PROFILE

For. Karl Abelard Villegas

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Management and Development Studies

University of the Philippines Open University

  • Bachelor of Science in Forestry, University of the Philippines Los Banos
  • Master of Science in Resource Management, The University of Edinburgh
  • Master in Innovation and Business (candidate), Asian Institute of Management

  • Ecosystem Restoration
  • Sustainable Forest Management
  • Forestry Innovation Systems
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Nature-based Solutions

  • Villegas, K.A.L.  FAO Philippines Newsletter (2017 Issue 2).  Enhancing the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the Philippines. p9.
  • Villegas, K.A.L.  FAO Philippines Newsletter (2017 Issue 2).  Philippines forest sector agrees to roadmap to improve forest law enforcement, governance and trade. p11.
  • Villegas, K.A.L. FAO Philippines Newsletter (2017 Issue 1). Strengthening forest law enforcement, governance and trade in the Philippines. p11.

  • Speaker, Going Native: Challenges and Opportunities in Philippine Native Tree Species Utilization; 2023 World Wood Day Online Symposium & The Fifth IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium; 21-22 March 2023
  • Resource Person, Going Native: Challenges, opportunities and ways of engaging women in forestry development and native tree planting in the Philippines; Seminar on Advancing Gender Equality, Sustainability and Inclusive Society: Role of Permaculture, Community Forest Development and Native Trees as Sustainable Based Livelihoods in the Philippines; University of the Philippines Open University; Los Baños, Laguna; 21 March 2023
  • Session Moderator, Innovating Technologies in eLearning; 7th National Conference on Open and Distance eLearning (NCODEL) 2022: Reimagining Education Futures; University of the Philippines Open University; Los Baños, Laguna; 23-25 November 2022
  • Resource Person, FAO’s Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) related initiatives in Southeast Asia; Advances in science, practice and policy to inform FLR and improve outcomes; International Conference on Forest and Landscape Restoration: Making It Happen; University of the Sunshine Coast and Visayas State University; New World Makati Hotel, Makati City; 25-27 February 2019
  • Resource Person, The FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme; 2018 SFFI National Conference: Forestry Recalibrated; Society of Filipino Foresters, Inc. (SFFI); Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 25-27 October 2018
  • Speaker, The FAO-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme; Awareness Seminar on Wood Legality, Forest Certification and Sustainable Forest Management; Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Forest Management Bureau and the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc.; SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City; 8 March 2018
  • Resource Speaker, FAO’s Mainstreaming Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure in the Philippines; National Land Summit: Forging Stronger Alliances, Bridging Networks; Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Land Management Bureau; Manila Hotel, Manila City; 17 January 2018

  • ENRM 233 Rehabilitation of Marginal and Degraded Areas
  • ENRM 235 Upland Ecosystem Management
  • ENRM 282 Environmental Research Methods
  • ENRM 290 Special Problem 

  • Master of Environment and Natural Resources Management (MENRM) Program 

  • Research Fellowship, Louwes Fund – Research on Water and Food, Leiden and Oxford Universities. 2007

  • Conservation International – World Agroforestry Centre Biodiversity Hotspot Alliance Seed Fund. 2007

  • Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund, Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies. 2003

  • Member, FMDS Task Force on UPOU Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Innovation Hub
  • Program Development Associate, MENRM Program
  • FMDS Representative, University Library Board