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Mapping and Quantification of Habitat Fragmentation in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary: A Preliminary Study in a Protected Wetland of the Philippines (MaHFA Project)

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก! ๐ŸŠ๐ŸŒพLast ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, the MaHFA Project welcomed a new batch of yo...
01/04/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐„๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ. ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก! ๐ŸŠ๐ŸŒพ

Last ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, the MaHFA Project welcomed a new batch of young researchers through the official introduction of its Graduate and Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (GTSAs and UTSAs). Led by Project Leader Dr. Jess Jumawan, this milestone marks another important step in advancing the project โ€œMapping and Quantification of Habitat Fragmentation in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary: A Preliminary Study in a Protected Wetland of the Philippines.โ€

These dedicated student researchers are set to engage in landscape biodiversity and geospatial analysis, contributing meaningful insights into the wetland ecosystems of the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

The students were also introduced to the projectโ€™s strong collaborative network, which includes RCNASโ€“University of Santo Tomas, the National Museum of the Philippines, CCGeo, CSUโ€“Department of Biology, and BioComp. Through this partnership, research and conservation efforts continue to support the protection of one of the Philippinesโ€™ most important wetlands.

The future of conservation begins here. ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ท ๐’™ ๐‘ต๐‘น๐‘ช๐‘ท ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’†๐‘น ๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’ŽWeโ€™re happy to share a milestone for the BIOCOMP Research Team!The Department of ...
31/03/2026

๐‘ฉ๐‘ฐ๐‘ถ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ด๐‘ท ๐’™ ๐‘ต๐‘น๐‘ช๐‘ท ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’†๐‘น ๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’Ž

Weโ€™re happy to share a milestone for the BIOCOMP Research Team!

The Department of Biology, Caraga State University is grateful to the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) for the opportunity to be part of the ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐‘ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ.

A proud moment for us, our very own ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ง served as a mentor, guiding ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ from ๐Œ๐’๐”-๐ˆ๐ˆ๐“, ๐”๐๐‹๐, and ๐‚๐’๐”.

Even more special:
- BIOCOMPโ€“CSU was the ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง and
- ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ– ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ

This experience is more than recognitionโ€”itโ€™s a reminder that our team can share knowledge, build collaborations, and help shape the next generation of Filipino researchers.

Maraming salamat, NRCP, for the trust and this opportunity to grow with the research community across the country.

Padayon, BIOCOMP.

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assist ants (UTSAs) present their researc...
23/03/2026

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!

Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assist ants (UTSAs) present their research on vegetation diversity and structure in the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

๐ŸŒณ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐. ๐†๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐จ โ€“ Tree Assemblages in the Inundated Swamp Forest of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary: Composition, Abundance, and Diversity with Notes on Epiphytesโ€“Tree Association

๐ŸŒฟ ๐‰๐… ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“. ๐’๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ Assessment of Species Composition and Diversity of Shrubs in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

๐Ÿ“… March 26, 2026
โฐ 9:00 AM โ€“ 6:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ BH202, Caraga State University Main Campus

Come and support our young biologists as they share their research and contributions to plant diversity assessment, vegetation structure analysis, and ecological understanding of swamp forest ecosystems in Agusan Marsh.

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„! Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs) present their researc...
23/03/2026

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!

Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs) present their research on biodiversity, vegetation structure, and ethnomedicinal knowledge in the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

๐ŸŒฑ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ž ๐’. ๐†๐ž๐ฅ๐ข โ€“ Biodiversity and Ethnomedicinal Assessment of Aquatic Plants in Selected Herbaceous Swamp Habitats in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Agusan del Sur, Philippines

๐ŸŒฟ ๐€๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ง๐š โ€“ Diversity, RCE Inventory, and Vegetation Analysis of Riparian Habitats in Sabang Gibong, Talacogon, Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

๐ŸŒพ ๐˜๐ž๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ฒ๐ž ๐‹. ๐‚๐š๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ โ€“ Diversity, RCE Inventory, and Ethnomedicinal Assessment of Riparian Vegetation in La Flora, Talacogon, Agusan del Sur, Agusan Marsh, Philippines

๐Ÿ“… March 26, 2026
โฐ 9:00 AM โ€“ 6:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ BH202, Caraga State University Main Campus

Come and support our young biologists as they share their research and contributions to wetland biodiversity documentation, vegetation ecology, and local ethnobotanical knowledge of Agusan Marsh.

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistant (UTSA) presents his research on...
17/03/2026

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!

Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistant (UTSA) presents his research on bat diversity and ectoparasitic associations in the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

๐Ÿฆ‡ JOHN CLEFFORD J. CASTILLO JR. - Species Diversity and Ectoparasites of Bats in the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary

๐Ÿ“… March 23, 2026
โฐ 9:30 AM โ€“ 10:30 AM
๐Ÿ“ BH202, Caraga State University Main Campus

Come and support our young biologist as he shares his research and contributions to understanding bat diversity and hostโ€“parasite interactions in Agusan Marsh. See yaa!

17/03/2026
๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs) present their research...
16/03/2026

๐…๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‡๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐„๐๐’๐„!

Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs) present their research on water quality bioindicators and sanitation-related insect breeding sites in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

๐ŸŒ NATHANIEL R. MENDAJE โ€“ Macroinvertebrates and Coliform Count as Bioindicators of Water Quality in Selected Areas of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

๐ŸฆŸ SANDRINE P. CUNANAN โ€“ Association of Human Sanitation Practices with the Presence of Breeding Sites of Selected Dipteran Families (Culicidae and Muscidae) in Selected Communities Within and Adjacent to the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (AMWS), Talacogon, Agusan del Sur

๐Ÿ“… March 18, 2026
โฐ 4:00 PM โ€“ 6:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ BH202, Caraga State University Main Campus

Come and support our young biologists as they share their research and contributions to environmental science and community health in Agusan Marsh.

๐‘ฐ๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’, ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’š!The ๐Œ๐š๐‡๐…๐€ and ๐’๐–๐„๐€๐Œ๐Ÿ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก Projects, together with collaborators from the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š...
11/03/2026

๐‘ฐ๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’, ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’š!

The ๐Œ๐š๐‡๐…๐€ and ๐’๐–๐„๐€๐Œ๐Ÿ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก Projects, together with collaborators from the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ (๐”๐’๐“-๐‘๐‚๐๐€๐’) and the ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, visited three sampling areas in Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary during the wet season from March 2โ€“6, 2026.

During the survey, the team conducted field assessments of snails, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and macrophytes across the study sites. Drone flights were also carried out to document the marsh landscape and environmental conditions during the wet season.
These activities contribute to ongoing efforts to better understand the biodiversity and ecological dynamics of this important wetland ecosystem.

๐Ÿšจ UNDERGRADUATE THESIS DEFENSE ALERT! ๐ŸšจJoin us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs) pres...
06/03/2026

๐Ÿšจ UNDERGRADUATE THESIS DEFENSE ALERT! ๐Ÿšจ

Join us as the MaHFA Project Undergraduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs) present their research on the birds, frogs, and reptiles of the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

๐Ÿฆ‰ Shane Rhey D. Genon โ€“ Avifauna in the Fragmented Forest Habitats of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

๐Ÿธ Abijah Favor M. Ocate โ€“ Microhabitats of Anurans in the Fragmented Habitats of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

๐ŸฆŽ Israel Isaac B. Salo โ€“ Microhabitat Preference of Reptilian Fauna in the Fragmented Forests of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, Philippines

๐Ÿ“… March 9, 2026
โฐ 1:00 PM โ€“ 4:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ BH202, Caraga State University Main Campus

Come and support our young biologists as they share their research and contributions to biodiversity and conservation! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿธ๐ŸฆŽ See you there!

๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ ๐‘ญ๐‘ถ๐‘น ๐‘ผ๐‘ป๐‘บ๐‘จ๐’” ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ป๐‘บ๐‘จ๐’”(Undergraduate and Graduate Thesis Student Assistants)The DOST NRCP-funded project โ€œ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ...
06/02/2026

๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ ๐‘ญ๐‘ถ๐‘น ๐‘ผ๐‘ป๐‘บ๐‘จ๐’” ๐‘จ๐‘ต๐‘ซ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ป๐‘บ๐‘จ๐’”
(Undergraduate and Graduate Thesis Student Assistants)

The DOST NRCP-funded project โ€œ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐š๐›๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ: ๐€ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€ is seeking motivated Undergraduate and Graduate Thesis Student Assistants (UTSAs and GTSAs) from the following programs:
โ€ข ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ
โ€ข ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐จ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ (๐„๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ)

๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ:
โ€ข Wetland Biodiversity, Computational Ecology, and Hydrobiology โ€“ 3 slots (BS Biology), 4 slots (MS Biology)
โ€ข Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) โ€“ 1 slot (BS Geodetic Engineering)

๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐”๐“๐’๐€๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐“๐’๐€๐ฌ:
โ€ข Pre-identified thesis topics
โ€ข Access to research sites within Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, including field and laboratory support
โ€ข Certificate of participation

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ:
Send the following documents via email to ๐ฆ๐š๐Ÿ๐ก๐š@๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ.๐ž๐๐ฎ.๐ฉ๐ก
and ๐œ๐œ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‡. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ง (๐ฃ๐ก๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ง@๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ.๐ž๐๐ฎ.๐ฉ๐ก):
โ€ข Letter of Intent
โ€ข Curriculum Vitae
โ€ข Certificate of Registration (COR)
โ€ข College Permanent Records

Be part of this exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in biodiversity research, fieldwork, and laboratory studies at the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

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