Two researches under the FishACT Project were presented on the First National Conference on Research in Climate Change and Variability held last September 27, 2012 at Traders Hotel Manila, Pasay City. Research enthusiasts from National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Climate Change Commission (CCC), Manila Observatory, UP-PGH, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Philippines participated on the said event. One of two climate-related research entries from NFRDI entitled “Trend Analysis of Philippine Fisheries Catch and Seasonality with Oceanic Niño Index” by Al Jayson G. Songcuan, Dennis Tanay, Noel C. Barut, and Dr. Mudjekeewis D. Santos, has been awarded as Best Scientific Poster under the category of Water, Energy, and Engineering. Dr. Rodel D. Lasco, Chair of Task force on Climate Change, exhorted “the first national conference on research in climate change is a major step in harnessing the potential of the Philippine scientific community to do its share in preparing our people to a much different climate in the future.” The conference is envisioned to become the most important scientific meeting on climate change in the country since the Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. It will be held annually by the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST-PHL) on the last Thursday of September, the week that super typhoon Ondoy struck the country. Photos by: Jess M. Escaros Jr.
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