ASEAN Centre for Biovidersity

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.

The Management and staff of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) express their condolences to the family of Permanent Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand, Saksit Tridech. Secretary Tridech, a member of the ACB Governing Board representing his country, died in a helicopter crash in Nan, Thailand on 17 August 2010.

The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) joined the celebration of the 43rd Founding Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the ASEAN Biodiversity Exhibition held in Hanoi, Viet Nam on 3 August.  The exhibit served as a major side event to the 21st meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN) and the 12th Meeting of the ACB Governing Board.

Bukidnon elders say that the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park in Bukidnon got its name from the “tanglad” plant or lemon grass.  According to a legend, there was once a great flood that submerged the native lands of Bukidnon and only the tip of the mountain, the size of a “tanglad” (lemon grass), remained visible (“kita” in Cebuano).

(Bandar Seri Begawan – 23 June 2010) -- Managers of the ASEAN region’s 28 ASEAN Heritage Parks are gathered in Brunei Darussalam to discuss ways to promote cooperation among the ten ASEAN Member States in sustainably managing the parks. The ASEAN Heritage Parks are educational and inspirational sites of high conservation importance, preserving a complete spectrum of representative ecosystems of the ASEAN region.