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On November 10th, 2019, two students of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Cecilia Mak (Bachelor of Architecture - Year 4) and Frederick Tupaz Cabio (Bachelor of Architecture - Year 5), assisted as volunteers at the CESL Asia and Friends Sport Fun Day. Mr. Andrew Wong and Ms. Lydia Tong from USJ's Office for Student and Alumni Affairs also attended the event and interacted with Macau Special Olympics (MSO) members during a lawn bowling game.

CESL Asia and Friends Sport Fun Day aims to join hands with like-minded parties with common interests of promoting social integration at all levels and stimulating public care for the underprivileged groups through investment in education, training and work opportunities. It supports the development of sport opportunities for the disabled as well as build up a healthy lifestyle in our society. All the funds raised will be donated to the MSO, enabling it to strengthen its mission of transforming lives through sports.

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The Dean of the School of Education of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Prof. Ana Correia, delivered a keynote speech at the GD-HK-Macao Inclusive Education Forum organised by the Salvation Army and City University of Macau on 6th and 7th of November, 2019.

Her presentation focused on the challenges schools are facing when implementing inclusive education in Macao. Participants included renowned Professors from Normal University in Beijing, Southern China Normal University in Guangzhou, Hong Kong University and other educational institutions in Macao.

The Salvation Army Hong Kong and Macau Command has been actively involved in serving people with various needs in the two cities.

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ABOUT THE TALK

The story of women in film (both as subject and object) has been wildly disregarded in Portuguese cinematic culture. Ana Sofia Pereira and Vera Casaca, both storytellers, both screenwriters, both women in film, will bring a new insight into the reality women in Portuguese cinematic culture face. Ana Sofia Pereira will use the research she has conducted on women screenwriters and directors in Portugal as a starting point to expand on how women have influenced Portuguese cinematic History and the films and characters created. Vera Casaca will depart from her real-life experience as a filmmaker to discuss the reality of working in cinema upon returning to her hometown. She will focus on the hardships she found, not only as a woman, but as a southerner and as a filmmaker working with no/low budget films.

Exploring and discussing Portuguese cinematic History through a feminine perspective, this public lecture aims to grant a voice to Portuguese women filmmakers that, up until recently, have been rendered invisible and voiceless.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Ana Sofia Pereira has just submitted her PhD on the topic "Women Screenwriters: A Dynamic Definition of Language in the Feminine in Portuguese Cinema". Besides her work as a researcher and lecturer, she is also a screenwriter and script supervisor having worked in countries such as Portugal, United States and Brazil. Her latest work includes a TV-Series that premiered in one of Portugal’s major networks early in 2019.

Vera Casaca has studied directing and scriptwriting at the School of Visual Arts and at the New York Film Academy in New York. She has written and directed “On the Phone with God” and “If Poirot was here”. She contributes to the cultural magazine “Algarve Informativo” with articles about cinema. She teaches scriptwriting, storyboard and continuity in Portugal.

More photos on Flickr!

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The Public and International Relations Office (PIRO) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) organised three groups of colleagues from various administrative units and from the University’s Institute of Science and Environment to participate in the 10^th Edition of Macau Eco TrailHiker. The event, which took place on Saturday, November 2^nd, 2019, had around 2,600 participants and 650 teams competing in three race categories. In these races, participants ran along different natural trails in Coloane, exploring the greener side of Macao. USJ’s teams participated in the 20km corporate challenge as well as the 10km fun family course.

By participating in this initiative, relationships amongst colleagues were strengthened and public awareness of ecological and environmental issues and the need for an eco-friendlier lifestyle in Macao was raised. Additionally, the raised funds will go into supporting the operational expenses of community event beneficiaries, such as The Cradle of Hope Association and the Salvation Army – Hong Kong and Macau Command.

More pictures here.

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Prof. Carrie Ho (SED) was invited as a Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Aesthetics and Virtue in Early Childhood Education at the National Pingtung University, Taiwan, from 26 to 27 October.

Together with other scholars, Prof. Carrie Ho presented a keynote speech on the topic of “Searching for an Aesthetic Pathway: Creating an Intangible Aesthetic Environment”. In addition, she led an aesthetic teaching workshop titled “Mythagogia”. The theme of the conference was "Aesthetics, Virtue, Better Life: Practice of Early Childhood Education and Care". More than 200 experts and scholars at home and abroad gathered together to share the latest development of aesthetic education and well-being research, and exchanged the results of academic achievement. After the conference, new research collaboration is established on using Theatre-in-Education (TIE) for STEAM (arts-based STEM), related teaching and learning will be conducted in early 2020.

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As a way of strengthening the University's mission and enacting its strategic objectives, the Public and International Relations Office (PIRO) organised an Internationalisation Week from October 28th until November 1st, 2019. It counted with the support of the University's Senior Management and guest facilitator and speaker Mrs Magda Ferro, Head of the International Relations Office of the Porto Regional Centre of Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

The Internationalisation Week included: “Internationalisation and Good Practices” and “Embracing Diversity” staff workshops, the first for administrative staff and the latter for heads of administrative units; a meeting with the heads of administrative units to discuss current practices and how to further improve services; and the “Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions: Drivers and Tools” Public Lecture, where a managerial approach was explored and the USJ Community and general public were welcome to attend.

The workshops’ participants had the opportunity of reflecting through facilitated games, and the discussions that resulted from them, which aimed highlighting the challenges and opportunities for internationalisation in the context of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The workshops provided tools for participants' reflection on the role they play in the services that contribute to an inclusive multicultural University and how best practices can be benchmarked at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), regardless of individual differences and culture or ethnicity. Additionally, the public lecture addressed the management principles in internationalisation, its rationales, the Systematic Process - Multi-Level Analysis Model, and the identification and selection of internationalisation tools best suited for the specific goals of the HEI.

USJ endeavours to organise future similar initiatives, recognising the importance of internationalisation and the value of all University units in its strengthening.

"Internationalisation and Good Practices" Workshop (more pictures here)

"Embracing Diversity" Workshop (more pictures here)

"Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions: Drivers and Tools" Public Lecture (more pictures here)

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“Annual Blood Donor Award Ceremony 2019”, organised by the Macau Blood Transfusion Centre,  was held on 1 Nov, which aims at the promotion of blood drive and in recognition of regular blood donation. University of Saint Joseph was awarded the “Award of Blood Drive Motivation for Tertiary Education Institutions” in appreciation of advocating blood drive in the institution.

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About the Talk

Drawing from his extensive experience as a freelance translator from Portuguese into English, Richard Zenith will talk about the rewards and challenges of the profession, offering practical advice on the art of translating and a few tips for pursuing a career.

About the Speaker

Prof. Richard Zenith is an American-Portuguese writer and translator and the 2012 winner of the Pessoa Prize. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 and his experience includes English translations of poetry, having extensively written about Pessoa's poetry and prose. He has also translated works by Antero de Quental, Sophia de Mello Breyner, Nuno Júdice, António Lobo Antunes, and Luís de Camões, among others. Additionally, he organised, with Carlos Felipe Moisés, the exhibition “Fernando Pessoa, Plural como o Universo”, dedicated to Pessoa's life and heteronyms. The exhibition was showcased at Lisbon's Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal), São Paulo's Museum of Portuguese Language (Brazil) and Rio de Janeiro's Centro Cultural Correios (Brazil).

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The XX Pavilion, a temporary bamboo structure designed by the USJ - University of Saint Joseph's Architecture students, was officially inaugurated on October 30th, 2019, and is open to the public until December 8th. The Opening Ceremony counted with the presence of the general public and USJ Community, including the University's Senior Management, government officials, Architects Association of Macau, professionals and students. Part of the Art Macao 2019, this project was organised by the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Creative Industries. It was funded by the Higher Education Fund of the Macao's Government Higher Education Bureau (DSES).

The XX Pavilion expands on the tradition of USJ's Department of Architecture bamboo pavilions. With a larger scale and complex programme, it sets an inhabitable temporary space that invites participation. This temporary structure celebrates the symbiosis between the craftsmanship of Macao's bamboo scaffolders and the inventiveness and digital design skills of fifth-year architecture students. Inspired by the vernacular bamboo knot technique, the pavilion features a double-cross layout. This design simultaneously commemorates the XX anniversary of Macao SAR and initiates the celebrations of the X anniversary of the USJ's Architecture Programme. The XX Pavilion is open for activities by the USJ and broader local community, standing as an invitation for cross-disciplinary collaboration, hosting exhibitions, lectures, workshops and other events.

In this project, students researched and delved into multiple sources of inspiration, rooted in the traditional techniques used in bamboo scaffolding and bamboo opera theatres, and celebrating the work of other artists/architects, such as local artists João Ó and Rita Machado (Treeplets, State of Mind), and international parametric architect Kristoff Crolla (ZCB Bamboo Pavilion, TOROO), to further innovate and give their contribution to the international contemporary bamboo architecture discourse.

The Department of Architecture of the University of Saint Joseph has been organising the bamboo pavilion project since 2012/2013 with the continuous support of the Macao Foundation. Through the years, architecture students explored the potential of vernacular bamboo techniques in innovative architecture structures. This continuous research and design work resulted in multiple pavilions displayed in Macao: Pulse, Bloom, Trace, Cloud, Elapse, and X-Peax. The project was initiated by Prof. Thomas Daniell and counted with the invaluable contribution and expertise of a talented group of experts that lectured the bamboo pavilion workshop over the years, namely Kristof Crolla, Dannes Kok, Jason Dembski, João Palla, Diogo Teixeira, João Ó, and Neil Sansom.

The XX Pavilion is open to public at USJ’s Ilha Verde Campus until 8 December 2019. All are welcome to visit it during the University’s opening hours.

For more pictures of the Opening, please click here.

For pictures of the XX Pavilion, please click here.

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Students: Frederick Cabio; Silvia, Chan Cheng I; Billy, Chan Chon Wai; Vanda Chan; Phillia, Chiang Hao Hsin; Natalie, Fu Ho I; Isaac, Ho Ngai Pang; Travis, Lai Chon Fong; Ida, Lei Wan Ieng; Ian, Leong Chon Kit; Manley Ng Sanchez; Joana, Wong Tsz Yin; Mamadú Seck

Instructors: Nuno Soares, Filipe Afonso

Technical assistance: Gerald Estadieu; João Brochado; Filipa Simões; Tiago Monteiro

Construction: 成記棚廠

Organised by: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Creative Industries, USJ

Funded by: Higher Education Fund of the Macao Government's DSES. Part of the Art Macau 2019.

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For more pictures of the Opening, please click here.

For pictures of the XX Pavilion, please click here.

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Students: Frederick Cabio; Silvia, Chan Cheng I; Billy, Chan Chon Wai; Vanda Chan; Phillia, Chiang Hao Hsin; Natalie, Fu Ho I; Isaac, Ho Ngai Pang; Travis, Lai Chon Fong; Ida, Lei Wan Ieng; Ian, Leong Chon Kit; Manley Ng Sanchez; Joana, Wong Tsz Yin; Mamadú Seck

Instructors: Nuno Soares, Filipe Afonso

Technical assistance: Gerald Estadieu; João Brochado; Filipa Simões; Tiago Monteiro

Construction: 成記棚廠

Organised by: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Creative Industries, USJ

Funded by: Higher Education Fund of the Macao Government's DSES. Part of the Art Macau 2019.

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ABOUT THE TALK

It is well known that people with ASD have difficulty in doing eye contact - such a simple characteristic of social interaction is a huge challenge for them. So, they just don’t look and, more than that, they usually don’t care or don’t understand why it is supposed to do it. But this we all know! And you? How do you look at people with ASD? Ms Fang Jing and Prof. Vitor Teixeira will talk about two different but complementary looks: a psychoeducational look and a psychosocial, humanist look.

Ms Fang Jing will make an introduction to the Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) model. The purpose, the principles, the methods, the role of family and the factors affecting the effectiveness of the intervention will be some of the topics covered in this psychoeducational look. Indispensable tutorials will be shown and different strategies on handling problem behaviors will be discussed.

Prof. Vitor Teixeira will share living experiences with people with ASD. In different contexts, in different situations (educational, social, personal,...), in the last 22 years, there were many opportunities to be together with someone with ASD. That changes the way we look at them. Concrete examples of a psychosocial intervention, namely the role of the counsellor in the Occupational Centre, the Social Life Support Groups and the Clubs for Inclusion will be described.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Fang Jing, a postgraduate student in psychology at Southwest Normal University, a member of the Qingdao Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is currently the director of the Yilin Education and Exhibition Center in Ninghai County, the chairman of the Qingdao Autism Research Association, and the director of the Qingdao Yilin Education Exhibition Center, and Macau Yilin Technology Co., Ltd. technical consultant.

Vitor Teixeira is a clinical child psychologist teaching modules of child development and psychological intervention to education, psychology and social work graduate and undergraduate students. Has a major interest in the topic of “children’s time use” but is also doing research in different domains related to child development, specifically with disabilities and special education needs, trying to contribute to a more inclusive society. Is Associate Professor and the Dean of the USJ’s Faculty of Social Sciences.

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On October 26th, Saturday, several members of the Public and International Relations Office took a group of Fall Semester International Exchange Students for dinner at Nga Tim Restaurant, a restaurant located in the Coloane village that has an extensive and rich history.

With the aim of fostering integration with the local culture and costumes, students had the opportunity to savour popular Cantonese dishes, like crispy fried icefishes, traditional Yangzhou fried rice, and clams in black bean sauce.

Right next to the restaurant is the Eduardo Marques Square, a Portuguese-style square where the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier (built in 1928) is located and that brilliantly illustrates the mix between Eastern and Western cultures. It was at this square that the students, after dinner, played with popular children toys “bang snaps” and “air bubbles”, deepening their understanding of the local costumes.

This Macao Inside Out Event, kindly sponsored by the Macao Foundation, ended with a trip to the Tam Kung Temple, a nearby temple that was constructed in 1862 in honour of Tam Kung, one of the Gods who could forecast the weather, according to Chinese folk legends.

For more pictures, please click here.

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Initiated by the Senior Management as a way of strengthening the University mission and enacting its strategic objectives, particularly the aim to “promote whole-person development and institutional accountability”, the Human Resources Office organised two full-day workshops on October 22nd and 23rd. The workshops were facilitated by Krempl Communications International and targeted the University's Heads of Administrative and Support Units.

The main objective was to provide a transformative experience while developing the competencies of the University's middle managers in leadership in a global context. Specifically, it provided tools for the staff to communicate more confidently; to connect on a personal level, thereby establishing high quality interpersonal relationships regardless of individual differences such as culture or ethnicity; and to stand out effectively from their global counterparts.

For more pictures, please click here.

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On October 23rd, 2019, a delegation from the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in Macao was invited to have lunch with staff and student representatives of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ). The delegation was led by Mr. Ran Bo, Coordinator of the Policy Research Office and Counsellor of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.

Lunch was held at the Rector's apartment at the Ilha Verde Campus' Residential Hall. The USJ Rector, Prof. Peter Stilwell, Vice-Rectors Prof. Keith Morrison, Prof. Álvaro Barbosa and Prof. Rochelle Ge, as well as the Dean of School of Business and Law, Prof. Jenny Lao, and the Coordinator of the Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Tang Ning, introduced USJ’s community projects in Macao and the University's collaboration with various academic and educational institutions in the Mainland and abroad. Ms. Lydia Tong, from the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs, and student representative, Ms. Kianat, shared their views of the University’s rich campus life.

Mr. Ran expressed his appreciation for the international learning environment of the University and hopes that USJ will continue to develop its role of in the nurturing of talents, while promoting social responsibility and academic exchange within the region and beyond.

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ABOUT THE FORUM

This Forum is mainly organised for the MCP community (MCP students, professors and alumni) but is also open to all the population of the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) and other people interested in themes related to counselling and psychotherapy. The main propose of this Forum is for year 2 MCP students to present and share their research projects with year 1 MCP students. This way, the former will have an opportunity to practice communication skills useful for their oral defense, and the latter will get ideas for their own research and how to organise it. This will also be the moment to give the past students who graduated in 2019 the certificates for their internships. Finally, we will use this opportunity to serve refreshments as a short gathering of the MCP community (students, staff and alumni). We also plan to present the results of research projects conducted in the FSS’s Department of Psychology.

PROGRAMME

6:30pm Presentation of the results of 2 Macao Foundation Studies developed in the FSS’ Department of Psychology:

1. Angus Kuok, “Macau Adolescents’ Use of Electronic Devices and the Internet”, (Macau Foundation Project Number MF/2016/18) 2. Edlia Simoes, “Linguistic profiles of Chinese children learning Portuguese as a second language: Validation of instrumeants”, (Macau Foundation Project Number MF/2018/13)

7:00pm Presentation of one selected MCP dissertation considered of high quality

3. Cynthia Leong, “Achievement Goals on School Engagement: looking at the Mediating Role of Academic Emotions in Chinese Secondary School Students”

7:15pm Q&A and discussion

7:40pm Presentation of the internship certificates to the MCP alumni who graduated this academic year

7:45pm Poster session with the research projects of year 2 students / Snacks and refreshments

9:00pm Closing

More pictures are available on Flickr now! (click here)

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Two members of the University of Saint Joseph participated in the Macao Government's Higher Education Bureau (DSES) activity "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the region of History Heritage – Exchange Activities between the Youth from Beijing and Macao" from October 16th to 21st, 2019.

Participants visited a variety of Innovation and Entrepreneurship centres and local attractions in Macao and Guangdong. This trip deepened participants' understanding of the strategy of China towards the district of Guangdong in different areas, including entrepreneurship, technology, environment, sustainability, and artificial Intelligence. Moreover, participants interchanged with students of different cultural backgrounds and established social connections during the event.

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ABOUT THE TALK

The study of extreme environments and extremophiles is a prominent field of Astrobiology. The interest in surveying analogues to conditions on Mars and icy moons of the solar system, in particular, has been sparked by evidence for the presence of liquid water and brines.

In this seminar we will explore the limits of life by looking into the microbiology of the deep-sea brines of the Red Sea. Deep-sea brines are unusual environments, combining multiple extremes (very high salinity high concentration of heavy metals, increased temperature, high pressure, and anoxic conditions) and are widely recognised as some of the harshest environments on Earth. The brines are remarkably stable and homogenous, with very limited mixing with overlying seawater, which leads to very sharp transition zones at the brine-seawater interfaces (e.g. density, oxygen, temperature, pH). Also, each individual pool has a unique combination of physical-chemical conditions, further enhancing the variety of environmental niches.

Such unique settings make them a privileged location for novel discoveries in the field of microbiology. While they were originally declared sterile, recent research based on a combination of cultivation and molecular-based methods have detected and isolated a wide range of unusual, new extremophiles. Deep-sea brines still remain vastly underexplored, and due to their unique nature should be prioritized as targets for Astrobiological-based research.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Prof Dr André Antunes an Associate Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences at Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). He is an expert in Microbiology of extreme environments, having specialized in deep-sea and high salinity locations. He has done his undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal)- one of the oldest universities in Europe. His PhD research work was conducted at one of the most prestigious research centers in the field of Microbiology- the Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie und Archaeenzentrum of the University of Regensburg (Germany). His research career has included periods of work in several countries in Europe, as well as in Africa, and in the Middle East. Before his current appointment he has had previous faculty positions in Cape Verde, and in the UK. His current research focus revolves around biodiversity and bioprospection of unexplored extreme environments, geomicrobiology, and Astrobiology.

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ABOUT THE TALK

The Philippines is one of the seventeen megadiversity countries of the world but is also one of the hottest biodiversity hotspots. To protect and conserve its forests and biodiversity, 10 priority protected areas (PAs) are identified in the country. The Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (NSMNP) is one of the largest PAs in the Philippines with a total area of 359,486 ha, consisting of 287,861 ha (~80%) of terrestrial ecosystem and 71,627 ha (20%) marine ecosystem. The NSMNP is host to endemic and critically endangered fauna, such as the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jeferryi), Isabela oriole (Oriolus isabellae), Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) and Bitatawa (Varanus bitatawa). While NSMNP has the largest block of remaining forest in the Philippines and rich biodiversity, it was also considered in the early 90s as one of the hottest biodiversity hotspots in the country. To address the threats to the forests and biodiversity and provide the local people with sustainable livelihood opportunities, various integrated and conservation initiatives were undertaken. This presentation will share the strategies implemented, experiences and lessons learned from 3 conservation initiatives where the speaker was involved, namely the: NSMNP Conservation Project (1996-2002); NSMNP Conservation and Development Project (2003-2005); and the Biodiversity and Watersheds Improved for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience (B+WISER) (2013-2018).

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Roberto R. Araño is a former professor and dean of one of the leading state-run forestry institutions in the Philippines. He facilitated a significant number of research projects and programmes, one of which is the establishment of the Northern Sierra Madre in eastern Isabela Province as one of the Ten Priority Protected Areas in the Philippines. He was engaged by Plan International Philippines as Executive Director of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park Conservation Project (NSMNP-CP Phase I) in the late 1990s. A major milestone of NSMNP-CP Phase I was the enactment of Republic Act 9125, establishment of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park. He was then engaged by the World Wildlife Fund WWF Philippines as Project Manager of NSMNP Conservation and Development Project Phase II in the early 2000s. In February 2013 to September 2018, he was Coordinator of the Philippines Biodiversity and Watersheds Improvement for Stronger Economy and Ecosystem Resilience (B+WISER) Program for three regions, i.e., Region 02 (Cagayan Valley), Region 01 (Ilocos region) and the Cordillera autonomous Region. A major milestone of B+WISER was the issuance of Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Department Administrative Order (DENR-DAO) 2018-21 “Adoption of the Lawin Forest and Biodiversity Protection System as a National Strategy for Forest and Biodiversity Protection in the Philippines.” In his 50 years of service to the forestry profession, he received awards/recognition from various academic, government and non-government institutions in the Philippines.

More pictures on Flickr (click here)

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