The Role of Rainforestation in Forest Landscape Restoration and Conservation in the Island Municipality of Pilar, Camotes, Cebu

To commemorate the 24th anniversary of the establishment of Visayas State University’s Institute of Tropical Ecology and Environmental Management (ITEEM) (ELTI’s partner in the Philippines), the institute launched a book titled "The Role of Rainforestation in Forest Landscape Restoration and Conservation in the Island Municipality of Pilar, Camotes, Cebu." Rainforestation is a strategy for forest restoration and degraded land rehabilitation that focuses on the use of native tree species to deliver an array of economic and ecological goods and services. The book is co-authored by ELTI alumni and partners, Dr. Marlito Bande and Dr. Guiraldo Fernandez, Jr., and is the result of a three-year study on environmental management in the municipality of Pilar with support from Dr. David Neidel (World Agroforestry-ELTI), the local government unit of Pilar (when ELTI alumnus Eufracio Maratas, Jr. served as mayor), and Visayas State University.