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Aftermath of the Copenhagen Talks and its Challenges to the Newly-Formed Climate Change Commission
by Atty. Mary Ann Lucille L. Sering
9 March 2010 (Tuesday),3:15-5:15PM
Drilon Hall, SEARCA, UP Los Baños campus, Laguna, Philippines

Leucaena leucocephala in Ruminant Feeding Management: Challenge and Opportunity in Production and Methane Emission Reduction
by Mr. Bambang Suwignyo
16 March 2010 (Tuesday), 3-4PM
Drilon Hall, SEARCA, UP Los Baños campus, Laguna, Philippines

Collaborative Governance and Community Sustainability Indicators: The Case of Mining Operations in Palawan
by Ms. Sol de Villa Rama
16 March 2010 (Tuesday), 4-5PM
Drilon Hall, SEARCA, UP Los Baños campus, Laguna, Philippines

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SEARCA Announcements

Scholarship Opportunity: TUA-SEARCA Scholarship for Dissertation Doctorate Program for School Year 2010-2011. Application deadline EXTENDED to 15 February 2010

Scholarship Opportunity: Excellence scholarships for PhD students to participate in 'YES' PhD Program "Global Food Security"

Scholarship Opportunity: DA-SEARCA Scholarships for MS and PhD. Application deadline: 31 March 2010

Scholarship Opportunity: Special SEARCA Beahrs ELP Training Scholarship in Environmental Leadership for Southeast Asia

Scholarship Opportunity: Fall 2010 External Scholarship for Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Graduate Schools

Scholarship Opportunity: DAAD Scholarships for Postgraduate Courses with Special Relevance to Developing Countries

Event (Training): Leadership Excellence in Academe Program for Southeast Asia (LEAP SEA), June 2010, Bogor, Indonesia

Post-Conference Downloads: National Conference on Imperatives for Poverty Reduction Amidst and Beyond the Global Economic Crisis, 31 March 2009, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Post-Conference Downloads: 6th ASAE International Conference, 28-30 Aug. 2008, AIM Conference Center, Makati City, Philippines

Download Proceedings: Regional Experts' Consultation Meeting on Overcoming Obstacles to Agricultural Microfinance in Southeast Asia held in Mar. 2007

Download SFRT Monograph: Managing and Conserving Lake Buhi (An Agroecosystems Analysis for Sustainable Development) by Cely S. Binoya, et. al.

Partners Announcements

New SEARCA book zeroes in on climate change and biodiversity link 08-Mar-2010

SEARCA and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) have co-published Moving Forward Southeast Asian Perspectives on Climate Change and Biodiversity, a new book that discusses the general phenomenon of climate change, the importance of biodiversity, and how these two are linked and related. ISEAS is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security, and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its whole geostrategic and economic development. read

Two SEARCA scholars present research findings in seminar 24-Feb

45th SEAMEO Council Conference pushes for early childhood care and ensures greater access to quality education for all 23-Feb

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University Consortium News:
UBC to send interns to other UC members 18-Jan

LATEST BOOKS

Changing AgriFood Markets in Southeast Asia Edited by Larry Digal, Felicity Proctor and Bill Vorley

Poverty Reduction through Sustainable Fisheries
Edited by Roehlano M. Briones and Arnulfo G. Garcia

Securing Rice, Reducing Poverty: Challenges and Policy Directions
by Arsenio M. Balisacan, Leocadio S. Sebastian, and Associates

Reasserting the Rural Development Agenda: Lessons Learned and Emerging Challenges in Asia
Edited by Arsenio M. Balisacan and Nobuhiko Fuwa

Pathways Out of Rural Poverty: Is Agrarian Reform Passé? by Arsenio M. Balisacan. Presented at the 6thAyala Corporation-UPSE Economic Forum, UP School of Economics Auditorium, 10 July 2009

Grounding Science Communication: Experiences and Lessons from the Biotechnology Information Center (BIC) in the Philippines by Sonny P. Tababa, et.al., May 2009

Aerobic Composting of Agricultural and Municipal Solid Wastes and its Relevance on Global Warming and Ecological Solid Waste Management by Prof. Casiano S. Abrigo, Jr., SEARCA Discussion Paper Series, November 2008

Towards Adaptive and Social Learning in a Science and Nature University by Ma. Celeste H. Cadiz, SEARCA Discussion Paper Series, December 2008

Making Good on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Poverty Challenge by Arsenio M. Balisacan, Presented at the 77th Meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology, DOST, Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines, 26 February 2009

Regional Development Dynamics and Decentralization in the Philippines: Ten Lessons from a "Fast Starter" by Arsenio M. Balisacan, Hal Hill, and Sharon Faye Piza, ASEAN Economic Bulletin Vol. 25 No. 3, December 2008

Pathways Out of Poverty: Fancies, Facts, and Challenges by Arsenio M. Balisacan, Seventh Jaime V. Ongpin Annual Memorial Lecture on Public Service in Business and Government, Ateneo de Manila University, Rockwell Campus, Makati City, Philippines, 11 November 2008

Banging the bells: communicating hope for rural environments by Lorna Calumpang-Malicsi, article from Chapter 3 (Managing nutrients in fishponds) of the book, Fish ponds in Farming Systems, Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2007.

The Philippine Growth-Poverty Conundrum by Arsenio M. Balisacan, 4th Australasian Development Economics Workshop, Australian National University, Canberra, 5-6 June 2008

Philippines Policies in Response to a changing climate: A review of natural resource policies by Rodel Lasco, et. al., International Conference-Workshop: Biodiversity and Climate Change in Southeast Asia, 19-20 February 2008

Poverty Reduction: What We Know and Don't by Arsenio M. Balisacan, UP Centennial Lecture Series, UP Diliman, 31 January 2008

If we're smart, why are we hungry and poor? by Arsenio M. Balisacan, UP Forum Online

Why Does Poverty Persist in the Philippines by Arsenio Balisacan, SEARCA Discussion Paper Series