Dr Juan M. Pulhin is full Professor and former Dean of the College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines. He also holds the highest rank of UP Scientist III since 2011 in recognition of his scholarly outputs and international scientific standing. He was a four-time Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo and a Visiting Scholar at the Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Professor Pulhin is also a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines and the Regional Coordinator for Asia of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). He is a recipient/co-recipient of numerous national and international awards foremost of which was his contribution to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Award shared by the members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. He earned his PhD degree in Geographical Sciences from The Australian National University.
Projects
Bridging academic researchers and vulnerable island communities in the Philippines: Enhancing capacities for climate and disaster risk management of low-income municipalities in Batanes, Philippines
Building the technical expertise of LGUs for the robust implementation of Ridge to Reef approach (watershed ecosystem approach) to local and provincial land use and development planning in the Philippines
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies – Kansai Research Centre (IGES-KRC) Joint Scoping Activity on Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere (R-CES)
Resilience-building and future-proofing strategies in a multi-stressed scenario in the province of Albay, Philippines
Enhancing climate risk resilience through human security development and capacity building in the province of Aurora, Philippines
Assessing community risk insurance initiatives and identifying enabling policy and institutional factors for maximizing climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction benefits from risk insurance
Integrating CCA, DRR and L+D to Address Emerging Challenges due to Slow Onset Processes
Capacity Development on Integration of Science and Local Knowledge for Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability Assessments
Recent work
Visualizing the cascading impacts of multi-hazards in three selected barangays in the Quinali A Watershed, Albay, Philippines
Land cover change and its associated impacts on landscape fragmentation and flood exposure in Quinali A Watershed, Albay, the Philippines
Multi-hazard probability assessment in Quinali A Watershed, Albay, Philippines
Fostering the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere approach to translate global goals into local actions: Lessons from national scoping workshops in ASEAN countries
Final Report: CBA2021-05MY-Pulhin
Fostering the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere Approach to Translate Global Goals into Local Actions – Lessons from National Scoping Workshops in ASEAN Countries
Project final report: AOA2020-01-RCES
National policies and programs on climate change and disaster risks that address human security
