Grade 12 students from Philippine Science High School - Central Luzon Campus bagged various awards during the 26th Philippine Biodiversity Symposium held at the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan, Quezon City last July 18-21, 2017. It was their first time to join said event.
Forty-eight (48) researches under the high school, undergraduate, and regular categories were selected as finalists for the poster presentation and thirty-seven (37) studies were selected for the oral presentation. An initial screening was conducted to make sure these adhered to the theme "New and Emerging Trends in Biodiversity Research and Conservation".
Kamp Bakawan, consisting of Gabrielle S. Long, Gabrielle Pauline De Guzman, and Victoria Aubrey C. Manalo as the presenting author, won second place for Best High School Oral Presentation for the paper entitled “Change Detection of Mangrove Coverage in Masinloc and Palauig, Zambales from 1995, 2005, and 2015 using Remotely-Sensed Imagery". Karizz Anne L. Morante was their research adviser.
Nicolas Czar Antonio won second place for Best High School Poster Presentation for the paper entitled “Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal Plants used by the Magbukun Ayta Negrito Indigenous Group in Sitio Kanawan, Morong, Bataan”. His research adviser was Reneir John Tuason.
This annual conference provides a broad platform for the discussion of issues related to biodiversity in the Philippines and in other countries as well. Moreover, the conference promotes debate and identifies directions on how conservation and restoration ecology as a distinct field can be established and consolidated in the country.
