As a licensed forester, extension specialist and affiliate faculty member, his expertise and advocacies are on ecotourism and conservation education as strategies in protecting key biodiversity areas like the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, especially when he became the Director of the Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (2012-present) and Deputy Director of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (2008-2011), both under the College of Forestry and Natural Resources.

He has been working with the Los Baños Science Community as chair of its Tourism Committee, and has served the Los Baños local government unit since 2001, first as a technical adviser on tourism and later, as member of the Los Baños Tourism Council. He is credited for conceptualizing Bañamos Festival, the town’s annual foundation celebration, and SyenSaya: Los Baños Science Festival. He is the Vice President of the Laguna Tourism Council and sits as a member of the CALABARZON Regional Ecotourism Committee. (Text by: UPLB OPR)