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The members of Negros Sericulture Farmers Association headed by Project Manager Shigemi Watanabe are busy showcasing their silk products within and outside the Philippines. The organic silk fibers dyed using natural colors extracted from plant roots, tree barks, flowers and fruits woven by the locals and become scarves, bags and barongs (garments often use in formal gatherings) are available and on a regular display in the showroom at OISCA Bago Training Center. 

OISCA International Malaysian Chapter (OIMC) in collaboration with MARA-OISCA Japanese Language Center organized a three-day environmental education program for the kindergarten and elementary school students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dr. Akira Miyawaki, vegetation ecologist expert and Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University graced the tree planting ceremony organized by Sukabumi Training Center and sponsored by Mitsubishi Corporation at OISCA’s project site in Mt. Gede Pangrango National Park in West Java, Indonesia. 

OISCA has been participating in The Green Wave all over the world since 2009. This year 2011, the International Year of Forests and the starting year of United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, over 14,000 children and adults at 105 OISCA sites in 13 countries have taken part in the campaign.