UPLB School of Environmental Science and Management

Infobox University
name = School of Environmental Science and Management at University of the Philippines, Los Baños


established = 1977
dean = Ma. Victoria O. Espaldon
city = Science City of Los Baños
state = Laguna
country = Philippines
website = http://www.uplb.edu.ph/sesam

The School of Environmental Science and Management (SESAM) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB). It was created in 1977 in response to calls for a multidisciplinary effort to address environmental degradation amid economic development. Then known as the Program on Environmental Science and Management, it was lodged under the Office of the Chancellor with initial funding support from the Ford Foundation.

It began offering the Master of Environmental Studies program in 1984 and pioneered in the development and testing methodologies and approaches for sustainable management of upland resources. Among the methodologies SESAM pioneered in the Philippines include Agroecosystem Analysis, Rapid Rural Systems Appraisal (RRSA), Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR), Strategic Environmental Planning and Modelling and Environmental Impact Assessment.

SESAM is regarded as one of the best institutions in environmental science education and research in the region.

Faculty (selected)

*Aliño, Porfirio Alexander M. (PhD Marine Chemical Ecology, James Cook University)
*Badayos, Rodrigo B. (PhD Soil Genesis, Survey and Classification, Oregon State University)
*Baguinon, Nestor T. (PhD Forest Ecology, UPLB)
*Bantayan, Nathaniel (Ph.D. Engineering, University of Melbourne)
*Bartolome, Benjamin J. (MS Soil Science, UPLB)
*Bondoc, Orville, L. (PhD Animal Breeding/Genetics, University of Guelph, Canada)
*Botengan-Pollisco, Mary Ann (PhD Watershed Management, University of Arizona)
*Briones, Nicomedes D. (PhD Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Hawaii)
*Buot, Inocencio E. Jr. (PhD Botany, Chiba University, Japan)
*Capitan, Severino S. (PhD Animal and Dairy Science, Punjab Agricultural University, India)
*Capistrano, Ana Doris (PhD Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida)
*Cariño, Benjamin V. (PhD Political Science, Indiana University)
*Cervancia, Cleofas R. (PhD Ecology, University of Wales)
*Coladilla, Jesusita O. (PhD Environmental Science, UPLB)
*Concepcion, Rogelio N. (PhD Agronomy, Cornell University)
*Cruz, Rex Victor O. (PhD Watershed Management, University of Arizona)
*Cuevas Virginia C. (PhD Botany, UPLB)
*De Asis, Alejandro M. (PhD Biological and Environmental Engineering, University of Tokyo)
*De Lara, Ayolani V. (PhD Zoology, UP Diliman)
*Demafelis, Rex B. (MS Bio-Chemical Engineering, UP Diliman)
*Dizon, Josefina T. (PhD Community Development, UPLB)
*Espaldon, Maria Victoria O. (Ph.D. Geography, University of Guelph, Canada)
*Flavier, Maxima (PhD Agricultural Chemistry, UPLB; Post Doctoral Studies, University of Tokyo)
*Florece, Leonardo M. (PhD Fire Management, University of New Brunswick, Canada)
*Galapate, Ritchelita P. (Doctor of Engineering/Environmental Science, Hiroshima University)
*Gonzales, Juan Carlos T. (MS Zoology, UPLB)
*Gruezo, William SM (PhD Plant Systematics, University of Alberta, Canada)
*Habito, Consuelo, DL (PhD Geomatics Engineering, University of Melbourne)
*Hilomen, Vincent V. (PhD Marine Biology, James Cook University, Australia)
*Javier, Aser B. (PhD International Development Administration, Nagoya University)
*Lamug, Corazon B. (PhD Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
*Lansigan, Felino P. (PhD Hydrology and Water Resources, Colorado State University)
*Lapitan, Portia G. (PhD Agriculture, Seoul National University)
*Macandog, Damasa M. (PhD Botany, University of New England, Australia)
*Migo, Veronica P. (PhD Agricultural Chemistry, UPLB)
*Mitchlik, Lilibeth A. (M. Economics and Politics of Development, University of Cambridge; Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of Bonn)
*Ong, Susan A. (MS Landscape Architecture, University of Melbourne)
*Ocampo, Mimosa C. (PhD Development Studies, Nagoya University)
*Pacardo, Enrique P. (PhD Environmental Plant Physiology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland)
*Palis, Florencia G. (PhD Anthropology, UP Diliman)
*Paningbatan, Eduardo P. (PhD Soil Science, University of California, Davis)
*Peralta, Eleno O. (PhD Forestry, UPLB)
*Primavera, Jurgenne H. (PhD Marine Science, UP Diliman)
*Rapera, Corazon B. (PhD Forest Economics, Virginia Tech)
*Rebancos, Carmelita M. (PhD Extension Education, UPLB)
*Rola, Agnes O. (PhD Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
*Rola, Walfredo R. (PhD Land Resources, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
*Sajise, Percy E. (PhD Plant Ecology, Cornell University)
*Sanchez, Fernando C., Jr. (PhD Landscape Architecture, University of Tokyo)
*Sumalde, Zenaida M. (PhD Agricultural Economics, UPLB)
*Tapay, Nenita P. (Ph.D. Sociology, Colorado State University)
*Velasco, Luis Rey I. (PhD Entomology, University of Queensland; UPLB Chancellor)
*Yorobe, Jose M. (PhD Agricultural Economics, UPLB)
*Zaparalla, Macrina (PhD Environmental Science, UP Diliman)
*Zamora, Oscar B. (PhD Crop Physiology/Agricultural Systems, University of Queensland)

Degree Programs

*PhD Environmental Science
*MS Environmental Science

References

* [http://www.uplb.edu.ph/sesam School of Environmental Science and Management]
* [http://www.uplb.edu.ph/sesam/1250 Profile of SESAM Graduate Faculty]
* University of the Philippines, Los Baños