Project on Assessment of the Status and Distribution of Globally Threatened Plant Species in Indochina is three-year project is implemented by the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) and supported by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation.
In collaboration with the Species Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Botanical Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the project will coordinate partners across the region to assess, and make publicly available, up-to-date, scientifically based data on globally threatened plant species in Indochina, train local botanists and conservation biologists in the application of global Red List Categories and Criteria, and establish a plant specialist group for Indochina with members from all of the key botanical institutions in the region.
The two-day events will be held at the Army Hotel, 33C Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam on 15-16 September 2009.
Contact:
Jacinto C. Regalado, Jr., Ph.D.
MBG Program Coordinator
email: jack.regalado@mobot.org
telephone +84-912-784-689
Meeting agenda
MBG CEPF Project Inception Meeting and Planning Workshop 15-16 September 2009, Army Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tuesday, 15 September 2009: Inception Meeting at Room A5 (meeting room by poolside)
08.00 Registration
08.30 Welcome remarks and introduction of participants
08.50 Opening remarks by Professor Chau Van Minh, President, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
09.00 Opening remarks by Mr. John Pilgrim, Programme Manager, CEPF Regional Implementation Team, BirdLife International in Indochina
09.10 Opening remarks by Ms. Olga Martha Montiel, Vice President for Conservation and Sustainable Development, MBG
09.20 Overview of the CEPF project by Dr. Jack Regalado, MBG
10.00 Overview of plant red listing, conservation efforts, and plans for the future in Vietnam by Assoc. Professor Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Forest Science Institute of Vietnam
10.20 Coffee/tea break
10.40 Overview of plant red listing, conservation efforts, and plans for the future in Lao PDR by Dr. Somchanh Bounphanmy, National University of Laos
11.00 Overview of plant red listing, conservation efforts, and plans for the future in Cambodia by Assoc. Professor Yok Lin, Royal University of Phnom Penh
11.20 The present situation of the Flora of Thailand project and Thailand Red Data List by Dr. Kongkanda Chayamarit, Botanical Gardens Organization of Thailand
11.40 Overview of plant red listing, conservation efforts, and plans for the future in China by Professor Sun Weibang, Kunming Botanic Gardens
12.00 Lunch at Army Hotel restaurant
14.00 Application of the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria by Mr. Roy Gereau, MBG
15.45 Coffee/tea break
16.00 Demonstration of Red Listing and introduction to MBG’s Tropicos database by Mr. Roy Gereau, MBG
17.30 Discussion
19.00 Dinner (at a restaurant to be announced in the morning, kindly RSVP)
Wednesday, 16 September 2009: Project Planning Workshop at Room P1 (meeting room on second floor by hotel restaurant)
08.30 Introduction to MBG’s plant conservation programs by Ms. Olga Martha Montiel, MBG
09.00 Lessons learned and experiences gained from Red Listing plants in East Africa by Mr. Roy Gereau, MBG
09.30 Review project objectives, targeted outcomes, components, work plan, lead partners and collaborators, institutional set-up and staffing arrangements by Jack Regalado, MBG
10.00 Coffee/tea break
10.15 Review the list of priority species for 2010 Red Listing workshop and draft the list for 2011 Red Listing workshop
12.00 Lunch at Army Hotel restaurant
14.00 Enhancing capacity of the Indochina Plant Specialist Group: organization, membership, activities, and communications; work plan for 2008 and next steps
15.30 Coffee/tea break
16.00 Summary of meeting discussions and concluding remarks
19.00 Dinner (at a restaurant to be announced in the morning, kindly RSVP)