Posts Tagged ‘Researchers

14
Oct
09

Protecting the Mangroves

Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera

Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera

She fell in love with the mangroves.  And since then she protected the mangroves like a true knight protecting his king.

Dr. Jurgenne H. Primavera spent her time studying mangroves and discovered why mangroves population in the Philippines was declining—the major culprit is the conversion of mangrove areas to brackish water fishponds.  According to Dr. primavera, the greatest mangrove loss has been due to large-scale development of bangus (milkfish) ponds at 4,000 to 5,000 hectares per year from the 1950s to the 1960s.  also, coastal communities, as well as bakeries and wood-fired sugar mills, depend on mangroves for fuel.  Mangrove areas are also converted to agriculture and salt ponds or cut down to give way to reclaimed lands for ports and commercial areas.

Because of her stand on mangroves, Primavera became the only Filipino scientist to receive an honorary doctorate degree from the Stockholm University in Sweden, capping more than 10 years of mangroves studies.  Since 1997, Primavera has worked on two mangrove sites in Aklan as field laboratories.  These are the patches of mangroves in Ibajay town and Buswang in Kalibo town.

She wrote more than 60 scientific articles, review papers, manuals, book chapters and technical reports, and co-authored 20 papers.  Many of the subjects touched on impacts of fish and shrimp farming, the ecological value of mangroves, marine conservation and management, and livelihood opportunities from mangroves.

Dr. Primavera is currently a researcher at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in the Philippines.  She holds a doctorate degree in marine Science from the University of the Philippines.

Sources

http://news.inq7.net/regions/index,php?index=&story_id=23567\

http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?contentid=2926

Visual source:  seafdec

28
Sep
09

Ruben L. Villareal

Ruben L. Villareal

Ruben L. Villareal

Farmers are responsible for planting and harvesting crops while technicians and researchers provide the appropriate knowledge or technology that modernizes farming methods and eventually increases productivity.  There have been breakthroughs in agricultural research, especially in rice.  In fact, foreign universities have acknowledged the significant contributions of Philippine-based research Institutions in this field.

Dr. Ruben L. Villareal is part of the growing number of agriculture-based researchers.  He finished bachelor and masteral degrees at the University of the Philippines, Los Banos.  He obtained his doctoral degree at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey.

Dr. Villareal’s efforts greatly contribute to the development of farming methods.  His attention is focused, among others, on the development of crops with better quality and on vegetable and food processings.  These complement the efforts of research institutions and may be considered a timely response to the needs of the food processing industry.

A team player, Dr.  Villareal organizes projects which help the education sector.  He works with educators and specialists in agriculture.  This Filipino scientist authored books and technical papers widely recognized in his field.

Nothing that is good passes unnoticed.  For all this efforts.  Dr. Villareal was chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in 1971.




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