Special Issue, November 2013
Biography: Leonardo Legaspi Co
(1953-2010)
Education
BS Botany, University of the Philippines. June 2008.
High School diploma, The Philippine Cultural High
School, Caloocan Branch, 1971
Research Interest
Taxonomy of Philippine Vascular Plants, Forest
Ecology, Medicinal Plants, native forest
restoration, biodiversity conservation
education
Professional Background
Lecturer: Institute of Biology, College of Science,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon
City. Teaching Biology 115 (Taxonomy of
Higher Vascular Plants).
Senior Botanist, Biodiversity Analysis, Synthesis and
Monitoring Unit, Conservation International-
Philippines from July 1996 - August 2009.
Principal Investigator, Palanan Forest Dynamics Plot
Project, Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park,
Palanan, Isabela, from January 2000 - November
14 2010.
This 16-hectare biodiversity research facility
is a collaborative venture between Conservation
International (CI), the Center for Tropical
Forest Science of the Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard
University, and the Institute of Biology,
University of the Philippines.
Field Botanist, Conservation International-Philippines
from January 1991-December 1992.
Adjunct curator, Herbarium, Institute of Biology, College
of Science, University of the Philippines
from January 1990 - November 2010.
Researcher, Medicinal Plants of the Cordillera Region
book project. CHESTCORE, Baguio City,
from July 1981 - December 1989.
This project culminated in the publication of
a resource book for community-based health
programs in the Cordillera region (see under
Publications heading below) in 1989.
Research Assistant, “Inventory of Endangered, Rare,
Vanishing, and Economically Important Species
of Philippine Flora and Fauna” Project,
UP Natural Science Research Center-Ministry
of Natural Resources (UPNSRC-MNR) from
August 1976 - July 1981.
