Integrated Natural Resources
and Environment Management

UPLB INREM

Dr. Asa Jose U. Sajise
ASA JOSE U. SAJISE, PhD
Dr. ASA JOSE U. SAJISE is a Professor at the Department of Economics, College of Economics and Management, UPLB. His fields of interest include natural resource and environmental economics, bio-economic modeling, environmental valuation, applied econometrics, impact evaluation. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the UPLB. His degrees in Master of Science and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics were both obtained from the University of California-Berkeley.

Projects

Completed
Action Ready Climate Knowledge to Improve Disaster Risk Management for Smallholder Farmers in the Philippines
Improve the value of information flows between PAGASA and key decision makers involved in managing climate and weather risk of small holder farmers
Ongoing
Re-INVEST WPS Project 2
This project is one of the components of the research program entitled "Resource Inventory, Valuation and Policy in Ecosystem Services under Threat (Re-INVEST): The Case of the West Philippine Sea" which will focus on developing physical and monetary accounts using exchange and welfare values for coastal resources and ecosystem services, and shall also demonstrate the use of physical and monetary accounts for policy-making and decision analysis.
Ongoing
APN-Albay
This project will provide maps of vulnerabilities and risks of the province based on different scenarios. Impacts of forest fragmentation in relation to multi-hazard vulnerability including the complications of Covid-19 will be investigated.
Completed
Valuing Bio-resources and Recreational Services for Access and Benefit Sharing an Payment for Ecosystem Services: The Case of Bataan National Park
Assess the economic benefits of bio-resources, recreational ecosystem services, and passive use values in Bataan National Park to develop policy options for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) and payment for ecosystem services (PES) mechanisms.