00:00Through these commitments, we aim to respond to pressing national issues and contribute to the overall development of our society.
00:10The challenges before us, such as climate change, public health, and technological advancement, require nothing short of our creativity and collaboration.
00:22Let us work together to utilize the power of science and technology to create sustainable solutions that will benefit generations to come.
00:35So, ladies and gentlemen, as we raise our glasses, can you raise your glasses?
00:43Let us toast to the spirit of collaboration that is at the core of our research endeavors,
00:50the visionaries among us who re-invigorate the youth of tomorrow in the world of science,
00:57and the continued growth and relevance of NRCP as we get closer to our centennial celebration.
01:06NRCP, I thought it was the National REACH Council of the Philippines, which was only focused at the national level.
01:15But I'm very glad it's also the National or Local REACH Council of the Philippines, as you go down to the communities that we have to serve.
01:26So, let us toast and drink to the future of NRCP.
01:33We have a lot of research programs.
01:36We have basic research, as mentioned earlier, the integrated basic research agenda.
01:42But we also have a program that has a big impact.
01:47This is the Research to Policy.
01:49Usually, in this Research to Policy, we have LGU officials, for example, who request us to do research for them,
01:59to craft ordinance, and for the Senate and Congress to amend bills or create a new law.
02:09So, they request us to do research.
02:12So, we are looking for experts and NRCP is funding that.
02:18One example of this is in Siargao, in Del Carmen.
02:23Mayor Coro wrote to us to study the biodiversity of Siargao.
02:29So, we found an expert.
02:31And then, our expert from UST came up with a study, finished it in one year.
02:36And after that, we presented it to the community.
02:40They studied the biodiversity and the mangrove forest.
02:44You know what the result was after that?
02:47Based on the study, they were able to find a lot of indigenous species, endemic species of mangrove and marine resources.
03:02And Mayor Coro, through the help of the scientists, applied it to Ramsar site.
03:09You know Ramsar site, right?
03:11International Wetland of International Significance.
03:14And just the other day, we received the good news that the Ramsar site officially recognized the mangrove forest in Del Carmen, Siargao as one of the, I think, 12 sites in the Philippines.
03:30And it is based on the research.
03:32Not only that, the output became knowledge products.
03:37So, we produced learning materials.
03:41And just, I think this morning, I received the good news from Mayor Coro that the DepEd Division of Siargao will now officially acknowledge it as a learning material that can be used in all the schools.
03:58And these are important milestones because the research will now be used by the children of our people down there.
04:13And they understood.
04:14Did you know that the former Siargao people who cut mangroves, they are now the protectors of the mangrove forest.
04:24If you go to Del Carmen, you will notice a big difference in the way the people considered mangrove.
04:32They are now protectors of mangrove.
04:36So, again, from research to policy and now to learning materials.
04:42Imagine the children, they will see the readings based on their own experiences.
04:51How exciting was that?
04:53It's beautiful, right?
04:54So, that's only one.
04:56Another one is the research on Ichagi Sabel.
05:01Congressman V wrote it to study ecotourism.
05:08So, our researchers made a mapping of ecotourism.
05:15And this is one of the things that I think will really help.
05:20We are a mining country.
05:22So, our expert from UPLB is here, Dr. Agangan and his team.
05:30We have what we call greening mined out areas.
05:33What is this greening mined out areas?
05:35The mined out areas are usually toxic, right?
05:40What they did was, how do we green it out?
05:42How do we rehabilitate it?
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