FMDS holds Fora on Health and Environment

The Faculty of Management & Development Studies (FMDS) held separate fora on Health and the Environment, as part of its thrust of providing a platform for intellectual exchange among UPOU’s constituency and as part of the celebration of the International Year of Forests (IYF). According to Inocencio Buot, Jr., Dean of FMDS, these scientific fora serve as “venues for sharing of research results and are important components of the science process and research culture among faculty and students.”

RP-Japan Forum on Forest and Human Health                                                                         

Through the FMDS-UPOU Committee on IYF, the RP-Japan Scientific Forum on Forest and Human Health was held on February 22, 2011 at the UPOU Audio-Visual Room. 

Two visiting professors from the Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences presented their papers during the forum: Dr. Yuko Eusugi, Assistant Professor from the Department of Nursing, presented a paper on the Importance of Health Education and the Role of Public Health Workers in Controlling Infectious Diseases in Japan; and Dr. Nobuko Matsuda, Professor from the Department of Nursing, spoke on the Role of Nurses in Controlling Infectious Diseases in Japan.

Other papers presented include the following:

Emergencies and Disasters: International Perspective by Dr. Sheila Bonito, Associate Professor, FMDS, UPOU

Neglected Parasitic Diseases in the Philippines: Meeting the Challenge by Dr. Rachel Gay Paller, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, UP Los Banos

Habitat Disturbance and Its Effect on Non-Volant Mammals and Their Ectoparasites by Mr. Aris Reginaldo, Instructor, UP Baguio

Parasitism and Environmental Disturbances by Mr. Renz Salumbre, Instructor,  Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Scientific Forum on Environment and Natural Resources Management

FMDS organized the Forum on Environment and Natural Resources Management on March 19, 2011 at the UPOU Audio-Visual Room. FMDS students who are taking ENRM 290 (Special Problem) were invited as resource speakers. They presented their research papers on environment and natural resources management.

Here are the papers presented:

Perceived Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Marine Protected Area In Bauan, Batangas by Divine Joy Arguelles (via videoconferencing)

Woody Plant Species on Mt. Data National Park, Mt. Province Philippines by  Melanie Subilla

Identification of Environmental Perspectives and Influences of the 6th Grade Public Elementary School Students of Balanga City, Bataan, Philippines  by Chona Camille E. Vince Cruz

Evaluating Patterns of Fish Community Changes from Different-Aged Planted Mangroves in Lingayen Gulf  by Shielameh Peralta

Inventory And Assessment of Mangal Malacofauna (Bivalves & Gastropods) In The Mangrove Conservation Forest Area of Brgy. Pinagbayan, San Juan Batangas by Bayani Terrible Vivencio

An Assessment of the Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Program Implemented by the Katala Foundation, Incorporated in Palawan, Philippines by Juan Miguel F. Zubiri.

The forum was attended by UPOU faculty, staff and students. (Joane Serrano)