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The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Jakarta to popularize biodiversity conservation through the first ASEAN-wide photo contest “Zooming in on Biodiversity.” The two international organizations will join hands to promote the contest within their respective networks. “We...
News | Wednesday, 24 June 2009 Read More |
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Strong biodiversity information networks to enable ASEAN Member States to share data on flora, fauna and other species are crucial components of conservation efforts. To lay the groundwork for these networks, the European Union-assisted ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), will conduct a Regional Technical Workshop on the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM)...
News | Tuesday, 23 June 2009 Read More |
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Over 100 decision makers, private sector representatives, and development workers from Southeast Asia and China will converge in Bangkok on 29 June to 01 July for the South-East Asia Workshop on Payments for Ecosystem Services. Organized by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), the USAID-Asian Regional Biodiversity Conservation Program (USAID-ARBCP),...
News | Sunday, 21 June 2009 Read More |
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The ASEAN Centre for Biopersity, our partners at the European Commission, and our stakeholders in the 10 ASEAN Member States, join the rest of the world in celebrating World Environment Day 2009. This year’s theme is “Your Planet Needs You! Unite to Combat Climate Change.” The topic is particularly...
News | Thursday, 4 June 2009 Read More |
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Environmentalists and conservationists in Lao PDR are assessing their country’s progress in reducing biodiversity loss. At a national consultation meeting held in Vientiane on 28 May 2009, experts prepared the draft of Lao PDR’s Fourth National Report (4NR) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The report indicated progress in...
News | Thursday, 4 June 2009 Read More |
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Calling all professional and amateur photographers, photography enthusiasts and students!The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has announced that it is now accepting entries to the First ASEAN-wide photo contest “Zooming in on Biodiversity” during the International Day for Biodiversity 2009 (IDB 2009) celebrations at the SEARCA Auditorium, Los Baños,...
News | Sunday, 24 May 2009 Read More |
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Taxonomy, the science of describing, naming and classifying organisms, is a building block for information sharing on flora and fauna. The last few decades, however, saw the discipline of taxonomy falling off the global political, funding, and academic agendas.To boost Southeast Asia’s taxonomic capacities, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)...
News | Saturday, 16 May 2009 Read More |
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Everything comes from biodiversity—from the food we eat to the air we breathe. But issues arise threatening this vital part of nature. Threats on endangered species, depleted watersheds, denuded forests, and other harmful effects of human activities are just some of these many issues. To keep these risks at bay,...
News | Saturday, 16 May 2009 Read More |
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The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) works with partners to study and teach, use and save biodiversity. A regional intergovernmental organization, ACB promotes biodiversity conservation through policy and programme development, capacity building, information management and sharing, and public advocacy.The European Union-funded Centre is a strategic partner of the Secretariat of...
News | Friday, 15 May 2009 Read More |
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The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity joins the world community in observing the International Day for Biodiversity on May 22. This year’s theme is: Invasive Alien Species (IAS) - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the ecological and economic well-being of society and the planet. Invasive...
News | Thursday, 14 May 2009 Read More |
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