Crown Institute for Agarwood Science, Art, and Sustainable Enterprise (CI-ASASE)
To establish, operate, and maintain a scientific, cultural, and enterprise development institute dedicated to the study, propagation, sustainable utilization, and value-adding of agarwood (Aquilaria) and other high-value perfumery and forestry species; to conduct research and development in biotechnology, tissue culture, organogenesis, breeding, resin-induction, and supercritical extraction; to provide training, technical services, and capacity-building programs for farmers, artisans, entrepreneurs, and partner communities; to develop, manufacture, and commercialize agarwood-based products including oils, chips, incense, and artisanal creations; and to promote sustainable, ethical, and traceable agarwood industries through education, innovation, cultural preservation, and market-driven enterprise initiatives.
A. Science & Research-Focused Primary Purpose
To engage in scientific research, biotechnology development, and laboratory services related to the cultivation, propagation, chemical analysis, and sustainable production of agarwood and Aquilaria species, including tissue culture, organogenesis, resin induction, and essential oil extraction, and to disseminate research outputs through training, certification, publications, and technical extension programs.
B. Enterprise-Focused Primary Purpose
To develop and commercialize high-value agarwood products through sustainable plantation management, advanced resin-induction technologies, and artisanal manufacturing, and to provide consulting, certification, and technical services to agarwood growers, processors, and traders.
C. Cultural & Creative Industries-Focused Primary Purpose
To preserve, promote, and advance the cultural, artistic, and heritage applications of agarwood by supporting artisans, producing handcrafted incense and cultural products, and conducting education programs, workshops, and exhibitions rooted in traditional and contemporary agarwood arts.
D. Full Integrated Purpose (Science + Enterprise + Culture)
To function as an integrated center for agarwood science, art, and sustainable enterprise by conducting biotechnology and plantation research, offering farmer and artisan training, producing perfumery and cultural products, managing traceable plantations, and promoting ethical, sustainable, and globally competitive agarwood value chains.
Secondary Purpose
- To establish, operate, and maintain research laboratories, nurseries, greenhouses, demonstration farms, and agroforestry facilities necessary for scientific studies, propagation, inoculation, and field trials of Aquilaria and other perfumery and forestry species.
- To design, develop, produce, and commercialize proprietary technologies, products, formulas, and methodologies, including but not limited to: tissue culture protocols, organogenesis systems, resin-induction technologies, botanical extracts, essential oils, aroma compounds, and organic fertilizers.
- To engage in the manufacture, processing, blending, bottling, packaging, and distribution of agarwood-based goods, including essential oils, incense, fragrance products, handicrafts, value-added derivatives, and related natural wellness products.
- To provide consulting, technical advisory, field extension services, and plantation management solutions to farmers, cooperatives, private companies, communities, and government agencies engaged in agarwood cultivation, resin induction, extraction, or product development.
- To offer local and international training programs, seminars, workshops, conferences, publications, certification programs, and educational services, including digital courses and continuing education modules related to agarwood science, agroforestry, creative industries, sustainability, and enterprise development.
- To collaborate with academic institutions, government agencies, NGOs, indigenous communities, cooperatives, and private enterprises for research partnerships, technology transfer, livelihood programs, and sustainable development initiatives.
- To promote and support cultural heritage, artistic expression, and creative industry development related to agarwood, including artisan training, workshops, exhibitions, cultural research, and the development of heritage-based products.
- To acquire, lease, operate, and manage land, facilities, equipment, laboratories, workshops, plantations, and properties necessary for the advancement of the Institute’s objectives, subject to compliance with applicable laws.
- To import, export, buy, sell, distribute, and trade raw materials, equipment, laboratory supplies, agricultural inputs, agarwood chips, oils, and finished products, subject to DENR, CITES, BOC, and other regulatory requirements.
- To engage in scientific testing, quality assurance, chemical profiling, standardization, and certification services, including GC-MS, FTIR, and sensory evaluation for agarwood and essential oil products.
- To pursue environmental, climate, and sustainability programs, including carbon sequestration projects, biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration, and regenerative agroforestry initiatives.
- To develop, adopt, and implement traceability, blockchain, digital monitoring, and data management systemsfor sustainable and transparent agarwood value chains.
- To raise capital, obtain grants, donations, endowments, sponsorships, or research funding from individuals, organizations, institutions, government agencies, and international bodies in support of the Institute’s scientific, cultural, and enterprise objectives.
- To invest in or collaborate with companies, cooperatives, associations, or entities whose activities complement the Institute’s mandate, provided such investments comply with existing laws and SEC regulations.
- To do all such acts and things as may be necessary, incidental, or conducive to the attainment of the foregoing purposes, provided that the Institute shall not engage in activities reserved for primary purpose without securing appropriate permits or licenses.