Environmental
Governance in Asia, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Sophia
University, Japan, 2001: 59-98.
“The Coverage and Thrust of Biosafety Regulations in the Philippines,” a paper read
before the 2001 Biennial Convention of the of the Philippine Agricultural Economics
and Development Association, Century Park Hotel, Manila, 25 October 2001.
“The Consequences of a Disturbed Environment on Small-Farm Productivity in the
Philippines,” a paper presented at the “First International Conference on Agriculture,
Education and Environment,” Umali Hall, International Rice Research Institute, Los
Baños, Laguna, 17 October 2001.
“Environmental Governance and Forest Policy in the Philippines: Why the Continuing
Debate Over Sustainable Forest Management,” a paper presented during the 23rd
Foundation Day Forum of Forestry and Development Center, College of Forestry &
Natural Resources, UP Los Baños, 27 June 2001.
“Environmental Governance and Issues on Tenure in Aquaculture,” a Villaluz Memorial
Lecture, Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
(SEAFDEC), 4 July 2001.
“Emerging Crisis in Philippine Environmental Diplomacy,” a presentation to the Los
Baños Science Community, UP Los Baños, 27 October 2000.
“Biodiversity Conservation in the Philippines,” a paper presented to the Biodiversity
Curriculum Workshop sponsored by the Environmental Education Network of the
Philippines and the ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, held at
Quezon City, Philippines, 26 October 2000.
“Ethics and Biotechnology,” a paper presented to the Annual Conference of the
Environmental Education Network of the Philippines, Quezon City, Phil., 24 October
2000.
“The Changing Role of Government in Forest Protection,” a chapter in Utting, P. (ed).
2000. Forest Policies and Politics in the Philippines. United nations Research
Institute for Social Development & Ateneo de Manila University Press: pp. 40-66.
“Science and Policy: How the Twain Shall Meet,” an analysis of the success of the
Environment and Natural Resources Accounting Project in relation to the unleaded
gasoline policy of the Philippines; presented to the Environmental Economics
Programme for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), May 23-25, 2000, Singapore.
“Environmental Governance in the Philippines” (with Professor Merlin Magallona,
former Dean, UP College of Law), in Country Reports, Institute of Global
Environmental Strategies, Tokyo Mar 2000.
“The State of Our Global Commons,” a lecture in the University Lecture Series,
University of the Philippines, February 2000.
“SPS Harmonization and Food Security in the Philippines,” a paper read and presented in
the workshop on “Markets, Rights and Equity: Rethinking Food and Agricultural
Standards in a Shrinking World,” Michigan State University, USA, 31 Oct-3 Nov
1999.
Socio-cultural Theories and Models of Human-Environment Interactions, a distance
education module on Social Theory and Environment, ladderized Diploma-MS
Course on Environment and Natural Resource Management, UP Open University.
“Environmental Co-Management in the Philippines: A Policy Challenge from the
Perspective of Political Ecology” In: Co-Managing the Environment: The Natural
Resources of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Ellen Bernardo and Dynese Snelder
(eds.) Cagayan Valley Program on Environment & Development and PLAN
International, 1999.
“Flashpoints in Philippine Biodiversity Policy,” an Emil Q. Javier UP Presidency
Lecture, University of the Philippines System, 5 August 1999.
“Principles in Environmental Education and Sustainable Development,” a paper
presented during the Seminar Workshop on Popularizing Environmental Education
in the Maritime Sector, 15 June 1999, Manila Yacht Club, Roxas Blvd., Manila.
“Philippine Environment and Natural Resources in One Hundred Years of Nationhood
and Revolution”, a Social Science Centennial Lecture, 25 February 1999, Southeast
Asia Regional Center for Graduate Studies and Research in Agriculture, UPLB,
College, Laguna; in Issues and Letters, vol. 8 No. 4-5, published by the Philippine
Center for Policy Studies, April-May 1999.
“The Imperatives of Environmental Education”, paper presented during the 38th ACSC
(Association of Christian Schools and Colleges) National Convention, 10 May 99,
Trinity College, Manila.
“Sustainable Development: Philosophy, Principles and Philippine Agenda 21”, paper
presented in the International Environmental Management Training, 23 Mar 1999,
Phil. Village Hotel, Manila
“The Philippine Environment in the Last 100 Years”, a paper presented during the
Community Outreach Program, 22 March 1999, UP Visayas Iloilo.
“Linking Environmental Education and Sustainable Development,” a paper presented in
the National Conference on Popularizing Environmental Education for Sustainable
Development, 20 March 1999, Soka Gakkai, Cultural Center, Tagaytay City.
“State of the Philippine Environment” (lecture, UP School of Economics, 2 Mar 1999).
“Policy Formulation Process for Collaborative Forest Management: Role and Potential
of Local Organization”, a lecture-paper in the Regional Refresher Course for Alumni
from Asia of the International Course on the Design of the Community Forestry, 23
February 1999, Philippine Trade Center, Roxas Boulevard., Quezon City.
“A Political Ecology Model of Environmental Policy in the Philippines: Implications to
Forest Management” Society of Filipino Foresters’ Golden Anniversary Convention,
1999.
“A Brief of Sustainable Development and Philippine Agenda 21”, a paper presented to
the Regional Development Council in Region VI, Philippines, 14 January 1999.
“Eastern and Western Perspectives of the Environment”, a keynote paper presented to the
First Asia-Pacific Conference on Population and Environment Education, 8-10
December 1998, Pryce Plaza Hotel, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.
“Principles and Prospects for Harmonizing Animal Production with the Environment”
(w/ Alcantara, AJ and N. Rogel), in Proceedings, Philippine Society of Animal
Science, 15 Oct 1998. PICC, Manila
“The Continuing Challenge of Sustainable Development: World Trends and Prospects for
the Philippines,” a paper presented in the DOST-wide Orientation Workshop on
Sustainable Development conducted by the Philippine Council for Agriculture,
Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development-Department of Science
and Technology (PCARRD-DOST), Taguig, Metro Manila, 31 August 1998.
“A Political Ecology Model of Environmental Policy in the Philippines: Implications to
Forest Management”, in Journal of Environmental Science and Management.
Vol. 1, No.1. June 1998. SESAM-UPLB.
“Population and Environment in the Philippines: Integrating Human Ecological Security
in the Philippine EIA System,” a technical report submitted to the Population
Commission, Department of Environmental & Natural Resources, and the
Department of Interior & Local Government, Apr 1998.
“Area-Based Resource Management Approaches”, a paper presented in the
Environmental Management Seminar for Southeast Asia held at the International
Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Cavite, Philippines, 6-17 October 1997.
“Environmental Planning and Agro-Industrial Development”, Univ. of Asia & the
Pacific, 27Aug 97.
“An EIA of Three Small Hydro-electric Projects Planned for Development in Negros
Island, Philippine,” a technical report to the National Power Corporation, Rep of the
Philippines, Sept. 1997.
“Population, Development and Environment in the Philippines: Policy Models for
Sustainable Development into the Next Millennium,” a Metro Manila Commission
Professorial Chair Lecture, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the
Philippines Los Baños, 6 August 1997.
“An Assessment of the Policy Fundamentals of Natural Resource Management in the
Philippines,” a paper presented in the Seminar-Workshop on Foundation Course on
Environmental Management conducted by the Resource Center for Environment and
Sustainable Development (RCESD) at the Development Academy of the Philippines
(DAP), Tagaytay City 28 July 1997.
“Environment and Environmental Policy in the Philippines,” a paper presented in the
National Seminar-Workshop on Environmental Education and Management jointly
conducted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), and the Philippine Association of State
Universities and Colleges (PASUC), held at the Central Mindanao State University,
Bukidnon, 2-3 July 1997.
“Environmental Education and Sustainable Development,” a paper presented in the 4th
Gen Assembly & Second Scientific Conference of the Environmental Education
Network of the Philippines, Inc., Region VI (Western Visayas) Chapter, Gerry Roxas
Center, Roxas City, Philippines, 1-3 March 1997
“Principles for the conservation of the wild living resources”, with Mandel, et al., in
Ecological Applications. 6(2):338-362,1996.
“An EIA of the Proposed TELIC Microwave and Fiber Optics Telecommunications
Network, Philippines,” technical report prepared for the Canadian International
Development Agency, Mar 96.
“Modelling and Simulation: Imperatives in Environmental Policy,” a paper presented to
and published by Southeast Asian Impacts Centre (IC-SEA), Bogor, Indonesia, 13
Aug 1996.
GATT-WTO and Philippine Environment: Policy Safeguards to Ensure an
Environment-friendly Competitiveness in World Trade published in Los Baños
and Halifax, by the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA) and the Environment and Resource Management Project, UPLB-
Dalhousie University, 1996.
“From Padrone to Partner: The Changing Role of Government in Forest Protection in the
Philippines,” a paper submitted to the United Nations Research Institute for Social
Development, 1996.
“Tenure Rights and Ancestral Domains in the Philippines: A Study of the Roots of
Conflict,” a Metro Manila Commission Professorial Chair Lecture, College of Arts
and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 8 Mar 1996.
“The Myth and Mystique of Sustainable Development,” a lecture on Sustainable
Development for agricultural officials of South and Southeast Asia, International
Training and Research on Extension Program (ITREP), Univ of the Philippines Los
Baños & the Government of Netherlands, Nov 1995.
Environmental Ethics. A course design. Published in Los Baños and Halifax by the
Environment and Resource Management Program, 1996.
“A Model for Integrating Population, Development and Environment in National
Planning,” a paper presented at the PDE Modelling Seminar-Workshop, Population
Institute, East-West Center, Hawaii, & the International Institute of Applied Systems
Analysis, Mar 1995;
“Deforestation in the Philippines: a Study of Factors that Promote or Inhibit Forest Loss,”
a research paper submitted as a collaborative study on deforestation in the tropics,
with Dr. Alan Grainger, University of Leeds, England.
“Environmental Movements in Asia: An Overview”, a paper presented at the
International Workshops on Environmental Movements in Asia sponsored by the
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Leiden, Netherlands, 27-29 October 1994
“Dwindling Forest and Environmental Stress: The Story of the Philippines,” a paper
presented at the Fourth Annual Common Property Conference of the International
Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Manila, 16-19 June 1993.
“Tenure Rights and Exclusion in the Philippines,” in Nature and Resources, vol. 27 Nov
4, 1991; UNESCO and the Pathenon Publishing Group,1991.
“Policy Dimensions of Tenure Issues in Aquatic Production Regimes in the Philippines,
in Tenure Rights in Fisheries in the Philippines, PCMARD,1992.
“Rights and Exclusions: Policy Implications to Tenure Policies in the Philippines,” a
paper presented at the Second Annual Meeting of the International Association for
the Study of Common Property , University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 25 Sep
to Oct 19991.
“Logging Ban: A Policy Advance or Revision?” IESAM Bulletin, a quarterly
publication of the Institute of Environmental Science and Management, University of
the Philippines Los Baños, College , Laguna, Philippines, 4th Q (Oct-Dec 1991).
“The Threat of ‘Enviromagnification’,” in IESAM Bulletin, 3rd & 4th Q, 1991.
“Institutions in Island Ecosystem Management,” in Island Ecology and Management,
SEAMEO-BIOTROP, 2-15 April 1991.
“The Laguna Lake Basin: Cauldron of Opportunities and Conflicts,” in Sly, P. ed.,
Laguna Lake Basin, Philippines: Problems and Opportunities, ERMP Reports,
Los Baños and Halifax: Environment and Resource Management Project, 1993.
“Understanding Interactions: The Key to Optimizing the Benefits of Biotechnology”, in
Proceedings, First Southeast Asia Regional Seminar-Workshop on
Biotechnology, Manila, 3-6 Dec 1990.
“A Policy Paper on the Population, Environment and Development of the National
Capital Region, Philippines,” a paper analyzing policy options for local governments
in the region to address population issues and their impacts on environment and
development in Metro Manila; presented to the Multisectoral Conference on
Population Environment and Development of the National Capital Region,
Philippines, 17 Sep 1992.
“Adaptive Strategies Following Severe Environmental Stress: Three Case Studies in the
Philippines (Ormoc, Pinatubo and Baguio),” a paper read at the First Mutlinational
Conference on Adaptive Strategies in Southeast Asia conducted by the Center for
Southeast Asia Studies of the University of California at Berkeley and the Institute of
Ecology of Pajadjaran University, in Bandung, Indonesia, 26 Jul to 1 Aug 1992.
“Equity Policies on Energy Generation in the Philippines,” a paper presented at the 1st
Geothermal & Coal Energy Conference in the Philippines, U.P., Oct 91.
“Environmental Planning for Sorsogon,” a paper presented to the Environmental
Planning Management Training and Workshop for the Sorsogon Integrated Area
Development Project, University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna,
Philippines, 4-9 Feb 1991.
“Environmental Impact Assessment of Emerging Technologies,” a paper presented in the
Technology Assessment Conference and Workshop, UPLB, 22 Apr 1991.
The Effects of Agricultural Intensification and Tenure Security on Forest Clearance
in Upland Swiddening Communities in the Philippines, a doctoral thesis in
Wildland Resource, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, Ca USA, 1990.
“A Model for Estimating Production in Multispecies Systems,” a paper submitted to the
2nd Southeast Asian Universities Agroecosystems Network Conference, Baguio, Phil.,
Mar 1985.
A Study of the Administrative Structures of the Sugar and Coconut Industries in
the Philippines from 1962-1982, a Master’s thesis in Southeast Asian Studies,
Center for International Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH USA 1983.
The Nondescriptive Meaning of “Good” in Language, a Master’s thesis in Philosophy,
Department of Philosophy, Ohio University, Athens, OH USA (1983).
“The ‘Is’ and ‘Ought’ of Extension,” in Silliman Journal, Apr 1975.
“Yes, There Might Still Be An Environmental Science,” presented as a discussion topic,
IESAM Annual Planning Workshop, Jan 1993.
“Environmental Laws and Policy in the Philippines,” a paper presented at the Conference
on Environmental Law, sponsored by the Environment and Resource Management
Project (UPLB and Dalhousie University), held at the UP Law Center, Nov 1991.
“Environmental Studies at UPLB,” a review of the situation of environmental studies in
UPLB, presented to the faculty, IESM, UPLB, Oct 1995.
“Towards a Theory of ‘Factor Displacement’ – The Politics of Development in a Tropical
Upland Community in the Philippines,” presented in a seminar on Forestry &
Development, Univ of Calif. Berkeley and Univ of Washington, held at Berkeley,
CA, Mar 1990.
“Managing Agroforestry Systems as Renewable Resources,” supplementary paper for the
2nd SUAN-EAPI Research Symposium, Baguio City, Philippines, 18-22 March 1985.
“Small Private Institutional Interventions to Promote the Conservation of Natural
Resources: The Case of the Silliman University Environmental Center” in First
National Conservation Conference, 1981. Quezon City: Natural Resource
Management Center and National Environmental Protection Council.
Extension Concepts of Silliman University. Silliman Journal. 23 (1) : 95- 98. 1st Qtr
1976.
ATTACHMENT II Full List of Conferences Attended
6th International Conference of Environmental Future, “Rethinking How We do
Environmental Science” July 18 2016. Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
Asian Regional Workshop on Adaptive Collaborative Management of Community
Forests: An Option for Asia?, organized by FAO and the Centre of International
Forestry research (CIFOR), Bangkok, Thailand: 26-27 Sep 2002
Southeast Asian Seminar-Workshop on Public Awareness and Participation in the
Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Bangkok, Thailand, 31 July –
4 August 2001.
Conference on Multilateral Environmental Agreements, United Nations University,
Kuala Lumpur, 26-28 February 2001.
International Science-Policy Conference on Global Change and Sustainable Development
in Southeast Asia Regional Change Program, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Feb 19-21, 2001.
Atlantic Platform for Consumer Concerns and International Trade, Lelysted, The
Netherlands, June 15-17, 2000; delivered the first statement on international trade
governance and science and technology as intermediary of trade and environment
concerns.
Annual Science Conference, Environmental Economics Programme for Southeast Asia,
May 23-25, Singapore; resource person and paper presentor.
International Conference on Environmental Governance in Asia, Institute of Global
Environmental Strategies, Tokyo, Japan, March 9-10, 2000.
International Workshop on “Markets, Rights and Equity: Rethinking Food and
Agricultural Standards in a Shrinking World,” Michigan State University, USA, 31
Oct – 3 Nov 1999.
International Workshop on Addressing the Role of Collective Action and Property rights
in Devolution of Natural Resource Management, Puerto Azul, Cavite, 23-25 June
1999.
UP Systemwide Conference on Environmental Security (Co-Chair), sponsored by UP-
CIDS, Northwinds Hotel, Cebu City, 16-18 June 1999
Seminar Workshop on Popularizing Environmental Education (Resource Person),
sponsored by the National Maritime Polytechnic, Manila Yacht Club, Manila, 15 Jun
1999.
Association of Christian School and Colleges (ACSC) 38th National Convention,
(Resource Person), Trinity College, Manila, 10 May 1999.
Forum on Globalization and the Environment (Paper Discussant), sponsored by the
Department of Environment & Natural Resources (DENR), Quezon City, 8 Apr 1999.
Community Outreach Program (Resource Speaker), sponsored by UP Visayas, 22 Mar
1999.
National Conference on Popularizing Environmental Education for Sustainable
Development (Resource Speaker), Soka Gakkai Cultural Center, Tagaytay City. 20
March 1999.
1999 Biennial Convention (Resource Speaker), sponsored by the Philippine Agricultural
Economics and Development Association (PAEDA), Philippine Trade Training
Center, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 19 February 1999.
Devolution in Forestry (Paper Discussant), Training Center for Tropical Resources and
Ecosystems Sustainability, UPLB, College, Laguna, 10 December 1999.
Asia-Pacific Conference on Population and Environment Education, (Resource Speaker)
sponsored by the Population Education Association of the Philippines, Inc., Pryce
Plaza Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City, 8-9 December 1998.
Training Course on Project Identification, Design and Development (Resource Speaker),
a training course sponsored by Highland Agriculture and Resources Research and
Development Consortium (HARDEC), Benguet State University, Benguet, 25 Nov
1998.
Third International Work Conference on Co-Managing the Environment, (Resource
Speaker) sponsored by CVPED, College of Forestry and Environmental
Management, ISU, Cabagan, Isabela, 21-24 September 1998.
Environmental Concerns in Animal Production in the National Perspective, (Keynote
Paper presentor); a conference sponsored by the Philippine Society of Animal
Science, PICC, Roxas Blvd., Manila, 15 September 1998.
DOST Wide-Orientation Workshop on Sustainable Development, (Resource Speaker); a
seminar and workshop conducted by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry
and Natural Resources Research and Development, DOST, Taguig, Metro Manila,
31 Aug 1998.
Workshop on Environmental Strategy Development, (Participant); a conference-
workshop of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 17-19 August 1998.
International Workshop on Controlling Deforestation (Paper Presentor), sponsored by the
UK Economic and Social Research Council’s Global Environmental Change
Programme, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok, Thailand, 27-29 July 1998.
Symposium on Regulations for Biotechnology Products (Resource Speaker), sponsored
by College of Agriculture, UPLB, College, Laguna, 6 July 1998.
Minesterial Meeting on Freshwater Resources (participant and technical support to the
UNCED Chair), sponsored by the Government of France, Paris, 18-24 March 1998
International Conference on Environment and Forestry Research (Participant), sponsored
by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Jakarta, Indonesia, 26-30
April 1998.
Public Sector Reform: Rethinking the Business of Government, (Resource Speaker),
conducted by the Department of Budget and Management in collaboration with the
New Zealand Government, Holiday In Resort, Clark Field, Pampanga, 20-21
November 1997.
Globalization and the Environment: New Challenges for the Public and Private Sectors;
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), Paris, 13-14 Nov
1997.
University of the Philippines’ Environmental Heritage for the 21st Century: The Laguna-
Quezon and Laguna Grant Master Plan, SEARCA, UPLB, College, Laguna, 1 July
1997
Conference on the General Parameters for Long Term Planning (Participant), sponsored
by the Long-Term Planning Research and Development Project being implemented
by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) 9 June 1997.
A Sysnet Training Course on Land Use Systems and Methodology for the Philippine
Team (Participant), sponsored by BIOTROP-GCTE Impacts Center for Southeast
Asia (IC-SEA), Philippine Rice Research Institute, , 28 April to 1 May 1997.
International Workshop on “Living with Global Change Linking Science and Policy in
Southeast Asia”, (Paper Presentor), Bogor, Indonesia, 13-15 August 1996
International Environmental Management Seminar,” (Lecturer), sponsored by School for
Resource and Environmental Studies (SRES), Dalhousie, Canada, 2-21 June 1996
Seminar Workshop on Environment and Resource Management (Participant), Institute of
Forest Conservation, College of Forestry, UPLB, 2 Oct 1995.
Technology Transfer of Appropriate Silvicultural and Resource Management Techniques
for Residual Forests in the Philippines, (Resource person), UPLB, 7 Sept 1995.
Workshop on Population Growth and Environmental Change in the Philippines (Paper
Presentor), East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 19-24 Feb 1995.
International Workshop on Environmental Movements in Asia (Resource Speaker), of the
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Leiden, Netherlands, 27-29 Oct 1994
Annual Conference, Int’l. Assoc. of Public Admin. (Keynote Speaker), Teheran, Iran,
1994.
Project Managers’ Workshop (Speaker), Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) Foreign Assisted Projects (FAPs), Imus, Cavite 11-12 Feb 1993.
Multisectoral Conference on Population, Environment and Development of the National
Capital Region. Philippines (Resource Speaker), Philippine Population Commission,
National Capital Region, Legend Hotel, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, 17 Sept 1992.
First Multinational Conference on Adaptive Strategies in Southeast Asia (Participant and
Paper Presentor), Bandung, Indonesia, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Univ of
Cal at Berkeley and Inst of Ecology, Pajadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia, 27
Jul-2 Aug 92.
First International Meeting, INFORUM (an international electronic and publications
network on sustainable development), Co-chair, Continuing Education Center, UPLB,
15-19 Jun 1992
First National Consultative Meeting on Forest Rents and Resource Accounting,
(Participant), Philippine Inst. of Devt. Studies, National Economic Development
Authority, 12 Dec 1991.
First National Meeting on Tenure Rights in Fisheries in the Philippines, (Participant),
Department of Agriculture, Philippines, 26 Nov 1991.
First Geothermal and Coal Energy Conference in the Philippines, (Participant),
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 26 Oct 1991.
Environment and Resource Management Project Conference on Community-Based
Resource Management, (Participant), Development Academy of the Philippines, Phil.
4-6 Oct 1991.
Second Annual Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Common
Property, (Paper Presentor), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 25
Sept-2 Oct 1991.
Environmental Planning and Management Training and Workshop for the Sorsogon
Integrated Area Development Project, (Lecturer), UPLB, 4-9 Feb 1991.
Technology Assessment Conference and Workshop, (Paper Presentor), UPLB, 22 April
1991.
BIOTROP Conference on Island Ecology & Management, Phil., 2-15 Apr 1991.
Multisectoral and Interdisciplinary Workshop-Seminar on Sustainable Management of
the Laguna Lake Basin, (Paper Presentor), UN Center for Research & Development
(UNCRD) and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Los Baños,
Phil, 19-26 Feb 1991.
First Southeast Asia Regional Conference on Biotechnology, Manila, 3-6 Dec 1990.
University of the Philippines at Los Baños Consultative Conference on Environmental
Information Systems and Policies, (Chair), UPLB, 7 Nov 1990.
Environment and Resource Management Project Seminar Workshop on Environmental
Extension and Policies, (Participant), Sulu Hotel, Quezon City, 26 Oct to 3 Nov 1990.
First Seminar-Workshop on Human Ecology for Social Scientist, Environment and
Policy Institute, (Participant), East West Center, Honolulu, HI USA 12 Apr to 16
May 1981.
Fourth Southeast Asian Regional Seminar-Workshop on Research Management,
(Observer), SEARCA, Los Baños, Philippines 14-19 Feb 1975.
Briefing and Workshop for the Purpose of Formalizing the Replication of Pilot Projects
on Integrated land Reforms Management System (ILRMS) in Palawan and Region
IV, DENR, Natural Resources Management Development Program, Pamapanga, 13
may 1994.
Agricultural Sustainability, Growth and Poverty Alleviation in East and Southeast Asia,
(Partcipant), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-6 Oct 1994.
Inter-Agency Meeting with the UNDP-GEF Mission on the Proposed Project on
Prevention & Management of Marine Pollution in East Asia Seas, (Chair), Quezon
City, 22 Mar 1993.
Briefing for the NGO Counterpart of the Philippine Council for Sustainable
Development, (Participant), PETROLAB Bldg., Quezon City, Philippines, 3 Mar
1993.
3rd, 4th and 5th Executive Council Meetings (and Head of Mission, Government of the
Philippines), Global Environment Facility, Washington DC.
ATTACHMENT III Summary of Significant Professional Experience
A. As Member of the Faculty, School of Environmental Science and Management,
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Dean, School of Environmental Science and Management, 1998-2001
Program Coordinator, System-wide Program on Environmental Security, Center for
Integrative Development Studies, University of the Philippines System
Proponent and Co-Program Leader, An Assessment of the Ecological Value of
Coconut Plantations in the Philippines, UPLB-DA-BAR; on-going
Proponent and Co-Program Leader, Book Writing Project on the Integration of
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, UPLB-DA-BAR; on-going
Chair, National Facilitation Committee, Presidential Commission on the New Centure
and Millennium, PCNCM-UP System-CIDS; on-going
Institutional Analyst, Environment and Natural Resources Sub-sector, Agriculture
Sector, Presidential Committee on Effective Governance; on-going
Program Leader, Environmental Security and Management Program, funded by the
Philippine-Canada Development Fund.
Faculty in Charge, Graduate courses on Institutions and the Environment;
Environment Ethics; and Environmental Policy. Teaches graduate classes on
Institutions and the Environment; also teaches Special Topics on Environmental
Ethics and on Quantitative Methods in Environmental Policy Analysis. Lectures
on Science, Technology and Society and Philosophy I, an undergraduate general
education courses in the University.
Affiliate Faculty, UP Open University, UP Mindanao, UPLB Colleges of Arts and
Sciences and Economics and Management.
Editorial Adviser, UPLB Journal of Environmental Science and Management
Member, Editorial Board of the Philippine Arts and Sciences On-line Journal
International Coordinator, INFORUM International, worldwide electronic and
publication network on sustainable agriculture.
National Organizer and Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference
of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, Manila, 1993.
Lecturer, First Regional Seminar-Workshop on Upland-use, Kunming Institute of
Botany, China.
Lecturer, International Seminar on Environmental Management, Schools of
Resources and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS,
Canada.
Lecturer and Resource Person, Environmental Movements in Asia Conference,
Leiden University, Netherlands, 27-29 October 1994.
Chairperson, University Land Use and Property Committee (LUPC), UPLB.
Member, University Executive Committee, UPLB
Chair, CAS Building Committtee, CAS-UPLB
Affiliate Faculty, UP Open University
Affiliate Faculty, UP Mindanao
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Humanities, UPLB
Affiliate Faculty, College of Economics and Management, UPLB.
Affiliate Member, CAS Ad Hoc Committee to Develop AB Philosophy Program.
Member, Examination Committee for the Comprehensive Examination in Population
and Environment, University of the Philippines
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Agroforestry Program Curriculum Development
Member, Committee to development guidelines for technology business incubator
(TBI) for prospective investors at the UPLB Science and Technology Park
Co-chair, UP System-wide Committee on Environment, University of the Philippines.
Chairperson, Environmental Management Commodity Team, Philippine Council for
Agriculture and Forestry
Academe Member, Technical Working Group on Environment and Natural Resources
Management (TWG-ENRM) for the Formulation of the Philippine National
Development, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee to Study the Proposal to Make Los Baños a “Science
and Nature City”, Los Baños Science Community.
Co-Chairman, UP Systemwide Conference on Environmental Security
Member, Various Systemwide Committees
Chair, Committee to Review Linkages with Other Universities and Centers of
Academic Excellence, May-July 2001.
Chairman, Search Committee for Director of Institute of Renewable Natural Resources,
College of Forestry and Natural Resources.
B. As Undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Major Initiatives:
Led the Government Team that collaborated with Philippine Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) and Peoples’ Organizations (POs) to successfully negotiate
for direct World Bank-Global Environment Facility $20M grant drawdown to
NGOs and POs in the country;
Led the initiative to allow indigenous peoples to determine the boundaries of their
ancestral domains;
Supervised DENR support for multisectoral forest protection councils and the conduct
of multi multisectoral forest protection activities;
Conducted the final negotiations for ASEAN agreement to establish the ASEAN
Regional Biodiversity Center in the Philippines
Initiated the efforts to institute a programmatic EIA system in the Philippines which
seeks to (a) complement the present project-based EIA system and (b) repose on
local communities the task and responsibility to monitor and enforce compliance to
ECCs;
Instituted a tenure-based national promotion system for DENR field personnel;
Supervised the implementation of major programs.
Other Responsibilities:
Chairman, National Coordinating Committee for the Protection of Biodiversity
Co-Chairman, DENR-Level Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
Coordinating Council.
Chairman, Wildlife Policy Review Committee to evaluate DENR policies on the
utilization and conservation of wildlife resources and their management in the
Philippines.
Chairman, Prequalification, Evaluation and Awards Committee (PEVAC).
Supervising Official, Programmatic EIA Systems Development Project
Chairman, DENR Scholarship Committee.
Co-Chairperson, Executive Committee, National Committee and Sub-Committee for
the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples; Vice-Chairman, Plans
and Programs for the International Conference of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Chairman, Integrated Protected Area Fund (IPAF).
Senior Supervising Official, Foreign Assisted Projects Office.
Senior DENR Representative, Cabinet Cluster on Infrastructure, Water and Energy.
Chairman, Preparatory Committee for the World Environment Month Celebration,
1993.
Vice-Chair, ESCAP/UNDP Regional High Level Meeting on Environmentally Sound
and Sustainable Development, 15-19 February 1993.
Chief of Mission, 4th Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials of Environment,
Bangkok, 1993.
Chief of Mission, Global Environment Facility Meeting, Beijing, China, 1993.
Phil Representative, International Conference on Environmental Partnership, Taipei, 9-
14 Jan 95.
Member, Organizational Review Committee, DENR.
Member, Coastal Resources Management Steering Committee (CRMSC).
Member, Pollution Adjudication Board.
Member, Philippine Council for Sustainable Development (1993-1995).
DENR Representative to the Natural Resources Management Programme, Technology
Development and Transfer (NRMP-TDT) Ad Hoc Committee.
C. Consultancy Experiences
Mission Leader, Tripartite (UNDP-FAO-Royal Government of Cambodia) Evaluation
Mission on the Forest Crimes Monitoring and Reporting project of the Royal
Government of Cambodia, 26 Nov – 22 Dec 2002
Deputy Chief of Party and Policy Specialist, Philippine Environmental Governance
Project, Philippines and USAID
Institutional Analyst, Samar Island Biodiversity Project, US AID-REECS, Aug-Dec
2000
Institutional Analyst, Environment and Natural Resources Sub-Sector, Presidential
Committee on Effective Governance, Department of Budget and Management,
Philippines
Technical Resource Person, Industrial Ecology Project, Board of Investment-
Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines
Technical Resource Person, Programmatic Environmental Impact Assessment Project,
Philippine National Oil Company, Limay, Bataan, Philippines
Contracted Paper Writer, Environmental Economics Programme for Southeast Asia, on
the role and function of science in the formulation and adoption of public policy.
Contracted Analyst and Writer, “Philippine Policy on Biodiversity,” a study of the
decision-making structure of biodiversity governance in the Philippines; World
Bank and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in
Agriculture, 1998.
Environment Sector Specialist, Eighth Regional Resource Field Assessment
(Identification of Issues on Devolution in the ENR Sector), GOLD Project, USAID,
1998.
Team Leader, EIA of 3 Proposed Small Hydro Power Plants in Negros Island, 1996-
1997.
Team Leader, EIA of the Proposed TELIC Microwave and Fiber Optics
Telecommunications Network, Philippines; a Canadian International Development
Agency Project. 1996.
Institution and Policy Specialist, Planning and Design of the Proposed Metro Cotabato
City Agro-Industrial Zone, DTI-OIDCI, 1997.
Co-Team Leader, Luzon Pre-Implementation Studies (Region 1 and CAR),
Environment and Natural Resources Sector Adjustment Loan Program (ENR-
SECAL), World Bank 1991.
Tenure Specialist, Natural Resource Management Program, US AID-DENR, 1991-
1992.
D. Research Activities
Lead author on a chapter on Social and Political Transformations of Southeast Asia, a
book project on Asian Change funded by the Asia-Pacific Network (Dr. Louis
Lebel, Project Coordinator).
Project Leader, Development of a Community-based System to Identify Priority
Protectable Seascapes in the Philippines; a multidisciplinary project funded by the
Center for Integrative Development Studies of the University of the Philippines
System, and the Philippine Population Commission.
Project Leader, Environmental Impact Assessment of the Medium Term Philippine
Development Plan, a multidisciplinary project funded by the Philippine National
Economic and Development Authority.
Program Leader, Environmental Security and Management Program, a joint program
on enhancing environmental security at community to regional levels in the
Philippines, jointly undertaken by the School of Environmental Science and
Management and the Development Foundation, Inc., both of UPLB, funded by the
Philippine-Canada Development Fund.
Project Leader, An Inventory of Environmental Programs, Professionals and Facilities
in the UP System, UP Systemwide Technical Working Group on Environmental
Security.
Lead Person, Review of Multilateral Environmental Commitments of the Philippines
and their Impacts on the Country’s Medium-Term Development Program and
International Trade and Related Obligations, a project of the Commodity team on
Environmental Management, PCARRD.
E. Other Experiences
Chairperson, Environment Task Force, and Member, Science and Technology Advisory
Council (STAC), Consulate General of the Philippines, San Francisco, CA, USA
Mar-Aug 1990. Chaired a group effort to identify and develop funding and other
support from California, for environmental projects in the Philippines (policy and
technological studies on forestry, fishery, mining and land-use)
Staff Consultant, Environment & Natural Resource Consultants, Inc., Philippines
(1995-97);
Co-Team Leader and Environment Specialist, Pre-implementation Studies,
Environment and Resource Management Sector Adjustment Loan Program,
Philippines; conducted by the Orient Integrated Development Consultants, Inc., for
the World Bank (1991-1992)
Tenure Policy Specialist, Natural Resource Management Program, Philippines; policy
studies conducted by Winrock International for the United States AID, 1991-1992.
Member, Executive Board, Metropolitan Methodist Ministries, Oakland, California,
USA
Member, Administrative Council and Council Ministries, Laurel United Methodist
Church, Oakland, California, USA 1985-1990.
Chair, Planning & Development Board, Church Among the Palms, Los Baños,
Philippines, 1991-1992.
Member, Board of Trustees, Christian School International and Church Among the
Palms, Los Baños, Philippines 1991-1992.
Member, Board of Elders, Church Among the Palms, Los Baños, Philippines, 1991-
1992.
Member and Chair (2001), Board of Directors, Lorma Foundation, San Fernando, La
Union, Philippines, 1995-2001.
ATTACHMENT IV Summary of Events as a Speaker
A. Speeches on Various, non-church-related Events
Keynote Speaker, “The Challenges – and Imperatives – of Imagining (and Re-
imagining) the Philippines” ICOPHIL 2016. July 6 – 8 2016.
“Aide Memoir for the Silliman Team Studying the Proposal of a Negros Island
Region.” Co-authored with Dr. Earl Jude Cleope & Enrique Oracion. n.d.
Keynote Speaker, APECS 9th General Assembly. Trinity University of Asia. February
9-11 2015.
Keynote Speaker, “How Might we Understand the Philippines?” Philippine Studies
Association Conference November 12, 2014.
Opening Statement to the Honorable Justices regarding on the Adoption of the Bt
Talong. n.d.
Speaker, Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association Conference. Las Vegas,
Nevada. USA. n.d.
Speaker, “Something to Know, Think About, and Prepare for” University Leadership
Council. October 9 2012. Silliman University.
Keynote Speaker, “Some thoughts on History … and Ecology” 2012 National
Conference of the Philippine National Historical Society, Silliman University.
October 18, 2012.
Keynote Speaker, “ Something to think about the Economics of Carbon Emissions”,
National Conference of Economics on Climate Change. Silliman University.
September 26 2011.
Keynote Speaker, “Loving and Caring: Critical Needs in Critical Times.” Quadrennial
General Assembly. UCCP, Dumaguete City. May 25 2010.
Marching into a World of Crises” Commencement Speech, Brokeshire College, Davao
City. March 27 2010.
Concept Paper for Negros Oriental History: A Diorama. n.d.
The Problematique of Small Island Agricultural and Nature Resource Systems. n.d.
“In Search of a Redeeming Theology of the Donkey” Pastor’s Convocation, Silliman
University. August 28-30 2007.
Template for Case Studies on Integrated Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Areas in
the Southeast Asia and East Asian Regions. 2007.
Keynote Speaker, “Philippine Crocodile Conservation in the Philippines” Forum on the
Crocodiles of the Philippines, Museum of the Filipino People, Manila. January 31
2007.
Uniting Towards Excellence in ‘Transformative Education’ Across Cultures and
Communities” n.d.
B. Sermons on Church-related Events
“Stop, Look, Listen . . . For the Via, Veritas, Vita” Founders Day Opening Sunday,
Silliman University Church, 14 August 2016.
“In the Beginning” Cagayan de Oro UCCP. June 19 2016.
“Five Loaves Two Fish” San Carlos UCCP. Silliman Sunday & Hugyaw 2016. April 24
2016.
“Paghandom ug Hinumdum” Anniversary Sunday of UCCP Valencia, Negros Oriental.
February 22 2016.
“I am the Light of the World” All-University Advent Opening Worship Silliman
University. November 29 2015.
“The Sustaining Power of God’s Truth” Meditation, Faculty-Staff Retreat, Silliman
University. July 20 2015.
“A GOOD BAD GUY” 3rd Silliman Sadya Mindanaw, Davao UCCP. May 3 2015.
“Messing and Missing God’s Truth” Faculty-Staff Convocation, University Christian
Life Emphasis Month, Silliman Church. January 12 2015.
“Akong Kahiubos sa Atong Pagpasalamat” Pamplona UCCP. November 30 2014.
“Blessed … and so Become a Blessing” UCCP Davao City. October 26 2014.
“Ang Pagmugna Ug Pagpalahutay Sa Simbahan.” 108th Founding Anniversary,
Dumguete UCCP, July 6, 2014.
“… and deep blue sea …” Silliman University Church, June 15, 2014.
“Church Among the Palms” Los Baños, November 17 2013.
“Finding Faith In The Face Of The Earth” 106th Anniversary of the UCCP Ellinwood
Malate Church, 20 October 2013.
“When You have Crossed the Jordan” Mountaintop Worshipping Congregation,
Dumaguete City. March 29 2011.
“Revisitng anew the Old Story of the Chicken and the Swine” Ash Wednesday All-
Dormitory Midweek Service, Silliman University Church. March 9 2011.
“Being in Prison…” Opening Service of the National Conference of Inmates. January
19 2011.
“Moses and his Many Crises” Opening Worship, UCM-CWA National Convention,
Silliman University, May 20 2010.
“Our Micahn Call, Today” Silliman University Church. August 30 2009.
“A Flower in a Farmer’s Field” Faculty and Staff Convocation. June 20 2008.
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