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DUBAI– The ASEAN brought the region’s unique and rich natural wonders to the global stage at the Expo 2020 Dubai dubbed as the “World’s Greatest Show” as part of the celebrations of the ASEAN Honour Day on the evening of 13 December 2021. Produced by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) with the…

Nature is a vital component of the solutions to the crises that the world is facing. For the ASEAN, 2021 is a turning point for biodiversity, with renewed targets and commitments that require collective actions. Among the many achievements of the region, this year is the launch of the ASEAN Green…

Data visualisation and reporting present an opportunity to shorten the gap between data and decision making and to increase access, for scientists, policy-makers and the public, to the most up-to-date and relevant data on biodiversity status and trends. Rapid and accelerating pressures on…

Experts from the Biodiversity Information Facility nodes from Taiwan and Norway, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), and various ASEAN Member States convened to capture the wildlife of Mount Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR), the 33rd ASEAN Heritage Park– on film, that is. ACB, in partnership with…

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) will conduct a three-day online training on the use of the Bioland tool , an online platform designed to help parties to the CBD in the curation and sharing of biodiversity data. The webinar…

The World Biodiversity Forum was held in Davos, Switzerland last 23 - 28 February 2020. The Fo­rum provided a plat­form for ex­change, cov­er­ing a wide range of per­spec­tives, and cap­tur­ing a di­ver­si­ty of vi­sions. With this, it aims to re­de­fine and set the agen­da for bio­di­ver­si­ty as a…

“While there is much to celebrate about ASEAN’s rich biodiversity, it is important to recognise that the region’s natural resources are fast depleting and face a wide range of threats leading to biodiversity loss,” said Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim, executive director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity…