RESEARCH CENTERS

Integrated Coastal Resource Management

                           i.          Biodiversity assessment and enhancement

                          ii.          Reproductive Biology

                        iii.          Climate Change impacts, mitigation and adaptation

                        iv.          Resource Utilization and Ecosystem impacts

                         v.          Fishery technology and alternative livelihood

                        vi.          IEC networking in conservation works

                      vii.          Socio Economics

           viii.          Eco – Tourism

Center for Limnological and Mariculture Studies 

                           i.          Biodiversity

                          ii.          Management and Conservation

                        iii.          Monitoring and Evaluation

                        iv.          Socio-cultural and Economic Studies

                         v.          Materials Production and Dissemination

                        vi.          Monitoring and Evaluation of Marine Areas

                      vii.          Water Dynamic, Socio-Economic and Cultural Activities

                     viii.          Biogeography and location Mapping for Mariculture Activities

                        ix.          Aquaculture Development Linkages

                         x.          Mariculture Studies pf Marine flora and fauna using Environment Friendly Technologies

            xi.          IEC Material Production and Dissemination

Biodiversity, Environment, and Natural Resources Research Center

                           i.          Biodiversity

1.     Single and Multispecies Studies

2.     Climate Change impacts

3.     Ecosystem Dynamics, others

                         ii.          Environmental Studies

1.     Assessment and Impact Studies

2.     Pollution Monitoring

a.     Coastal Environment

b.     River System

c.     Agro-ecological Systems

d.     Urban Ecosystems

                       iii.          Natural Resources Management and Utilization

1.     Forest & Plantation Establishment

2.     Nursery and Plant Propagation Techniques

3.     Sustainable Use of Timber and Non-Timber Products

4.     Marketing of Forest Products, others

                       iv.          Social Science Investigations

1.     Governance Issues in Conservation

2.     Livelihood Studies in Forest & Upland Communities

3.     Gender Roles in Conservation

Conservation Education, others

Biotechnology Research Center 

                           I.          Agriculture Biotechnology

1.     Crop Science

a.     Tolerance to Environment

b.     Stress

c.     Biosynthesis at the Molecular Level

d.     Gene Transformation

e.     Gene Mapping

f.       Fermentation and IMO

2.     Animal Science

a.     Molecular Biology of Reproductive Maturation

b.     Nutrition and Health Management

c.     Genetic Improvement

                         II.          Bio-Resource Technology

a.     Pre-Pilot scale Production of Commercially Valuable Bio-Products

b.     Taxonomy of Plants, Animals and Microorganism specially Fungi and Nematodes

c.     Developing throughout Biological Assays

d.     Natural Products

                       III.          Food Biotechnology

a.     Upgrade the Processing, Preservation and Quality of Fermented Food

b.     Food Safety and Risk Assessment

c.     Food chemistry

d.     Starter Culture Technology

                      IV.          Natural Resource Engineering

a.     Evaluation of Land and Water Usage on Soil and Water Quality

Development of Prediction Models