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Training
Workshop on Forest Biodiversity:
Conservation and Management of Forest
Genetic Resources
Kuala Lumpur
7-11 July 2008
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A short training workshop for
Forest Managers and Forest Field Officers
on forest biodiversity with focus
on forest genetic resources conservation
and management was held on 7-11
July 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
This workshop was supported by an
International Tropical Timber Organization
(ITTO) Project which was implemented
by the Forest Research Institute
Malaysia (FRIM), in collaboration
with the Asia Pacific Association
of Forestry Research Institutions
(APAFRI), Bioversity
International (Bioversity),
University Putra Malaysia
(UPM) and the Asia
Pacific Forest Genetic Resources Programme
(AFPORGEN).
The training workshop aimed to provide
a common background specifically to
Forest Managers and Forest
Field Officers currently
working on conservation and management
of forests particularly in the Asia-Pacific
region and addressed the urgent
needs and challenges of biodiversity
particularly on forest genetic resources
conservation and management in forest
production systems.
Among the topics covered were: (i)
Forest biodiversity; (ii) Issues on
tropical forest management; (iii)
Managing in situ and ex situ conservation
systems; (iv) Tools for monitoring
conservation of FGR; and (v) Economic
values and environmental services
of FGR. Demonstration on
applications of molecular markers
for genetic diversity determination
was also included.
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