Protecting Biodiversity by Supporting People

Close up of two, delicate, pink-red flowers. — *Decaschistia intermedia*, Stung Treng province, Cambodia.

© O. Langrand

Improving Linkages for Collaborative Research and Conservation of Plants in Indochina

Grantee Name: Missouri Botanical Garden

Hotspot: Indo-Burma
Location: Cambodia, Viet Nam
Amount: $4,606
Dates: Dec 2008 – Dec 2008
Keywords: Capacity building

Support 20 junior botanists and students from Vietnam to attend the first international symposium of the "Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, thus helping to build a strong network of academics, researchers, conservation professionals and institutions working together to generate scientific knowledge and primary baseline data for sound decision-making on the conservation of threatened plant diversity in Indochina.

Strategic Direction :

1 Safeguard priority globally threatened species in Indochina by mitigating major threats