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		<title>Plants of Tropical Asia course</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Places are still available for the Plants of Tropical Asia course for participants able to pay the course fees.]]></description>
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		<title>Fellowships awarded</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[XTBG has awarded 16 fellowships worth RMB3000 each for students from more than 8 countries attending the Association for Tropical Biology &#38; Conservation Asia-Pacific chapter meeting at XTBG in March 2012. The recipients were judged on the basis of scores assigned to their abstracts by the conference academic committee. In addition the Program of Field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fellowships for ATBC Asia-Pacific chapter 2012 meeting at XTBG</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOW CLOSED 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATBC Asia-Pacific chapter meeting 2012 &#8211; Registration open</title>
		<link>http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/2011/09/atbc-asia-pacific-chapter-meeting-2012-registration-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#038; Data Analysis and Scientific Paper Writing workshops. As in Bali, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PFS accepts 25 participants for AFEC-X 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>XTBG launches Field Botany Course</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lastest addition to PFS repertoire of courses and workshops will be run in association with the Association for Tropical Biology &#038; Conservation &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The passing of Navjot S. Sodhi &#8211; a big loss to world&#8217;s conservation science</title>
		<link>http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/2011/06/the-passing-of-navjot-s-sodhi-a-big-loss-to-worlds-conservation-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s conservation science. What he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAS Accredits fieldcourse training</title>
		<link>http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/2011/05/cas-accredits-fieldcourse-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 07:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lainie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Registrations for AFEC-X China 2011 – Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 04:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lainie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Developing the Capacity for Teaching Biodiversity and Conservation in the Asia- Pacific Region</title>
		<link>http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/2011/04/developing-the-capacity-for-teaching-biodiversity-and-conservation-in-the-asia-pacific-region/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfs-tropasia.org/2011/04/developing-the-capacity-for-teaching-biodiversity-and-conservation-in-the-asia-pacific-region/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lainie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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