The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB) held this year’s 1st Management Conference on 16-17 March 2021 via Zoom platform to assess the Bureau’s progress and status in terms of attainment of objectives, targets, and deliverables of projects and discuss important concerns relative to its operations. Per Special Order No. 62 dated 05 March 2021, continue reading : ERDB holds its 1st Management Conference CY 2021

Twenty-seven representatives from different Local Government Units (LGUs) and People’s Organizations (PO’s) in Midwest Cebu participated in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) organized by the Coastal Resources and Ecotourism Research, Development and Extension Center (CRERDEC) last March 11, 2021 in Balamban, Cebu. A list of priority ecosystems technologies was obtained during said activity which gives continue reading : Cebu’s midwest coast stakeholders select ‘Tourism Carrying Capacity’ and ‘Mangrove and Beach Forest Rehabilitation’ as priority ecosystems technology needs for CY 2021

Establishment of the floating garden: a phytoremediation scheme for polluted waterways in urban areas is another technology being promoted/disseminated by the ERDB-THWRDEC from 2018 to present. Said technology is considered as a more economical and an alternative or complementary technology in removing contaminants from the matrix of the pollutants in waterways/rivers. It is an option continue reading : Check This Out: The Floating Garden Project