MOUNT Makiling has always been my favorite escape from the chaos of Metro Manila, offering serenity in a tropical forest just two hours away. This mountain has been a significant part of my ...

MANILA, Philippines—He spent 25 years patrolling and protecting the enchanted Mt. Makiling but in the end, this forest guard was unable to protect himself from an assassin’s bullet. Elpidio ...

The UPAA Maria Makiling Foundation Inc., dedicated to the protection and conservation of Mt. Makiling in the Laguna-Batangas area, will conduct a tree-planting activity on Oct. 19, 7:30 a.m. to ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — The Mt. Makiling watershed development program has received support from the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

• The Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve covers 4,244 hectares of land in the towns of Los Baños and Bay, and Calamba City in Laguna province and Sto. Tomas City in Batangas province. It is divided into ...

MOUNT Makiling has always been my favorite escape from the chaos of Metro Manila, offering serenity in a tropical forest just two hours away. This mountain has been a significant part of my outdoor ...

Mt. Makiling is only the 33rd Asean Heritage Park and with its addition, the Philippines now has five. The others are the Mt. Apo Natural Park, ...

The Mt. Makiling Trail and botanical garden at the University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños in Laguna are now open to the public after its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Oscar ...

LAGUNA, Philippines – Mt Makiling, a key biodiversity hotspot and popular hiking destination, was named the 33rd ASEAN Heritage Park on Thursday, October 3.

GEOTHERMAL energy leader Energy Development Corp. (EDC) recently organized a two-day Binhi Tree Encounter and Knowledge Sharing on Mount Makiling in Los Baños, Laguna, to help its partners ...

MARATHONERS and fun runners will have a chance to test their running skills in an undulating race course in Mount Makiling during the Second Asean Biodiversity Run (BIORUN) on September 26 in Los ...

LAGUNA, Philippines – Some P17,000 – that is the price for Maria Makiling’s trees. An estimate of 300 trees, ranging from saplings to half-a-century-old kapok trees (Ceiba pentandra), were ...