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UNACOMODELI

UNESCO - Philippine National Commission (UNACOM) Online and Digital Enabling Library and Index

The UNESCO - Philippine National Commission Online and Digital Enabling Library and Index (UNACOMODELI) aims to support UNESCO’s core mission of building peace in the minds of the people through education, science, culture, and communication.

The UNACOM Online and Digital Enabling Library and Index is developed to advance the mutual knowledge and understanding, and encourage cooperation among the nations in all branches of intellectual activity, such as the exchange of publications, objects of artistic and scientific interest, and other materials of information. UNACOMODELI will serve as UNESCO - Philippine National Commission’s institutional memory and a source of high-quality information on UNESCO - Philippine National Commission's intellectual activities (in education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information). The ultimate goal is to share knowledge and to transmit it to future generations.

Particularly, it aims to:

  • Provide online access to UNESCO - Philippine National Commission publications, documents, and other materials.
  • Index and promote UNESCO - Philippine National Commission-sponsored and -collaborative publications, and national committee members' and partner agencies’ publications, reports, policies, laws, legislations, articles, and other materials.
  • Gather and index materials in the country that support UN Sustainable Development Goals, address the Ocean Decade challenges, and build capacity in the identification, inventorying, and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage.

The UNACOMODELI collections include UNESCO and UNESCO - Philippine National Commission publications, speeches, press releases, capacity building materials, UNESCO - Philippine National Commission-sponsored publications, and other publications of interest to UNESCO.

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Initiatives in Philippine Coastal Management: An Overview
Uychiaoco, A. J.; Alino, P. M.; Dantis, A. L. (Informa UK Limited, 2000-01)
Standardized and free-format questionnaires on the state of coastal management were fielded to coastal management practitioners during three workshops and a national feedback and recommendation workshop. The most commonly cited responses were identified for each of 13 political regions and overall trends were identified. Management frameworks frequently included research, community organizing, education, livelihood, resource enhancement, resource protection, regulation, and networking components. Gender issues, documentation, and infrastructure investment were rare. The most commonly perceived environmental problem was illegal/ destructive fishing and its associated overfishing and low fish catch. The most commonly cited socioeconomic problem was the inadequacy of law enforcement. The best monitored variables were usually those related to environmental management: status and change of habitats, resources, and degree of enforcement/patrolling activities. The most common nonregulatory enhancement, aside from environmental education (which is the most popular), was mangrove reforestation. In terms of regulations, the majority of the respondents have reportedly formulated an integrated coastal management plan. In practice, regulating destructive and illegal fishing practices and then the establishment of fish sanctuaries are the next most implemented. The most popular quality-of-life enhancement strategies focused on the improvement of sustainable fishing as a livelihood and on a variety of supplementary livelihoods. The most usual institutional intervention being implemented was the setting up of local community people's organizations. Major factors which may influence success or failure of coastal management and recommendations on research, community organizing and livelihood, legislation and policies, implementation and coordination, and networking are also summarized.
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Cloning and characterization of a nuclear gene encoding a starch-branching enzyme from the marine red alga Gracilaria gracilis
Lluisma, A. O.; Ragan, M. A. (Springer, 1998-08-27)
The biosynthesis of starch in red algae occurs in the cytosol, in contrast to green plants where it takes place in the plastid. We have cloned a nuclear gene from the red alga Gracilaria gracilis that encodes a homolog of starch-branching enzymes (SBEs); this gene, which is apparently intron-free, was designated as GgSBE1. A potential TATA box, CAAT boxes, and other potential regulatory elements were observed in its 5′ flanking region. The encoded 766-aa peptide shares significant sequence similarity with SBEs from green plants (at least 40%), and with glycogen-branching enzymes (GBEs) from human (46%) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (45%). Southern-hybridization analysis indicates that the gene is single-copy, although weaker signals suggest that related genes exist in the genome of G. gracilis. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that GgSBE1 groups within the eukaryote branching enzymes (BEs) and not with eubacterial GBEs, suggesting that its gene has not been derived directly from an endosymbiotic cyanobacterium, but instead is ancestrally eukaryotic.
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