Announcement for 4th SEABG Directors’ Meeting
14th - 19 th November, 2011, Xishuangbanna, China
Hosted by
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming Botanical Garden, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy
of Sciences
The 4th SEABG Directors’ Meeting is scheduled to be held at Xishuangbanan Tropical
Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on 14-19 November 2011,
under the sponsorship of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Kunming Botanical Garden (KBG), Kunming Institute of
Botany(KIB), CAS, with the theme " Major Tasks of Botanical Gardens: Regional Ecological
Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation ". The major topics of the meeting are:
1. Cooperation with Local Government
2. Degraded Ecosystems Restoration Practices
3. E-taxonomy in Botanical Gardens for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies
The 4th SEABG Directors’ Meeting will provide a platform to share knowledge and
information between botanic gardens, to discuss and refine potentials projects, to provide
updates by members on their activities, and bring up topics of common interest and benefit for
discussion.
The venue is situated in Xishuangbanan. Xishuangbanna is a Dai Autonomous
Prefecture, which is located at the southernmost tip of Yunnan Province, Bordered by
Myanmar to the southwest and Laos to the south and southeast, with Jinghong as its capital.
Xishuangbanan is well-known for its rich biodiversity and is the only place in China that still
maintains large tracts of tropical rainforest. Thus it is reputed as Tropical Fauna and Flora
Kingdom. The Lancang (Mekong) River flows through the whole area. Xishuangbanan is also
rich in cultural diversity. There are 13 dominant minority nationalities such as Dai, Han, Hani,
Lahu, Yi, Bulang, Jinuo, and yao, the Dai, makes up a majority of the population in
Xishuangbanna,
XTBG is a comprehensive research institution engaged in biodiversity conservation and
sustainable uses of plant resources, focusing on forest ecosystem ecology, conservation
biology and resource plant development. XTBG is located in Menglun Township, Mengla
County, and is about 60 km from Jinghong. After 50 years of development, XTBG has
become an integrated base for research on tropical botany, forest ecology, plant germplasm
preservation, and public science education. With an area of 900 ha, XTBG is the largest
botanical garden in China and has the richest plant collections in the country. Over 10
thousand species of tropical and subtropical plants are well preserved in its 35 living
collections.
The Organizing Committee warmly invites you to participate in this meeting.
Organizing Committee:
Chairman: Qing-Jun LI, XTBG-CAS, China
Wei-Bang SUN, KIB, CAS, China
Members: Li-Ming LI, Chun-Yan FANG, Xi-Min WANG, Wen-You CHEN, Ji-Pu SHI,
Shi FENG
Address:
Secretariat for SEABG Directors’ Meeting
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
Tel. 0086-871-5171169
Fax. 0086-871-5160916
Email: lilm@xtbg.ac.cn
Program Overview:
Monday 14, November 2011
Arrival of participants
Tuesday 15, November 2011
Morning: Opening ceremony, plenary session
Afternoon: plenary session
Wednesday 16, November 2011
Morning: Visit the living plant collections,
herbarium and the museum of XTBG..
Afternoon: plenary session
Thursday 17, November 2011
Morning: plenary session
Afternoon: Discussion and closing ceremony
Friday 18, November 2011
Visit the 20-ha. Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest
Biodiversity Monitoring Plot in tropical rainforest Nature Reserve in Mengla
County, and the Dai Garden on the way to Jinghong. Jinghong to Kunming by air.
Saturday 19, November 2011
Visit Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
Language: The official language for the meeting is ENGLISH.
Passport & Visas:
A valid passport is required for all travels. The visa entry requirements for China vary
according to your country of origin. Please contact the Embassy or consulate of China in
your respective country for further details.
Personal Invitation:
If you require an Official Letter of Invitation, please contact the Organizing Committee.
This letter does not represent a commitment of organizers to provide financial support.
4th SEABG Directors’ Meeting
14-19, November 2011
Registration Form
Family name
First name
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Gender
Affiliation/Inst.
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(including zip/postal code, city and
country)
Title of your
presentation
E-mail
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Types of presentations:
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Deadline:
August 15, 2011
Please return this form to:
Secretariat for SEABG Directors’ Meeting
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
88 Xuefu Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
Tel. 0086-871-5171169
Email: lilm@xtbg.ac.cn
Fax. 0086-871-5160916