2009

Communique

  • Researchers express for COP15 negotiators the importance of the sustainable management of Borneo tropical rain forests to meet the goals of UNFCC.

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New DIWPA has launched

DIWPA

Prof. Yoshitaka Tsubaki (Director of the Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan) became the new Chairperson and Prof. Shin-ichi Nakano (Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan) as the Secretary General. And board appointed new Steering Committee members. Dr. Dedy Darnaedi (Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia), Prof. Keping Ma (Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Dr. Eun-Shik Kim (Department of Forest Resources, Kookmin University, Korea), Dr. Nguyen Van Quan (Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (IMER), Viet Nam), Dr. Eric Baran (World Fish Center, Cambodia), Dr. Pilai Poonswad (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand), Dr. Timoshkin Oleg Anatolievich (Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of Russial Academy of Science) and Mr. Marika Tuiwawa (South Pacific Regional Herbarium, Institute of Applied Science, Faculty of Science, Technology & Environment, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji) are the new members. (19 August, 2009)

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Meetings

  • The 2010 International meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation “Tropical biodiversity: surviving the food, energy and climate crisis” will be held on 19-23 July 2010 in Bali, Indonesia.

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  • The International Symposium on Coastal Zones and Climate Change: Assessing the Impact and Developing Adaptation Strategies will be held on on 12th ・13th April 2010 at Monash h University, Gippsland, Churchill, Victoria, Australia.

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    >> 1st Circular and Call for Papers

  • 3rd JSPS AA Science Platform Program Seminar: "Land-use Change and Societal Adaptation under Global Climate Change in Asian Tropical Rain Forests" in conjunction with Regional Forum on "Enhancing Forest Ecosystem Connectivity and Corridors within the Heart of Borneo in Sabah" will be held on 26th - 28th October 2009 at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

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  • "APN Seminar Series on Biodiversity: Providing Scientific Knowledge to Civil Society and Preparing for CBD COP10" will be held on a side event in ASEAN ACB Biodiversity Conference on 22 October in Singapore.
    Prof. Kanehiro Kitayama (Kyoto University), the former Secretary General, will present the highlights of 3 APN seminars which DIWPA co-organized.

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  • ASEAN ACB Biodiversity Conference 2009 on 21-23 October in Singapore.

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  • DIWPA poster is displayed during the DIVERSITAS OSC2 in Poster session P20: National DIVERSITAS Committees and National Programmes.

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  • "Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference: Biodiversity and society: understanding connections, adapting to change" will be held on October 13-16, 2009 at Cape Town, South Africa.

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  • NOWPAP meeting in Toyama, Japan in September 2009(brainstorming session on biodiversity in the lead up to CBD10).

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  • DIWPA co-organizing "APN International Seminar "Biodiversity and Human Dimensions: Promoting Harmonious Coexistence" will be held on February 1, 2009 in Kobe, Japan.

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2008

Workshop & Symposium

  • JSPS 2nd Workshop "Land-use Change and Societal Adaptation under Global Climate Change in Asian Tropical Rain Forests" will be held on August 4-6, 2008 in Sabah, Malaysia.

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  • GEOSS Symposium in Tokyo: "2nd Symposium of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems for the Asia-Pacific region" will be held on April 14-16, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. Ecosystem and biodiversity observation is one of the main foci.

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