National Forestry Olympiad

It showcases the skills in surveying, mensuration, dendrology, and wood identification of the country’s top forestry students. These students also compete in a quiz on forestry and environment. NFO was launched in 1994 and is done every two years at the UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources. The NFO is more than just a battle of the brains and skills of the country’s brightest students of

forestry and related programs. It also promotes linkages among forestry students nationwide and builds upon the higher sense of environmentalism and commitment for the conservation and sustainable management of the country’s forest and natural resources. Moreover, NFO participants are lectured about recent developments in forestry, especially on instrumentation. Added benefit for the participants is seeing the country’s center of forestry education and research, and other agencies situated in the folkloric Mount Makiling. The NFO is organized by the UP Zeta Beta Rho Honor Fraternity and UP Mussaenda Honor Sorority. It is endorsed/ supported by UPLB; and various government offices and non-government organizations, and private businesses, particularly those working in the field of forestry administration, management, and research.