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SESAM, CALACA LGU ink e-code MOA

The School of Environmental Science and Management-University of the Philippines (SESAM-UPLB) and the City of Calaca, Batangas signed a memorandum...
28 April 2024

The Philippines can raise its voice loudly in the international stage against global warming- Garrity

The discussion during the 13th SESAM ExChanges last April 16, 2024 circled around landscapes, people and planet, featuring Dr. Dennis Garrity,...
18 April 2024
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About

Thad Lawas is a science communicator with researches related to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). His projects are focused in early warning systems and information, education and communication (IEC). He is the Production Editor of the Journal of Environmental Science and Management (JESAM) and Editor of the SESAM bi-monthly newsletter, SESAM Updates and the SESAM Website. He is also a UPLB Graduate School Affiliate Assistant Professor.

Email: [email protected]

Academic History

BSc in Development Communication, University of Philippines Los Baños, 1997
MSc in Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2008
PhD in Development Communication, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2018

Research Interest

  • environmental communication
  • extension education
  • disaster risk reduction and management
  • information, education and communication
  • journal management

Publications

Lawas, T.P., Tirol, M.S.C., Jamias S.B. and Cardenas V.R.. 2009. Communication Resource Mapping for Coastal Resources Management. Journal of Environmental Science and Management. University of the Philippines Los Baños. Volume 12 Number 2, December 2009.

Serrano, J.V., Lacaste, A.V., Belegal, J.A.C., Habito, C.dL., Rabena, M.A.F., Fellizar, F.M.D.R., Marasigan, S.B., Buot, Jr., I.E., Alazada, N.D.S., Lawas, T.P., Bulong, M.P., Dulnuan, E.D., Labhat, M.B., Basilio, Jr., E., Gomez, Jr., R.A., Subilla, M., & Alag, V.K.B. (2019). Re(Connecting) with the Ifugao Rice Terraces as a socio-ecological production landscape through youth capacity building and exchange program: A conservation and sustainable development approach. In Understanding the multiple values associated with sustainable use in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review Vol. 5, pp. 149-168). Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.

Rabena, M.A.F.,Gomez, R.A. Jr., Basilio, E. Jr., Subilla, M.S., & Lawas, T.P. (2020). Ecosystem services of the Ifugao Rice Terraces landscape (P.G. Garcia, & J.V. Serrano, Eds.). University of the Philippines Open University.