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Through a grant from CAS, XTBG is offering a limited number of fellowships, each worth RMB 3000, to scientists from lower-income countries who wish to attend the ATBC Asia-Pacific chapter 2012 meeting at XTBG (24-27 Mar 2012). Applicants should be presenting a paper (oral or poster) and preference will be given to early career scientists. [...]
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Registration for the ATBC Asia-Pacific chapter meeting at XTBG in March 2012 has opened. The meeting promises to be an interesting one, with an exciting line up of keynote speakers and a diversity of symposia. As usual PFS-TropAsia will be offering its Experimental Design & Data Analysis and Scientific Paper Writing workshops. As in Bali, [...]
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With the selection process now complete, 25 lucky applicants from ten countries have been informed of their places on the course. These participants can look forward to an intensive but rewarding six weeks, during which we will visit various field sites in Xishuangbanna, including Bulong Nature Research, a beautiful forest on the Myan Mar border, [...]
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This lastest addition to PFS repertoire of courses and workshops will be run in association with the Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation – Asia-Pacific chapter meeting at XTBG in March 2012. This workshop is targeted at non-plant taxonomy majors and aims to arm participants with an ability to identify plants in the field. For [...]
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On 12 June 2011, Professor Navjot S. Sodhi, my PhD supervisor, renowned tropical conservation biologist, passed away due to an aggressive form of lymphoma. He left many of us in deep sorrow, mourning for the loss of a person dear to our hearts, as well as a big loss to world’s conservation science. What he [...]
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AFEC-X has obtained accreditation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)! Graduate students from the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS) and institutes under CAS will receive two course credits towards their degree program, upon completion of the AFEC-X field course.
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Registrations for the Advanced Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden are now open until August 31 2011. To register please click the link to AFEC-X China 2011 under the course list to begin your application.
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Building on previous efforts, particularly those by DIVERSITAS in Western Pacific and Asia (DIWPA), Centre for Tropical Forest Science, and Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Asia-Pacific Chapter, this Project is implementing capacity building activities on conservation biology focusing primarily on junior faculty members and young researchers in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific. [...]
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The Advance Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China 2011 will start in October this year. Details and registration page will be available in April. Please spread the word and stay tuned!
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AFEC-X 2010 concluded successfully. The course was held at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden( XTBG) from 20 November to 17 December 2010 and attracted 20 students from 10 countries, including China, North Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Benin, Argentina and Cameroon. Many thanks to the lecturers and students at XTBG who supported the course. We would like [...]
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