Some activities in CEPF Project Completion Workshop Assessment of the Status and Distribution of Globally Threatened Plant Species in Indochina

Overview of workshop

Introduction of participants

Openinig remark by Dr Ninh Khac Ban, Director General, International Cooperation Department of VAST

Opening remarks by Mr. Nguyen Hoang Long, Project Officer for Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, CEPF Regional Implementation Team, BirdLife
International in Indochina

Opening remarks by Ms. Olga Martha Montiel, Vice President for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden

Highlights of the results of the CEPF project by Dr. Jack Regalado, Missouri Botanical Garden

The botanists discuss outside of the room

On speech:

Diversity, biogeography, and conservation of threatened orchids in Indochina by Professor Leonid Averyanov, Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Conservation of threatened dipterocarps in Indochina by Dr. Hoang Van Sam, Vietnam Forestry University, Hanoi

Important Plant Areas (IPAs) for conservation in Thailand by Dr. Voradol Chamchumroon, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok