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Philippines participates in Biodiversity and Protected Areas conference

NCMS Chair Dr. Miguel D. Fortes and Puerto Galera Mayor Hubbert Christopher Dolor participated in the International Conference on Biodiversity and Protected Areas held in Jeju, Republic. of Korea on 01-03 September 2010.

NCMS initial activities for the Calauit Safari Park Project

NCMS Chair Dr. Miguel D. Fortes requested the Committee Secretariat during its 8th regular session to coordinate the preliminary arrangements of the NCMS assessment activities for the Calauit Safari Park Project. The Committee will also inform the local government officials as well as Mr. Mel Velarde, President, UNESCO-MAB Phils. Inc., about this activity.

L’Oreal’s FWIS Expands Reach to Filipina Scientists

National Fellowships now in the Philippines to assist deserving women scientists

		Globally, more than half of the university degree-holders are women but only 30% of them are in the sciences and technology. In research, women represent only 25% of the population. In the 109 years of existence of the Nobel Prizes in science, only 2.9% of the Nobel Laureates are women. The data is not only surprising but also very discouraging to some, especially to the younger generation of women who dream of a career in science. more

UP biochemist wins L’Oreal-Unesco Science Award
		For the first time for the Philippines and the Asean region, a Filipina biochemist was awarded for her studies and discovery of an alternative to morphine minus side effects. Prof. Lourdes Jansuy Cruz won the 2010 L’Oreal-Unesco For Women in Science Award for her efforts in discovering Conotoxins from marine snails. As biochemist at the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines, Dr. Cruz successfully worked on isolating peptides (a chain of amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins) from the venom of Conus snails. One of these peptides was developed by a US biotechnology firm and later bought by a pharmaceutical company to produce the non-addictive drug Prialt Ziconotodine, a primary alternative to morphine. more

MAB Programme Philippine Rep joins 21st Session

Dr. Virginia S. Carino joined 101 participants including representatives from 26 ICC Members in the 21st Session of the UNESCO Man And The Biosphere Programme International Coordinating Council (MAB ICC). The conference was held on 25-29 May 2009 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. more

Man and the Biosphere

The UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines participated in the Twentieth Session of the International Coordinating Council (ICC) of the Programme on the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) and the Third World Congress of Biosphere Reserves held in Madrid, Spain. NatCom was represented by UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme Philippine Representative Dr. Virginia S. Cariño. more

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"Pulutan sa Puerto"
The year 2008’s annual International Coastal Cleanup was transformed into another exciting and fun activity as the University of the Philippines Marine Biological Society (UP MBS) partnered with UNESCO to clean up Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro. more