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FPITC 2024 Groundbreaking

Construction of a PHP 7.6 million Forest Products Innovation and Training Center (FPITC) is underway at the Department of Forest Science (DFS) Nursery Compound of VSU to boost local forest products-based industries and communities in the Visayas region.

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Dr. Dennis P. Peque, a professor and former dean of the VSU College of Forestry and Environmental Science (CFES), is hailed as an Outstanding Professional Forester for Region VIII by the Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. (SFFI).

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PH KBAs

To conserve different species from extinction, VSU sent two Visayan flora and biodiversity experts to participate in the second national workshop on updating the Philippine key biodiversity areas (KBAs) or identified marine and terrestrial sites where organisms inhabit.

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VSU Herbarium

Not only a part of the registered Philippine herbaria, VSU Botanic Garden Herbarium is also listed in the worldwide index of herbaria, which is the Index Herbariorum.

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uGREAT 2024

Fourteen plant protection majors from the agriculture program and one chemistry student are selected as recipients of the Undergraduate Research and Education Assistantship for Technology (uGREAT) Program initiated by the Department of Science and Technology—Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD).

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