Researchers

Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center


Research Field:
Environmental Governance in Solid Waste Management (SWM), Upgrading the Informal Sector in SWM, 3R Policy in Southeast and East Asia

• Environmental Governance in Waste Management through Participation: Recent Initiatives in Asian Countries, paper presented during the ASEAN Barometer Conference 2011, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2011.
• Benefits and Strategies to Improve the Condition of the Informal Sector in Waste Management, published in the Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan, Vol. 31 (2): 62-83, Autumn 2010.
• Shifting from Informal to Formal Recycling: An Analysis, paper presented during the Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP) Conference 2010, “Promoting Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Asia”, Bayview Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines, 23-24 November 2010.
• Industrial Standards for Recycled Goods in Japan and Southeast Asian Countries (Kojima, M. and V. Atienza), in Kojima, ed. 3R Policies for Southeast and East Asia (ERIA Research Project 2009 No. 10), pp. 216-234
• Environmental Governance in the Context of 3R: Lessons from the Philippine Experience, paper presented during the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Seminar, “Implementation of 3R: Lesson Learned from Asian Countries”, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia, 1 March 2010.
• "Environmental Governance: In Search of Sound Solid Waste Management Strategies,” Ph.D. Thesis, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies Doctoral Program, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, March 2009, 317p.
• Breakthroughs in Solid Waste Management: Lessons from Selected Municipality and Barangay in the Philippines, published in the Asian Review of Public Administration (ARPA), Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA), Quezon City, Vol. XX (1-2): 82-98, January-December 2008. It was also presented during the EROPA Seminar 2008, “Governance in a Triptych: Environment, Migration, Peace and Order”, 23-35 October 2008, Manila, Philippines (the draft version was posted at the EROPA website, http://www.eropa.org.ph/conferences/conference-seminar.php).
• "A breakthrough in solid waste management through participation and community mobilization: the experience of Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines," Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Oita-ken, Japan, XXIV: 17-34, March 2008.
• (Co-editor, with D. Cabral and E. Cardona). R&D Status and Directions (2000 and Beyond): Mangroves. Los Baños, Laguna: PCARRD-DOST, 2004, 29p.
• (Co-editor, with L. America and E. Cardona). R&D Status and Directions (2000 and beyond): Protected Areas and Wildlife. Los Baños, Laguna: PCARRD-DOST, 2003, 40p.
• (Co-editor, with M. Siladan and E. Cardona). R&D Status and Directions (2000 and Beyond): Wood Production Forest. Los Baños, Laguna: PCARRD-DOST, 2003, 31p.
• (Co-editor, with R. Dimla and K. Feliciano). R&D Status and Directions (2000 and Beyond): Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs. Los Baños, Laguna: PCARRD-DOST, 2003, 45p.
• (Co-editor, with F. Baradas and K. Feliciano). R&D Status and Directions (2000 and Beyond): Minor Forest Plants. Los Baños, Laguna: PCARRD-DOST, 2003, 39p.
• "A study of participatory approach to agricultural development: The case of the samahan ng mga likas-kayang magsasaka in Infanta, Inc. (SALIKAMI), Infanta, Quezon," Master's Field Study, Institute of Development Management and Governance, College of Public Affairs, UPLB, March 2002, 89p.

Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines
Association of Filipino Students in Japan
Forestry and Natural Resources Research Society of the Philippines, Inc.
Philippine Society for the Study of Nature, Inc.