24/08/2026
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BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar โFourth-year Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES) students of Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) presented research proposals addressing key environmental and disaster-related concerns in Eastern Samar during their Thesis Proposal Presentation on August 24, 2026.
Held at Room 73, BACOMM Building, and the Chemistry Laboratory, Home Science Building, ESSU, the activity carried the theme โResilience Through Informed Action.โ
Six proposals were presented throughout the day, covering ecological solid waste management, flood vulnerability, disaster response, evacuation decisions, communal water quality, and seagrass conservation.
The first study, by Mahrionne Lexx Ferreras, Fretzyl Ann Plata, and Jean Berlie Viscayda, examined household participation in ecological solid waste management in Borongan City using the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
This was followed by the proposal of Mary Grace Bernal, Jan Tristan Brozas, and Lemuel Jade Obon flood vulnerability in selected communities within the Lo-om River Basin.
Karla Antonette Alde, Alberto Gayo, and Analiza Lapisura presented a study on disaster response and the socioeconomic impacts of Typhoon Ambo-induced flooding in Arteche, Eastern Samar.
In the afternoon, Phoebe Joy Amos presented a proposal examining how risk communication, risk perception, and spatial context influence evacuation decisions in San Policarpo, Eastern Samar.
Meanwhile, Kerwin Benidect Rapis and Kasmen Rosauro proposed a study on household water utilization, consumption patterns, and hydro-microbial quality mapping of communal water sources in selected barangays of Homonhon Island.
The final presentation, by Jun Bic Ayan Gella and Ejay Miller, focused on seagrass cover change, species diversity, and community participation in seagrass conservation and management in selected coastal areas of Homonhon, Guiuan.
Serving as thesis panel members and advisers were Associate Professor Edgar I. Peque; Assistant Professor Marciano B. Cadalin; Associate Professor Riomar G. Obliopas; Associate Professor Lylah Daisy Acorin; Assistant Professor Rebecca A. Corre; and Assistant Professor Aljon Victor G. Nibalvos.
The panel provided technical comments and recommendations to help strengthen the studentsโ research objectives, methodologies, and overall study designs before field implementation.
Beyond being an academic requirement, the proposal presentation demonstrated how environmental science research can respond directly to community concerns involving waste, water, flooding, disaster risk, and coastal ecosystem management.
True to its theme, โResilience Through Informed Action,โ the activity underscored the role of locally grounded research in producing evidence that can support better environmental management and more resilient communities in Eastern Samar.
