Nine of the 11 student volunteers came from the Natural Resource
Management (NRM) field of study, while one each came from Environmental
Engineering and Management (EEM), Regional and Rural Development
Planning (RRDP), and Remote Sensing and Geographical Information
Systems (RS/GIS).
Mr. Dwight Jason Ronan, a student volunteer who has earlier associated
with ACB said: “AIT students possess good communication skills and
represent virtually all countries in the region, which is why the
organizers sought volunteers from AIT.” Students who participated in
ACB came from nine countries including two each from Thailand and
India, and one each from Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the
Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
“The Conference agenda centered on key biodiversity issues in the
ASEAN region, progress in achieving the Aichi Biodiversity
Targets of the UN Convention on Biological
Diversity, ecosystem-based approaches in managing critical
ecosystems and biodiversity, challenges and potentials of access and
benefit sharing of
genetic resources; and the role of the business sector in biodiversity
conservation,” Dr. Nophea Sasaki, NRM Associate Professor
and expert in
biodiversity conservation and REDD+, from AIT’s School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD) added. Dr. Nophea Sasaki guided
the students and actively participated in the conference.
Members of the social reporting team included Ms. Ing Mala (Cambodia),
Ms. Katika Punbuatoom (Thailand), Ms. Le Truong Ngoc Han (Vietnam), Mr.
Nay Min Maung (Myanmar); Ms. Neha Thapa (Nepal), Mr. Rehan Ul-Haq
(Pakistan), Mr. Vasan Narang (Thailand); Mr. Wu Szu Kuang (Taiwan), all
of NRM; Mr. Dwight Jason Ronan (Philippines) from RRDP; Mr. Harsha
Jagarapu and Mr. Sairam Nelapatla (India) from RS-GIS and EEM
respectively.
More details about the Conference is available at this link: https://www.aseanbiodiversity.org/acb2016/#partners
