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Faculty
Professor 1
Dr. Antonio P. Contreras is a political scientist who specializes in political theory and analysis. His career spans a broad spectrum not only in terms of discipline but also in terms of his epistemological and methodological groundings.
His academic career has been a diverse array of areas that span the entire spectrum of the disciplines, from the very mathematical to the very post-modern. His master’s thesis in UPLB was on mathematical modelling of forest land-use allocation problems involving multiple stakeholders with competing goals. He taught hard-core quantitative courses at the CFNR. And then he went to his graduate studies at the University of Hawaii, took his second master’s and doctorate degrees in political science. Initially, he wanted to focus on public policy, but the dominant post-structuralist, post-modern, post-colonial and feminist orientation of his department has influenced him to refocus his academic path toward critical political theory and analysis. His doctoral dissertation was still focused on forestry, but it was an application of Michel Foucault’s genealogical analysis in inquiring into the evolution of the forestry policy discourse in the country.
Upon his return to UPLB and when he moved to DLSU0, he began to expand his horizon to now include an analysis of politics in the context of everyday and ordinary lives of people, as he focused on popular culture, media and political communication, even as he continued conducting research and engaged in professional activities about the environment. His academic career, thus, spanned the spectrum from modelling forest land-use allocation problems to culture studies where he analyzed popular cultural texts such as soap operas and social media. He can be as mathematical as he can be post-modern and post-structural. He can analyze a problem using any of the optimization techniques in operations research and management, or the methods of discourse analysis.
In SESAM, he will focus his teaching, research and social engagement/extension on environmental security and diplomacy.
Dr. Contreras is both an academic and a vlogger. He publishes in academic journals as a scholar, even as he has his daily posts in Facebook and his thrice a week political vlog #UsapangPulitika where he endeavors to popularize political science topics. He also writes a column “On the Contrary” that appears thrice weekly in The Manila Times.
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Hawaii – Manoa (1991)
M.A. in Political Science, University of Hawaii – Manoa (1989)
M.S. in Forestry, University of the Philippines Los Banos (1985)
B.S. in Forestry, University of the Philippines Los Banos, Magna cum laude (1982)
Fellowships and Scholarships
- Visiting Scholar, Mahidol University, July 2016
- Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship, University of Hawaii, January – June 2009
- Fellow, Institutional Dimensions for Global Environmental Change (IDGEC), Dartmouth College, USA, 2004-2006
- Fellow, Salzburg Seminar, “Changing Concepts of Security in East Asia,” 3-10 December 2003
- Research Exchange Fellow, Southeast Asia Conflict Studies Network (SEA-CSN), May-July 2003
- ASIA Fellow, Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development, Chiang-Mai University, Chiang-Mai, Thailand, November 2000 – April 2001
- Visiting Fellow, East-West Center, July-September 2000
- Graduate Fellowship, 1990-91, University of Hawaii
- East-West Center Conference Scholarship, 1989
Research Leadership
- Study Leader, APN Project on Urban and Carbon Management in Asia, 2005
- Study Leader, FAO-RECOFTC Project on Regional Analysis of Devolution Policies and Processes in Southeast Asia, October 2003 to March 2004
- Study Leader, APN Project on Sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity in the uplands of Southeast Asia: a multi-cultural assessment of resilience, risks and opportunities, March 2002 to February 2003
- Study Leader, Book Editor, CIFOR Book Project on Creating Space for Local Forest Management, 2003
- Study Leader, APN Project on Institutional Response to Global Change: The Consequences of Interplay Between International Regimes and Local Institutions for the Forests of the Philippines, June 2001 – May 2002
- Visiting Research Fellow, Comparative Analysis of Forest Governance and Political Transformation in Thailand and the Philippines, Regional Center for Social Sciences and Sustainable Development, Chiang-Mai University, November 2000 – May 2001
- Philippine Country Project Coordinator, Local Forest Management and Devolution, UPLBGPRD-UPLBFI-CIFOR, October 1998 to May 2000
- Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, in connection with a project on Regional issues in the Environment, Population and Health, March –December 1999 under the Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation
- Project Leader, Gender Dimension of Forest Policies and Production Systems in the Philippines in the Context of Globalization, APDC-UPLB-GPRD Project, 1997-98
Consultancy Services Rendered
- Special Assistant to the Secretary, DENR, October 2017 – October 2018: Member of the team that reviewed the appeals of the mining companies that were recommended by former Secretary Gina Lopez for cancellation or suspension.
- LTP External Evaluator, PAFID, February – March 2016: Evaluated the “National Land Tenure Program for Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines (Project Number: 410-900-1305ZG)” implemented by the Philippine Association for Intercultural Development (PAFID) and supported by MISEREOR. Assessed the overall relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, feasibility, consistency, and involvement of the project. In particular, the evaluation gauged the extent to which the project has achieved its objectives – focusing on the project purpose (specific objective) and intended outcomes (results); reviewed the consistency of the project design and its relevance especially with respect to the needs and priorities of the indigenous communities targeted by the interventions; assessed the appropriateness of the strategies and methodologies employed in the implementation of the intervention; and appraised the degree and quality of stakeholders’ participation in the project, and ascertain the prospects of sustainability of the benefits of the intervention. The evaluation also generated recommendations to make the project design and implementation more effective, efficient, and relevant to future projects of similar nature.
- National Expert, Governance of Land Tenure, DENR-FMB-GIZ, June – October 2015: Reviewed and assessed management arrangements and tenurial instruments for forestlands. Specifically: Took stock and reviewed management arrangements and tenurial instruments in the governance of forestlands, including policies, instruments, procedures and guidelines issued by, among others, the DENR, NCIP and DILG, such as, but not limited to, those under nationally designated land use (e.g. Protected Areas under the National Integrated Protected Areas System [e.g. PACBRMA], Ancestral Domains under the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act [e.g. CALC, CADT]), tenurial instruments (e.g. Community-Based Forest Management Agreement, Industrial Forest Management Agreement, Socialized Industrial Forest Management Agreements, Forest Land Use Agreement, Forest Land Use Agreement for Tourism, Forest Land Grazing Agreement, CLOAS) and innovative co- management agreements in accordance with the Local Government Code and existing DENR rules and regulations; Assessed the various management arrangements and tenurial instruments with regard to their ability to effectively govern forestlands and create favorable frame conditions for land use planning and the sustainable management of natural resources, i.e. regarding their administrative framework, particularly the legal feasibility, suitability and effectiveness and time frame for issuance; as well as regarding their economic implications, specifically the provision of incentives, investment potential; Revisited ongoing and past policies, guidelines and approaches to spatial/ land use planning, such as, but not limited to, the development of forest land use plans (FLUPs), comprehensive land use plans (CLUPs) and ancestral domain sustainable development and production plans (ADSDPPs) as well as on land use conflicts; Document and describe actual cases (case studies) on forestlands focusing on areas with overlapping tenure, based on ongoing or past land use planning exercises and located in at least three selected case study areas in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, in a step-by-step, easy understandable way in form of practical guidelines for land use planners (which usually includes LGU staff and community members). This documentation was undertaken in view of the principles enshrined in the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT) and build upon processes and results achieved through the implementation of the VGGT in the Philippines.; and produced clear recommendations (policy, operations, procedures, guidelines, and management options) for improving governance of tenure in forestlands, drafted a policy document in the form of an Executive Order and Administrative Order
- Institutional Development Specialist, Forestland Management Project, DENR-FMB, September 2014 – March 2015, assisted the project implementors in the establishment of appropriate structure and mechanism to actively involve various watershed stakeholders in the implementation of the FMP particularly within three (3) critical watersheds
- Institutional Development Specialist, DENR-FMB, February 2015. Examined, analyzed, and proposed changes in the FMB Organizational Structure in line with the DENR Rationalization Plan
- Policy and Institutional Specialist, DENR-FMB Project on Climate Proofing the Forestry Master Plan, June 2013: reviewed existing and other related documents, policies and relevant issuances necessary in the conduct of review, update and climate proofing of the Master Plan for Forestry Development, specifically on its policy and institutional component; conducted field work and consultation meetings/workshops with different stakeholders, LGUs and communities to gather relevant data and processes as inputs in the updating and climate proofing of the Philippine Revised Master Plan for Forestry Development; recommended measures and strategies to mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation into the policy and institutional component of the Master Plan; assisted in drafting the consolidated climate resilient Master Plan for Forestry Development; and presented and discussed the draft updated and climate resilient Forestry Master Plan with the FMB and DENR ExeCom and other stakeholders, particularly the section dealing with policy and institutional reforms
- Social Scientist, IRRI and PHILRICE Project on Philippine Rice Self-Sufficiency Project, Phase 2, December 2011 – June 2012: provided technical assistance in developing the workgroups in the multi-stakeholder partnerships in Agusan del Norte; provided technical assistance in the development and implementation of the project activities; reviews and evaluated the general work plan for the multi-stakeholder partnership; and reviewed and evaluated the specific activities of working groups in the multi-stakeholder partnerships
- Social Scientist, IRRI and PHILRICE Project on Philippine Rice Self-Sufficiency Project, Phase 1, May – August 2011: provided technical advice on the setting up of the partnerships in Agusan del Norte; help draft the TORs and MOAs for the key partners; provided technical assistance in the preparation of the instrument, design, training of enumerators for and conduct of key Stakeholder’s analysis
- Social Scientist, IRRI Project on Impact Pathways of Rodent Management in Rice Production in Vietnam, September-December 2010: conducted fieldwork in Vietnam, including doing focus group discussions and key informant interviews of farmers, scientists, extension workers, project proponents and other significant stakeholders; gathered secondary data related to the study, particularly on socio-political and policy concerns and review of related literature; described historically the political system of Vietnam and agricultural extension governance and analyzed their relationship; analyzed the interplay and sectoral institutions (including considerations of incentives, of formal and informal institutions, and of actors and information flows) in the structure and operation of agricultural extension governance; and analyze their impacts; provided FGD and KI guide questions related to legal and political factors and policy matters; and provided recommendations for potential partners for future collaborations
- Country Paper Writer, IDRC Bridging Project on Socio-Economic Impacts and Social Inclusion in Food Biotechnology Among Five Southeast Asian Countries, July- August 2008.
- Lead Consultant, Cultural Analysis of MERALCO Employees, January – April 2009
- Policy Paper Writer, Agricultural Consultative Forum, EPRA, May – July 2006
- Case Study Writer, Urban Emissions and Policy Project, Southeast Asia Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 2005: Conducted case studies in Manila and Jakarta
- Synthesis Paper Writer, Baseline Study of Water Governance in the Mekong Region, Southeast Asia Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, October 2004: Wrote the synthesis for the case studies conducted in Laos, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Synthesis Paper Writer, Urban Transformation and Urbanization Project, Southeast Asia Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, March 2004 to February 2005: Wrote the synthesis of the different case studies conducted in Manila, Delhi, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Chiangmai
- Paper Writer, Comparative Analysis of Devolution Processes in Southeast Asia, FAO and RECOFTC, October 2003 to March 2004: Wrote the paper on the Evolution of Forest Devolution Policies in Southeast Asia
- Case Study Leader, Adaptive Management and Governance of Water Resources, Southeast Asia Unit for Social and Environmental Research, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, August 2003 to February 2004: Conducted evaluation research of the Laguna Lake Development Authority in terms of its adaptive capacity to manage the coastal and water resources of the Lake
- Consultant, PIDS-SANREM-UPLB Research Advocacy Project on Water Resources Management, 1 July 2002 – 31 May 2004: Acted as lead consultant in formulating recommendations relevant to policy and legislation
- Workshop Facilitator, Regional Consultation Workshop for the Forestry Master Plan, TREES Inc., August 2003: Facilitated the conduct of regional consultation workshop on the Forestry Master Plan held in Butuan and Davao Cities
- Writer, Towards Building Transformative Communities, Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), July 2003: Wrote the lead and synthesis papers for the Building Transformative Communities project of CAPWIP
- Consultant, Adaptive-Collaborative Management Project, July – December 2000, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): Acted as technical adviser in the implementation of the project in the Philippines.
- Gender Specialist, October 1999 to October 2000, International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR): Assisted IIRR in mainstreaming gender in their policies, programs, and activities.
- Consultant, Devolution and Local Forest Management, June 1998 to September 2000, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): Coordinated the Implementation of the Devolution and Local Forest Management Project in the Philippines.
- Environmental Policy Consultant, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, Program on Policy Development and Advocacy for Women’s Health, March 1997 to July 1998: Formulated policy papers on various issues on the environment affecting women’s health and welfare; assisted NCRFW personnel in preparing advocacy plans.
- Member of the Editorial Board, Capitalism, Nature and Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology: Reviewed articles for publication as well as published books and other materials.
- Policy Expert, SUSTEC, 1997: Acted as consultant for policy and politics in relation to the issue of integrating biodiversity conservation in production forests
- Paper Writer, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Project on “Social and Political Dimensions of Environmental Programmes and Projects”, May – June 1996
- Public Participation and Consultation Specialist, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, December 1995 to March 1996: Advised the Ecology Center of SBMA on issues relating to public participation and consultation.
- Writer, Philippine Perspective Plan for Gender and Development, 1995: Provided Technical Advice and Wrote, as part of a team, the Framework for the Philippine Plan for Gender and Development (PPGD)
- Gender and Development Consultant, 1995 to 1998, PCARRD: Provided advice and technical assistance on Gender and Development issues in Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources Concerns.
Book
- Contreras, Antonio P. The Kingdom and the Republic: Forest Governance and Political Transformation in Thailand and the Philippines. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2003.
- Contreras, Antonio P. (Editor) Creating Space for Local Forest Management in the Philippines. Manila: La Salle Institute of Governance, 2003.
- Contreras, Antonio P. Locating the Political in the Ecological: Globalization, State-Civil Society Articulations and Environmental Governance in the Philippines. Manila: De la Salle University Press, 2002.
Textbook
- Contreras, Antonio P., Dennis Erasga and Roberto Javier, Jr. Science, Technology and Society : A Critical Approach, Manila : Mindshapers Co., 2018
Chapter in a Book
- Contreras, Antonio P., “The Seas of our Insecurity : Ordinary versus State Discourses on Maritime and Human Security in the Philippines,”in Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia, Singapore : Palgrave, 2017, 107-124
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Transboundary Environmental Politics in Southeast Asia: issues, responses and challenges, in Philip Hirsch (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Environment in Southeast Asia, London and New York: Taylor and Francis, 2017.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Synthesis: Discourse, Power and Knowledge” in Louis Lebel, John Dore, Rajesh Daniel, and Yang Saing Koma (Eds.), Democratizing Water Governance in the Mekong Region. Chiang Mai: Mekong Press, 2007: 227-236.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Transformation of Politics and the Politics of Transformation” in Peter Cuasay and Chayan Vaddhanaphuti (Eds.), Commonplaces and Comparisons: Remaking Eco-Political Spaces in Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai : Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, 2005 : 23-39.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Epilogue: Where do we go from here in terms of water policy agenda?” in Agnes C. Rola, Herminia A. Francisco and Jennifer P.T. Liguton (Eds.), Winning the Water War: Watersheds, Water Policies and Water Institutions. Makati: PIDS and PCARRD, 2004
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Creating Space for Local Forest Management: The Case of the Philippines,” in David Edmunds and Eva Wollenberg (Eds.), Local Forest Management: The Impacts of Devolution Practices. London: Earthscan, 2003.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Imagining a Filipino Political Ecology: A Critical Analysis of the Prospects for Political Science in Environmental Studies,” in Ledivina Carino (Ed.), The Philippine Social Sciences in the Life of the Nation. 2 Enriching Each Other: The Encounter of the Social Sciences and Other Branches of Knowledge. Quezon City: Philippine Social Science Council, 2001.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Changing Theories and Practices: A Synthesis of the Role of Social Science in the Environment” in Ledivina Carino (Ed.), The Philippine Social Sciences in the Life of the Nation. 2 Enriching Each Other: The Encounter of the Social Sciences and Other Branches of Knowledge. Quezon City: Philippine Social Science Council, 2001.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Rethinking Participation and Empowerment in the Uplands,” in Peter Utting (ed.), Forest Policy and Politics in the Philippines: The Dynamics of Participatory Conservation. Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press and UNRISD, 2000.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “From Corporate Logging to Community Resource Management: The Case of Candez, Bacungan, Puerto Princesa,” A Sourcebook of Gender in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, PCARRD Book Series No. 162/1997.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Women in a Forest Based Industry: The Case of Bamboo and Rattan Production and Processing,” A Sourcebook of Gender in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, PCARRD Book Series No. 162/1997.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “A Tale of Two Barangays: The case of Contract Reforestation,” A Sourcebook of Gender in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, PCARRD Book Series No. 162/1997.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Women in the Forestry Bureaucracy,” A Sourcebook of Gender in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, PCARRD Book Series No. 162/1997.
Refereed Journal
- Palis, Florencia G., Zenaida M. Sumalde, Cleofe S. Torres, Antonio P. Contreras, and Francisco A. Datar, “Adoption and impacts of Ecologically-Based Rodent Management in the Mekong Delta Region,” Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 18, No. 1, 2015
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Socio-Economic Impacts, Social Inclusion, and Science-Policy Interphase: The Case of Rice Biotechnology in the Philippines,” Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2012
- Datoon, R., Palis, F., Contreras, A. and Tanzo, I., “Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Rice Technology Extension: The Case of Agusan Del Norte,” Philippine Journal of Crop Science, 2012
- Bai, Xuemei, Anna J. Wieczorek, Shinji Kaneko, Shaun Lisson and Antonio Contreras. “Enabling Sustainability Transitions in Asia: The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Linkages,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 76: 255-266, 2009.
- Lebel, Louis, Regina N. Banaticla, Antonio P. Contreras, Po Garden, Rodel Lasco, A.P. Mitra, Nguyen Hoang Tri, Ooi Giok Ling, Agus Sari and Chhemendra Sharma. “Integrating Carbon Management into the Development Strategies of Urbanizing Regions in Asia: Implications or Urban Form, Function and Role,” Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol 11, No. 2: 61-81, 2007.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Local Institutions at the Crossroads of Environmental Regionalism in Southeast Asia: State-Civil Society Interplays and Tensions,” Philippine Political Science Journal, 28, No. 51: 33-54, 2007
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Civil Society, Environmental Security and Knowledge: Forest Governance in Thailand and the Philippines in the Context of ASEAN,” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 4: 179-193, 2004.
- Lebel, Louis, Antonio Contreras, Suparb Pasong and Po Garden. “Nobody Knows Best: Alternative Perspectives on Forest Management and Governance in Southeast Asia,” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 4: 111-127, 2004.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Globalization, the State and Civil Society, and the Politics of Identity in the Context of Environmental Governance,” Kasarinlan: A Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, Vol 14, Nos. 3 and 4, 1999.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Endangered Knowledge of Endangered Peoples: Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Threat of State Building,” Journal of Environmental Science and Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1999
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Imagining a Filipino Political Ecology: A Critical Analysis of the Prospects for Political Science in Environmental Studies in the Philippines,” Journal of Environmental Science and Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1998.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Paggugubat o Pangungulimbat? Ang Agham Paggugubat sa Kritikal na Pagsusuring Pang-Uri, Pangkasarian at Kultural,” Diliman Review, Vol 46, No. 2, 1998.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Two Faces of Environmentalism: The Case of the Philippines,” Capitalism, Nature and Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology, Vol. 5 (3), September 1994.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Discourse and Politics of Resistance in the Philippine Uplands,” Kasarinlan, Vol. 7, No. 4, 1992.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Philippine Uplands, the State, and the World System: Genealogy and Critique of the Upland Development Discourse,” Philippine Journal for Public Administration, Vol. 35, No. 1, 1991.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Political Economy of State Environmentalism: The Hidden Agenda and its Implications on Transnational Development in the Philippines,” Capitalism, Nature and Socialism, A Journal of Socialist Ecology, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 1991.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Discourse of Development: Some Implications of Local Power/Knowledge in the Philippine Uplands,” Philippine Sociological Review, Vol. 37, No. 1-2, January-June 1988.
Book and Article Review
- Contreras, Antonio P. Critical Review of “People, Power and Resources in Everyday Life: Critical Essays on the Politics of Environment in the Philipines” by Babette P. Resurreccion and Edsel E. Sajor (Manila: Institute for Popular Democracy, 1998), in Conjuncture, Vol. 10, No. 5, December-January 1999.
- Contreras, Antonio P. Critique Article in a Published Symposium, “Jeffrey Sachs on Nature and Economic Development” Article,” in Capitalism, Nature and Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology, vol. 9 (2), June 1998.
- Contreras, Antonio P. Review Article of Robin Broad and John Cavanagh’s “Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines,” in Capitalism, Nature and Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology, vol. 5 (1), March 1994.
Module for Distance Learning
- Contreras, Antonio P. Science, Technology and Society. College, Laguna: UP Open University, 2002
- Contreras, Antonio P. Governance of Upland Environments. College, Laguna: UP Open University, 2001
Monograph/Working Papers
- Contreras, Antonio P. State-Civil Society Interactions in Forest Governance in Southeast Asia: Implications for Environmental Security. Environmental Series, No. 50. Honolulu: East-West Center, 2000.
- Contreras, Antonio P. GATT-WTO and the Philippine Environment: Policy Safeguards to Ensure an Environment-Friendly Competitiveness in World Trade, (As Junior Author) ERMP Reports No. 31, UPLB: Environment and Resource Management Project, 1996.
- Contreras, Antonio P. Discourse, Politics and Structures of Upland Development in the Philippines. College, Laguna: Forestry Development Center, 1990.
Published Proceedings
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Globalization, Global Climate Change and the Financial Crisis: Some Implications for Environmental and Forest Governance,” Proc. International Conference on Tropical Forests and Climate Change: Status, Issues and Challenges, 19-22 October 1998, Asian Institute of Management, December 1999
- Contreras, Antonio P. “The Women Farmers of Sta. Catalina, Atimonan,” Proc. ASEAN Seminar on Social Forestry as an Approach to Sustainable Forest Management, Tagaytay, Philippines, 4-6 December 1995; also, in A Sourcebook of Gender in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, PCARRD Book Series No. 162/1997.
- Contreras, Antonio P. “Women in Philippine Forestry: Some Issues and Concerns,” in Proc. ASEAN Seminar on Social Forestry as an Approach to Sustainable Forest Management, Tagaytay, Philippines, 4-6 December 1995.
Assistant Professor 1
Ed’s areas of interest are in resource economics and political ecology. Specifically, he investigates the intersectionality of economics, power, and culture in the context of socioecological issues.
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Enrique Pacardo has more than 40 years of research in environmental impact assessment, sustainable rural development, environmental management, natural resource management and environmental education.
Ph.D. Environmental Plant Physiology (1971) University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
M.S. Agricultural Botany (Major in Plant Physiology; Minor/Cognate in Agronomy and Biochemistry). 1968. University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna
B.S. Agriculture ( Major in Soil Science ).1964. University of the Philippines Los Baños
Pacardo, E.P. 1972. The effect of climatic factors on growth and yield of sugarcane. Paper presented at the 20th Convention of the Philippine Sugar Technologies, Manila
Pacardo, E.P. 1973. Radiant Energy: Its Conversions by Green Plants. Philippine Biota, Vol. Vll:102.
Pacardo, E.P., V.S. Nery and E.P. Baldia. 1976. Further studies on the root system of corn and sorghum. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the Crop Science Society of the Philippines.
Pacardo, E.P. 1977a. Comparative response of rice varieties to controlled soil water stress at seedling stage. Paper presented in the seminar. The International Rice Research Institute.
Pacardo, E.P. 1977b. A method of subjecting rice seedlings to constant soil moisture stress. Kalikasan, Philippines. J. Biol. 6:245-259.
Pacardo, E.P. 1978a. Drought resistant crops for rainfed areas. Paper presented at the FAO/Philippine National Workshop on Development and Management on Rain-fed Crop production. PCARRD, Los Baños, Laguna.
Pacardo, E.P. 1978. Water Stress Physiology and Its Relation to Rainfed Farming. SEARCA Professorial Chair Inaugural Lecture.
Pacardo, E.P. 1978. The Effect of Soil Water Stress on Selected Rice Varieties, Corn and Sorghum. Philippine Journal of Science, 107:33-40
Pacardo, E.P. 1979. Some Hydrological Aspect of Land Uses at Mount Makiling Slopes. SEARCA Professorial Chair Lecture.
Pacardo, E.P. and B.K. Samson. 1981. Eco-physiological Studies on Some Agroforestry Spp. with emphasis on Leucaena. Paper presented in a workshop on environmentally sustainable Agroforestry and Fuelwood Production with Fast-growing, Nitrogen-fixing, Multi-purpose Legumes, held at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii on 12 to 20 November, 1981.
Pacardo, E.P. 1982. Development of Environmental Curriculum at the Graduate Level: Experience at University of the Philippines at Los Baños. Paper presented at the ASAIHL Seminar on Human Ecology held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 6-9 November 1982.
Pacardo, E.P. and P.E. Sajise 1983. Legume-based Cropping System for Some Upland Areas in the Philippines. A Paper Presented at the Third Symposium for Environmental Science in Developing Countries, Cairo, Egypt.
Pacardo, E.P. 1983. Role of Temperature in water Uptake of Excised Leaf Tissue. Kalikasan, Philippines J. Biol. 12:366-374.
Assistant Professor 3
BSc in Geology, Adamson University, 2012
MSc in Geology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2017
PhD in Geology, Kanazawa University, Japan, 2020
- Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- Geochemistry
- Mineralogy
Tilhac, R., Morishita, T., Hanaue, N., Tamura, A., Guotana, J.M., 2021. Systematic LREE enrichment of mantle harzburgites: The petrogenesis of San Carlos xenoliths revisited. Lithos 396–397, 106195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106195
Liu, H.Q., Yumul, G.P., Dimalanta, C.B., Queaño, K., Xia, X.P., Peng, T.P., Lan, J.B., Xu, Y.G., Yan, Y., Guotana, J.M.R., Olfindo, V.S., 2020. Western Northern Luzon Isotopic Evidence of Transition From Proto-South China Sea to South China Sea Fossil Ridge Subduction. Tectonics 39. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005639
Yumul, G.P., Dimalanta, C.B., Salapare, R.C., Queaño, K.L., Faustino-Eslava, D. V., Marquez, E.J., Ramos, N.T., Payot, B.D., Guotana, J.M.R., Gabo-Ratio, J.A.S., Armada, L.T., Padrones, J.T., Ishida, K., Suzuki, S., 2020. Slab rollback and microcontinent subduction in the evolution of the Zambales Ophiolite Complex (Philippines): A review. Geosci. Front. 11, 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2018.12.008
Nishio, I., Morishita, T., Szilas, K., Pearson, G., Tani, K.-I., Tamura, A., Harigane, Y., Guotana, J. M. (2019). Titanian Clinohumite-Bearing Peridotite from the Ulamertoq Ultramafic Body in the 3.0 Ga Akia Terrane of Southern West Greenland. Geosciences 2019, Vol. 9, Page 153, 9(4), 153. https://doi.org/10.3390/GEOSCIENCES9040153
Morishita, T., Machi, S., Guotana, J. M., & Tamura, A. (2019). Biotite phenocryst-rich high-K basaltic boulder from upper stream of the Kuzuryu River in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture福井県勝山市九頭竜川上流地域の黒雲母斑晶に富む高カリウム玄武岩質転石. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 124(11), 941–946. https://doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.2018.0031
Guotana, J. M., Morishita, T., Yamaguchi, R., Nishio, I., Tamura, A., Tani, K., … Pearson, D. (2018). Contrasting Textural and Chemical Signatures of Chromitites in the Mesoarchaean Ulamertoq Peridotite Body, Southern West Greenland. Geosciences, 8(9), 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8090328
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University Research Associate II
RM is a development communication practitioner with a specialty in community broadcasting. Her research interests are environmental education and communication, climate-smart agriculture, disaster risk reduction and management, and qualitative and social research. Her expertise involves science popularization, crafting of communication plans, capacity and knowledge building, and development and conceptualization of creative works in the production of Information, Education & Communication (IEC) materials in print & in the broadcast. She is also SESAM’s multimedia specialist skilled in photography and videography.
Assistant Professor 4
Badi has many years of experience in research and coastal resources management, and has collaborated with government institutions, NGOs, academe, local government units and fisher-folks at various levels and capacities since 1995. He specializes in coral reef fish ecology and has been part of numerous projects on marine protected areas assessment and evaluation. He was a research fellow with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation and lead the reef fish survey team during the Global Reef Expedition through over 9 territories from the Eastern Pacific (Galapaos) through to the Indian Ocean (British Indian Ocean Territory) from 2012 to 2015. His post-graduate project focused on marine protected areas and looked into trajectories of change in the fish and benthic communities using space for time substitution.