Advanced Field Course in Ecology and Conservation – XTBG 2013 Opens
Oct 20, Morning, XTBG Conference hall, “Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013 Advanced Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation” held its opening ceremony, and twenty-four participants from 17 organizations in eight countries and 12 XTBG staffs attended the ceremony.
Prof. Richard T. Corlett of XTBG first briefly introduced the history of field courses around the world and in tropical Asia, the number and composition of the total and accepted applicants this year, then explained the arrangement, schedule of the course this year. Afterwards, Prof. Li Qingjun, deputy director of XTBG, introduced the history, development and achievements of XTBG in scientific research, biodiversity conservation and science popularization and announced the opening of “AFEC-X 2013”.
The course will last until November 30. In the coming six weeks, we arranged “Lectures and practical (20 Oct night – 2 Nov)”, “Field trips (3 – 7 Nov)” and “Independent project (8 – 27 Nov)” then the course will be ended by “Course symposium (28 Nov)”.
AFEC-X is manly supported by XTBG. In 2013, we got funds from CAS Bureau of Personnel, CAS Graduate Education Foundation and International Center for Research in Agroforestry Beijing Office as well.
Professor Richard T. Corlett introducing the course
Professor Qing-Jun Li introducing XTBG
Group photo of participants in opening ceremony
