conference programmerupp.edu.kh/ap2015/final... · 2015-03-19 · 6 4. event programme a. training,...

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

9th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

Asia-Pacific Chapter 30 March – 2 April, 2015

Himawari Hotel Apartments, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

3

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 4

2. MESSAGE FROM THE HOST (RUPP) - H.E. Dr Chet Chealy ........................................... 4

3. VENUE MAPS ............................................................................................................................... 5

4. EVENT PROGRAMME A. Training, 24 – 30 March.................................................................................................................... 6 B. Conference Programme Overview 30 March – 2 April .......................................................... 7 C. Parallel Symposia Overview ......................................................................................................... 11 D. Detailed Schedule of the Parallel Sessions .............................................................................. 12 E. Plenary Presenter Biographies .................................................................................................... 24

5. POSTER BOARDS AND DISPLAYS ...................................................................................... 29

6. ATBC-AP 2015 PHNOM PENH MEETING ORGANIZERS ............................................. 32

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................ 33

8. CONFERENCE TOURS ............................................................................................................ 34

Images from Birds of Cambodia Education and Conservation, Jeremy Holden/FFI & WWF

4

1. INTRODUCTION

The 2015 Annual Conference of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Asia-Pacific Chapter will be held on the banks of the Mekong River, at the Himawari Hotel Apartments in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 30 March – 2 April 2015. The Conference is hosted by the Royal University of Phnom Penh and the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, and supported by local conservation NGOs. ATBC President Dr Susan Laurance is joining the event. The conference brings together dedicated tropical biology and conservation supporters from across the globe – researchers, students, biodiversity specialists, conservation practitioners and policy makers from universities, government agencies and NGOs. The theme of this 2015 Asia-Pacific regional meeting is: The Future of Biodiversity in Tropical Asia: addressing local and global challenges. In accordance with the general goals of the ATBC, the objectives of the Phnom Penh Conference are:

● To promote and improve cooperation, communication, and interchange among people interested in the study, conservation, and management of the Asia-Pacific region’s tropical ecosystems. ● To present and discuss recent findings in tropical biology and conservation, and to catalyze further advancement. ● To encourage and facilitate tropical biology and conservation research. ● To support the education of university students and assist them in career development. ● To honor researchers who have had a long and outstanding impact on tropical biology, or conservation, or both. ● To promote awareness amongst the general public of the importance of studying and conserving tropical ecosystems. ● To link ATBC with conservation initiatives in Cambodia and the Asia-Pacific region.

2. MESSAGE FROM THE HOST (RUPP) - H.E. Dr Chet Chealy

On behalf of the staff and students of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), I welcome you to ATBC’s 2015 Asia-Pacific Chapter conference. The RUPP is Cambodia’s leading university in the biological sciences and conservation. In partnership with Fauna & Flora International (FFI), our Department of Biology established Cambodia’s first Masters of Science degree, the MSc in Biodiversity Conservation in 2005. The Biology Department is also home to the National Herbarium of Cambodia and one of Cambodia’s leading genetics laboratories. It is fitting that the RUPP’s Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, a joint venture between the RUPP and FFI, is hosting this conference, as 2015 is the 10th year of our partnership. This partnership has: produced the aforementioned MSc in Biodiversity Conservation; has created Cambodia’s only working zoological museum; publishes the Cambodian Journal of Natural History; and undertakes conservation research. The RUPP Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management and Development departments are also active in conserving and managing Cambodia’s rich, yet threatened, biological resources and environment. I am encouraged to see a large number of Cambodians presenting their work at the conference, with many former RUPP graduates among them. Our nation lies at the centre of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot, and I have no doubt that the conference will be a success, for we have much to teach, and much to learn, from one another.

5

3. VENUE MAPS

6

4. EVENT PROGRAMME

A. Training, 24 – 30 March, 2015 ATBC has organized a number of training courses and workshops for students and conservationists around the Phnom Penh Conference. This includes several popular courses that are our trademark, as well as some new offerings. The courses aim to develop capacity and skills in a range of areas needed by today’s tropical biologists and conservation scientists. There are five extended workshops in addition to the first ATBC Early Career Day, which concentrated on key skills for early career researchers to learn how to best disseminate and discuss their research and other essential skills. More information on these events is available on the conference website www.rupp.edu.kh/ap2015/index.php These special events include: Pre-conference extended training courses at the Frangipani Arts Hotel, Phnom Penh

Basic Statistics: Experimental Design and Data Analysis using Linear Models (24 – 29 March) with Kyle Tomlinson ([email protected]).

Camera Trap Database Workshop (30 March) with Jim Sanderson ([email protected]).

GIS Workshop (24 – 29 March) with Alice C. Hughes ([email protected]) Proposal Writing Workshop (29 – 30 March) with Matt Linkie

([email protected]). Wildlife Statistics Bootcamp (19 – 29 March) with Mike Meredith

([email protected]), WCS Malaysia. Special events during the conference These are open events to anyone interested. The Early Career Day should be booked in advance through the conference website.

30 March. 8:30am-4pm: Early Career Researcher Day led by Alice C. Hughes. Venue: Biz Café Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Himawari.

1 April. 4:30-5:30pm: Maximizing the Resilience of Biodiversity: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Research Network (APCCRN) led by Stephen Williams. Venue: Biz Café Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Himawari.

2 April. 1-1:30pm: Panel discussion on how lessons from the case studies presented at the symposium can be used to inform plans for a Thailand/Cambodia transborder project to conserve coastal dolphins, chaired by Petch Manopawitr and Brian Smith. Venue: Function 1, Dolphin Room.

mailto:[email protected]





7

B. Conference Programme Overview 30 March – 2 April All plenaries will be held in the Palm Ballroom. (Details on the Parallel Sessions in Section D).

DATE

TIME Day 1 – Mon, 30 March

Day 2 – Tues, 31 March

Day 3 – Weds, 1 April

Day 4 – Thurs, 2 April

7:30-9am

7:30am: Registration 8:30am: Conference opening

8am: Registration

8am: Registration

9-11am 9:00-9:40am: Plenary, Madhu Rao – The extinction crisis and the effectiveness of protected areas in South East Asia 9:40-10:20am: Plenary, Neang Thy – Recent herpetofaunal research in Cambodia: importance of taxonomy for conservation

9-9:40am: Plenary, Frank Rheindt –Conservation genomics of tropical non-model species 9:40-10:20am: Plenary, Ryan Chisholm –Mathematics in the jungle: informing tropical conservation with quantitative theory

9-9:20am: Plenary, Wulan Pusparini – Protecting the lesser carnivores: diversity and conservation of small carnivores in Sumatra 9:20-10:20am: Panel discussion

10:20- 10:40am

Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break

10:30am-1pm

10:40am-12:40pm: Parallel Sessions 1 (Themes: conservation of Critically Endangered Species; fig trees & associated animals; DNA sampling & conservation education) Details Section D

10:30am-12:55pm: Parallel Sessions 4 (Themes: South East Asian protected areas network; conservation of South East Asian bats; evolution & biodiversity in tropical Asia; conflict & co-existence; and REDD+) Details Section D

10:40am-12:30pm: Parallel Sessions 6 (Themes: making incentives work for conservation; challenges to conserve threatened tropical marine mammals; other fauna; & monitoring rare or elusive species) Details Section D

Lunch 12:30-1:30pm: 12:30-1:30pm: 12:30-1:30pm:

8

Lunch Lunch Lunch

1:30-4:30pm

Registration: 2:30-4:30pm

1:30-2:20pm: Plenary, David Westcott – Living at a landscape scale: flying-fox movement and its consequences 2:20-4:05pm: Parallel Sessions 2 (Themes: conservation of Critically Endangered Species; fig trees & associated animals; ex-situ plants; & conservation education). Details Section D

1:30-2:20pm: Plenary, Merlin Tuttle – Conserving the worlds bats 2:20-4:20pm: Parallel Sessions 5 (Themes: the South East Asian protected areas network; Southeast Asian bats; REDD; climate change on biodiversity; & rare or elusive species) Details Section D

1:30-2:20pm: Plenary, Shermin de Silva – Behavioral ecology and conservation of Asian elephants in Sri Lanka 2:20-4:05pm: Parallel Sessions 7 (Themes: making incentives work for conservation; plants and system dynamics; miscellaneous; & rare or elusive species) Details Section D

Coffee Break

4:05-4:40pm: Coffee break

4:30-6pm: Coffee break and Poster Session

4:05-4.40pm: Coffee break

4:45-6pm

4:45-5:25pm: Plenary, William Laurance – Tropical logging and roads: Avoiding a fatal synergism for forests

5-6pm: Parallel Sessions 3 (Themes: the South East Asian protected areas network; Asian savannas; evolution & biodiversity in tropical Asia; human impacts on primates) Details Section D

4.40-5pm: Keo Omaliss – Ecology and conservation of the Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea in Cambodia 5-5:40pm: Plenary, Susan Laurance – Impacts of human activities on tropical rainforest communities 5.40-6pm: Elections of country representatives

6 – 9pm 6-6:15pm: Questions 6:15-8pm: Networking

6-6:40pm: Plenary, Richard Corlett – Welcome to the Anthropocene;

6-6:40pm: Plenary, Nick Souter – Ten years of the Masters of Science in Biodiversity

6-6:30pm: Announcement of Declarations and Resolutions

9

and welcome reception 8pm: Meeting of chapter committee to draft declaration

what should we do now?

Conservation at the Royal University of Phnom Pehn

6:30-7pm Conference closing remarks 7:30pm: Conference dinner at the Bopha – Titanic Restaurant

C. Parallel Symposia Overview

1. Landscape scale conservation 1a Developing innovative and cohesive approaches for conservation of South East Asia’s Critically Endangered species. (Chairs: Madhu Rao1 & Sarah Brook2: 1IUCN & 2 WCS Cambodia) This aim of this session is to catalyze effective conservation of South East Asia’s Critically Endangered species, identified as the world’s priority for averting imminent species extinctions. We will introduce the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Asian Species Action Partnership and demonstrate how innovative approaches have benefitted conservation of the region’s Critically Endangered species. 1b Assessing and enhancing the resilience of the South East Asian protected areas network (Chair: Alice C. Hughes, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden) We aim to review some of the main threats to the effective maintenance of biodiversity within protected areas, including grazing, fires, encroachment and hunting. Additionally, we will conduct a gap analysis and assess how well biodiversity is represented in protected areas throughout South East Asia and suggest areas which should be connected to maintain connectivity into the future. We also review management strategies, and effective practice to combat the threats to protected areas throughout the region. 1c Monitoring Rare or Elusive Species in Challenging Environments (Chairs: Hannah O'Kelly & Matthew Nuttall: WCS, Lao & Cambodia) The aim of this session is to highlight examples of where the inherent challenges to the implementation of reliable monitoring programs in the tropics have been overcome through a combination of adaptation, innovation and persistence, and to identify gaps where further methodological advances are most needed. 1d Moving beyond integrated conservation and development: making incentives work for conservation (Chairs: Simon Mahood1 & Henry Travers2: 1WCS Cambodia, 2Imperial College London) Participants will identify conditions that can be used to design conservation incentive schemes that give community members an opportunity to make informed choices about natural resource use, the means to use natural resources sustainably, and the motivation to choose to do so, leading to improved protection of habitats and wildlife. 1e Local and global challenges to conserving threatened tropical marine mammals in Asia (Chairs: Brian D. Smith1 & Petch Manopawitr2: 1WCS, 2 IUCN Asia Regional Office)

10

The symposium on local and global challenges to conserving threatened tropical marine mammals in Asia will discuss case studies aimed at protecting this species group living at the sharp edge of the human interface and on finding solutions for preventing species and population extinction. 2. Species and environment 2a Fig trees and associated animals (Chairs: Yan-Qiong Peng1 & Steve Compton2: 1 Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China, 2Rhodes & Leeds universities) Fig trees and their associated animals are model systems for co-evolutionary studies. This session will highlight the diversity of current research being carried out in the region, including taxonomy, pollination, gene flow and seed dispersal. 2b South and East Asian Savannas: poorly understood and under threat (Chair: Kyle Tomlinson, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China) A review of what is known on the biodiversity, ecology, and conservation status of the remaining savannas in South and East Asia, and where research effort should focus in the future. 2c Understanding and conserving the diversity and ecology of South East Asian bats (Chairs: Neil Furey1, Alice C. Hughes2 & Merlin Tuttle3: 1FFI Cambodia, 2 Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China, 3Bat Conservation International, USA) We review the threats faced, and the methods being implemented to combat these in addition to the implications that the changes in bat diversity may have for the ecosystems which depend on them. 2d Latitude-Altitude gradients-inferring the effects of climate change on biodiversity (Chairs: Alice C. Hughes & Akihiro Nakamura, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China) Climate change is stated to be a global treat to biodiversity, yet without an understanding of species distributions and responses on more local scales we cannot understand the potential effects of climatic change, which are needed to develop the most appropriate conservation plans. 3. Novel technologies in conservation 3a Knowing but not seeing: non-invasive DNA sampling for monitoring Asia’s threatened biodiversity (Chairs: Thomas N.E. Gray1, Yin Qiu Ji2, & Sunarto3: 1WWF Greater Mekong; 2Kunming Institute of Zoology, China; 3WWF Indonesia) Non-invasive genetic sampling is increasingly used for detecting and monitoring some of tropical Asia’s most threatened species. This session explores uses, and potential applications, of non-invasive genetic sampling for field conservation biologists in tropical Asia. 3b Ex-situ Plant Conservation in Tropical Asia (Chairs: Daniele Cicuzza & Alison Wee, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China) This session focuses on the collection, breeding and re-introduction of threatened plant species in tropical Asia. It reports on the best practice and interdisciplinary tools to improve the capacity and efficiency of ex-situ conservation in botanic gardens, seed banks, tissue culture collections, arboreta and nurseries.

11

3c Evolution and Biodiversity (Chair: Frank Rheindt: NUS, Singapore) This symposium explores the interface of evolutionary and biodiversity research and highlights some of the advances in which evolutionary insights can deepen our understanding of natural communities of animals and plants, with a focus on Asia. 4. Supporting humans and biodiversity 4a Conservation education symposium (Chairs: Nicolas Souter1 & Alice C. Hughes2: 1FFI, Cambodia; 2Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, China) Building capacity for conservation in South East Asia. This region is a global conservation priority, yet for conservation to work in practice it requires education and capacity building at all levels. Here we review case studies at various levels to develop best practice guidelines to help secure a future for biodiversity across South East Asia. 4b Continued Conflict or Co-existence (Chairs: Alison Behie1 & Benjamin Rawson2: 1Australian National University; 2FFI) Human impacts on primate behavior and ecology. Using case studies from across Indochina, this symposium will investigate and discuss the true impacts of humans on primate behavior and ecology, which is an important, yet rarely discussed, aspect of primate conservation. 4c Achieving Emission Reductions under Each Element of the REDD+ Scheme (Chairs: Tom Clements 1, Patrick Durst2 & Hwan Ok Ma3: 1WCS Indonesia; 2FAO; 3 ITTO) This session is designed to discuss how to achieve reduced emissions or removals from the activities undertaken to reduce carbon emissions or increase carbon stocks in forests.

12

D. Detailed Schedule of the Parallel Sessions (For schedule overview please see Section B)

TUESDAY, 31 MARCH 2015 TIME Ballroom –

Palm Ballroom

Function 1 – Dolphin

Room

Function 2 – Ibis Room

Function 3 – Turtle Room

10:40am- 12:45pm: Parallel Sessions 1 31 March 2015

1a.Developing innovative and cohesive approaches for conservation of South East Asia’s Critically Endangered species

2a.Fig trees and associated animals

3a.Knowing but

not seeing: non-

invasive DNA

sampling for

monitoring

Asia’s

threatened

biodiversity

4a.Conservation

education

symposium:

building capacity

for conservation

in South East Asia

10:40-10:55am

Thomas Gray: Conservation and research needs for Critically Endangered Mekong mega fauna

Stephen Compton; Geographical variation in the pollination of an Asian fig tree

Ross McEwing; Conservation at the blunt end: DNA as a conservation tool rather than an academic discipline

Suwanna Gauntlett; Combating the wildlife trade through community engagement

10:55- 11:10am

Simon Mahood; Conservation of Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) in a farming landscape

Yan-Qiong Peng; How do non-pollinators locate ficus hosts?

Andrew Tilker; Endangered and unseen: using leeches to survey mammalian biodiversity in the Annamites

Manichanh. Satdichanh; Understanding patterns of plant community assembly in a seasonal tropical forest in Lao PDR

11:10 -11:25am

Phan Channa; Conservation of Critically Endangered white-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) in Cambodia’s Mekong flooded forest

Chun Chen; Offspring production decrease due to chemical deterrence by mother pollinating fig wasps

Simon Hedges; Fecal DNA-based methods for monitoring wildlife populations: opportunities and challenges

Madhu Rao; Developing capacity for wildlife and protected area management in Lao PDR and Vietnam

11:25-11:40am

Benjamin Rawson;

Lien-Siang Chou; Niche

Douglas Yu; PCR-free mitogenomics

Eben Goodale; Changes in

13

Development of a multi-stakeholder Technical Working Group for the Critically Endangered Cat Ba Langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus)

differentiation in the ant community on the dioecious fig tree (Ficus benguetensis)

for high-throughput monitoring of bee diversity

publication rates and the research productivity of tropical countries in conservation science: implications for inclusive conservation.

11.40 -11:55am

Jayempathi Herath; Evaluating the status of an inter-basin translocation of four species of endemic Sri Lankan fishes

Huan Fan; A transcriptome analysis of the two types of female florets in Ficus fistulosa

Jiaxin Wang; Using bulk mosquito samples to detect vertebrates

Sun Yoeung; Community-led nest protection and Pagoda-based head-starting of Cantor’s Soft-shell Turtle in Cambodia

11:55am - 12:10pm

Fangyuan Hua; Fear in the forest: understory avifauna exhibits heightened risk perception in degraded tropical forest

Rhett Harrison; After over a century of abstinence, Ficus elastica rediscovers sex in Singapore

Yinqiu Ji; Using leeches to monitor and detect cryptic mammals from Laos and Vietnam

Alice C. Hughes; Developing key skills for the next generation of conservation ecologists

12:10-12.25pm

Rohit Singh; Forgotten heroes of the Asian forest

Hui Yu; Characterization of transcriptomes from two development stages of female flowers of Ficus hirta Vahl. (Moraceae)

Rachel Crouthers; Monitoring Mondulkiri's elephants – the use of non-invasive genetic sampling for conservation

Tommaso Savini; Establishing a conservation ecology graduate program: past experiences and future developments

Ballroom – Palm Ballroom

Function 1 – Dolphin Room



2.20-4.15pm: Parallel sessions 2 31

1a.Developing innovative and cohesive approaches for conservation of South East Asia’s Critically

2a.Fig trees and associated animals

3b. Ex-situ Plant Conservation in Tropical Asia

4a.Conservation education symposium: building capacity for conservation in South East Asia

14

March 2015

Endangered species

2:20 -2:35pm

Bosco Chan; Habitat Enhancement Project of the Critically Endangered Hainan Gibbon and its implications for large-scale forest restoration in Indochina

Bo Wang; Chemical mimicry: a key process in maintaining a mutualistic network

Chen Ying; Asymbiotic seed germination and in-vitro seedling development of Paphiopedilum spicerianum: an orchid with an extremely small population in China

Gneb Gnoeurn; Monitoring and combating forest threats through community participation

2:35 – 2:50pm

Sarah Brook; Integrated in-situ and ex-situ conservation has prevented the extinction of the Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis) in Cambodia

Rui-Wu Wang; Discriminative host sanction together with relatedness promote the cooperation in fig/fig wasp mutualism

Karen Sommerville; Conservation of sub-tropical rainforest seeds – can they be banked?

Inês Silva; Reinventing the image of the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) as a flagship species for conservation education in rural Thailand

2:50-3:05pm

Abu Naser Mohsin Hossain; Investigating the use of camera trapping to quantify illegal human activity in three protected areas of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

J. Jauharlina; Fig wasps, dioecious fig trees and their interactions with fig nematodes

Kate Hardwick; Kew's Millennium Seed Bank Partnership: safeguarding Asia's plant diversity for the future

Jing-Xin Liu; Reviewing six years of the Program for Field Studies in Tropical Asia

3:05- 3:20pm

Timothy. Bonebrake; Modeling globally endangered Black-faced spoonbill population viability under environmental change

Xiao-Yong Chen; Population genetic structure of Eupristina altissima in native and colonised regions

Alison Wee; Genetic optimization of the living collection for threatened plant species in Xishuangbanna

Lu Gang; Saving Hainan Island’s Yangshan Landscape through citizen science

3:20-3:35pm

Vicky Melfi; Selamatkan Yaki:

HuanHuan Chen; Projecting the

Danielle Cicuzza; Ex-situ plant

Anny Li; To unlock the conservation

15

Saving the Critically Endangered Sulawesi crested black macaques in an anthropogenic landscape

effects of climate change on the distribution and diversity of Chinese Figs

conservation in tropical Asia

deadlock? Use a blog

3:35-3:50pm

Ulmar Grafe; Threats to biodiversity from forest conversion

Hsy-Yu Tzeng; Relationship of pollen traits to pollination mutualism systems and its significance in Ficus (Moraceae)

Huan Fan; An assembly and alignment-free method of phylogeny reconstruction from next-generation sequencing data

David O'Connor; Understanding attitudes and usage of wild bear parts in Laos and Cambodia: A preliminary study using citizen scientists

3:50-4:05pm

Chanthasone Phommachanh; Conservation Ecology Programme: Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) and Sambar (Rusa unicolor) ecology by interviews of local people in Lao PDR

Lillian Jennifer Rodriguez; The Pollinator Species Complex Associated with Ficus septica from Philippines to Taiwan

Natalia Huang; Why biologists need to be non-biologists

4:05-4:20pm

Jan Kamler; Ecology and conservation of endangered dholes (Cuon alpinus) in South East Asia

Anthony Bain; What ants do on Ficus trees? Antagonism or mutualism?

Julie Harris; Catering for diverse audiences in Lao PDR: How can we make conservation education and interpretation relevant? Is it even possible?





4:40-5:40pm:

1b.Assessing and enhancing

2b.South and East Asian

3c.Evolution and biodiversity in

4b.Continued conflict or co-

16

Parallel Sessions 3 31 March 2015

the resilience of the South East Asian protected areas network

savannas: poorly understood and under threat

tropical Asia existence: human impacts on primate behavior and ecology

4:40-4:55pm

Long Kheng; Conservation success of Prek Toal Core Area, Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, Cambodia

Kyle Tomlinson; Savanna in Asia: status of a vegetation type and a science

Vojtech Novotny; Host specificity in tropical insect herbivores in phylogenetic context: methods and examples from New Guinea rainforests

Juan Manuel José- Domínguez; Can non-territorial animals range and behave like territorial ones when food is provisioned?

4:55-5:10pm

Matthew Crane; Defending small reserves: A case study on the role of environmental education programs in protected area development

Kobsak Wanthongchai; Effects of different burning frequencies on fire behavior and vegetation in dry dipterocarp forest, Thailand

Xin Yao; Comparative biology study of plant adaptive evolution responding to climate change among genus Ilex in Yunnan, South West China

Chanthon Cheb; community-based ecotourism as a tool for sustainable natural resource use & livelihood improvement

5:10-5:25pm

Chea Phallin; Do communities support marine conservation initiatives in Cambodia? Measuring local perceptions in a proposed Marine Fisheries Management Area

Thomas Gray; Reinventing the Serengeti of Asia: the savannah forests of Eastern Cambodia

Ayu Savitri Nurinsiyah; Effects of teak plantation and agroforestry on forest snail communities in Java

Eam Sam Un; Conservation status of the pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) in eastern Cambodia

5:25-5:40pm

Leng Phalla; Filling data gaps for Cambodian marine habitats: seagrass diversity and distribution in the Koh Rong Archipelago

Wen-Bin Yu; Floral and reproductive ecology of Cycas panzhihuaensis

Asmita Sengupta; Feeding monkeys and losing trees: Consequences of provisioning rhesus macaques for seed dispersal

17

WEDNESDAY, 1 APRIL 2015 TIME Ballroom –

Palm Ballroom




10:40am-12:45pm: Parallel Sessions 4 1 April 2015

1b.Assessing and enhancing the resilience of the Southeast Asian protected areas network

2c.Understanding and conserving the diversity and ecology of South East Asian bats

3c.Evolution and

biodiversity in

tropical Asia

4b. Continued

Conflict or Co-

existence

4c. Achieving

Emission

Reductions under

Each Element of

the REDD+

Scheme

10:40-10:55am

Hong Chamnan; Grassland conservation supports threatened birds and local people's livelihoods

Krizler Tanalgo; Bat Cave Vulnerability Index: A method for prioritizing bat caves for conservation and protection

Zhang Wenliu; Multiple-factors contribute to reproductive isolation among four co-existed Habenaria species (Orchidaceae)

Alvaro Gonzalez Monge; Impacts of logging on ranging patterns of silvered langurs in North Eastern Cambodia

10:55-11.00am

Gopalasamy Reuben Clements; How can we quantify the impacts of roads on South East Asia's protected areas?

Vu Dinh Thong; Bats of Vietnam: systematics, echolocation and conservation

Asako Matsumoto; The coupling of tropical Asia – North Pacific in cold water coral fauna

Sok Pheakdey; The ecology of the endangered yellow-cheeked crested gibbon in areas of high human presence: implications for long-term conservation

11:10-11:25am

Kim Sokha; Lessons and challenges in participatory design of multiple-use Marine Protected Areas – a Cambodian case study

Thi Sothearen; Black gold: Effect of bat guano on the growth of five economically important plant species in Cambodia

Caroline Dingle; Urban blues: birds change their tune in noisy cities

Jackson Frechette; The importance of large trees to gibbon seed dispersal

11:25-11:40am

Alice C. Hughes; Life in the matrix: how can we best protect

Lim Thona; Cave selection and reproductive phenology of

Wenbo Liao; De novo assembly of Firmiana danxiaensis, an

Alison Behie; Tree use by Northern yellow cheeked crested gibbons

18

biodiversity in an increasingly fragmented landscape

insectivorous bats in southern Cambodian karst and their conservation implications

endemic tree species of Danxia Landform

(Nomascus annamensis) in North Eastern Cambodia: Implications for gibbon conservation

11:40-11:55am

Siddappa Setty; Long-term monitoring of rock bees and impact of ban on harvest in Southern India

Sheema Abdul Aziz; Challenges of conserving flying foxes in Peninsular Malaysia

Lucia Lohmann; An integrated approach to understanding the assembly and evolution of Biotas: A case study from the Amazon

Sindhu Radhakrishna; Least Concern cause for much concern?: The impact of human-macaque conflict on bonnet macaque conservation status

11:55am-12.10pm

Li Fei; Protecting an unprotected area: a case study of conserving a tropical limestone forest on Hainan Island, China

Hul Vibol; Diet of Lyle’s flying fox (Pteropus lylei) and potential transmission routes of Nipah virus in Cambodia

Song Yu; Control of final fruit traits in Machilus species

Neahga Leonard; Wild-to-wild translocation of Limestone Langurs: a case study of Trachypithecus poliocephalus on Cat Ba Island, Vietnam

12.10-12:25pm

Robert Steinmetz; Refilling empty forests: alleviating poaching pressure to recover wildlife in South East Asia

Julien Cappelle; Flying foxes (Pteropus spp.) in Cambodia: colony assessments and population dynamics

Keooudone Souvannakhoummane; The taxonomical diversity of family Zingiberaceae in Luang Prabang province, Lao PDR

Christin Minge; Do males care? Patterns and consequences of male-immature association in a wild promiscuous primate

12:25-12:40pm

Simon Hedges; How can we conserve Banteng in Eastern Cambodia? A case study in making decisions and developing a conservation strategy under uncertainty

Marsya Christyanti Sibarani; Long-term monitoring of siamang in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park: 17 years after ENSO-related wildfires

19





2:20-4:20pm: Parallel Sessions 5 1 April 2015

1b.Assessing and enhancing the resilience of the South East Asian protected areas network

2c.Understanding and conserving the diversity and ecology of South East Asian bats & REDD

2d.Latitude-

altitude

gradients-

inferring the

effects of climate

change on

biodiversity

1c.Monitoring

rare or elusive

species in

challenging

environments

2:20-2:35pm

Eric Baran; Studying fish passage in Khone Falls (Lao PDR) for a better connection between Mekong environmental hotspots

Alice C. Hughes; New perspectives on the ecology and biogeography of South East Asian bats

Roger Kitching; Using tree-lines to connect altitudinal datasets: progress

Ross McEwing; Conservation under fire: the challenges of wildlife monitoring and data reporting in Karen State, Burma

2:35-2:50pm

Matthew Struebig; Targeted conservation to safeguard a biodiversity hotspot from Climate and Land-Cover Change

Sara Bumrungsri; Rice production saving by the insectivorous bat, Tadarida plicata

Pagi Toko; Do butterflies and moths have similar diversity patterns along altitudinal gradients?

Adrian Dwiputra; Dhole (Cuon alpinus): Spatial occupancy in Baluran National Park, East Java

2:50-3:05pm

Phien Sayon; The role of GIS and remote sensing in conservation in Cambodia

Saveng Ith; Taxonomic implications of geographical variation in Rhinolophus affinis (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in mainland South East Asia

Nantida Sutummawong; Climate change-induced range shifts in Tropical bird species of Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand

Yik Fui Philip Lo; Conserving the Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in Guangxi, China

3:05-3:20pm

Antony John Lynam; The SMART approach for tackling poaching, illegal trade and other

Tuanjit Sritongchuay; Differential effects of forest proximity on fruit set of

Alice C. Hughes; Onwards and upwards: what do latitude and altitude mean to biodiversity in the

Anita Bousa; Cryptic cats and elusive ungulates: multiple methods for monitoring large mammals in Laos

20

forest crime: examples from developing Asia and Africa

tropical tree crops depend on pollination guilds

real world?

3:20-3:35pm

Charlotte Chang; The social determinants of hunting birds in Xishuangbanna, China and Luang Namtha, Laos

Stephen Elliott; Forest restoration for carbon stock enhancement under REDD++: the potential of natural regeneration

Akihiro Nakamura; Plotting the future: long-term biodiversity monitoring in South East Asia

Jian-Huan Yang; Current distribution, status and conservation challenges of the Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) on Hainan Island

3:35-3:50pm

Zhuang Xueying; Role of topography in distributions of island endemic trees in Hainan tropical rain forest, South China

Alex Diment; Implementing REDD+ in the Seima Protection Forest, Cambodia

Aniruddha Marathe; Potential effects of warming on ant species distributions across elevation gradient in the Eastern Himalaya

Susana Rostro-García; Density, diet, and prey selection of the Indochinese leopard in Eastern Cambodia

3:50-4:05pm

Toby Bakos; Assessment of wildlife species present in selected areas in North Western Cambodia: A report from surveys in 2013 and 2014

Yeang Donal; Local Community Perspectives on REDD+ Benefit Sharing: a case study on REDD+ demonstration project in Cambodia

Stephen Williams; Maximizing the Resilience of SE Asian Biodiversity: a Asia-Pacific Research Network, APCCRN

Oudone Phakphothong; Distribution and distance-based density estimation of langurs (Trachypithecus spp) in Hin Nam No national protected area, Lao PDR

4:05-4:20pm

Hannah O'Kelly; Wildlife detection dogs: lessons learned and future potential in tropical Asia

Brett Scheffers; Can species climb away from climate change?

Aiwu Jiang; Investigations of nest predation on ground nests in rock cavities in a limestone forest in Southern China

THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2015 Ballroom –

Palm Ballroom




10:40am-12:30pm: Parallel

1d.Moving beyond integrated conservation and

1e.Local and global challenges to conserving threatened

Other Fauna 1c.Monitoring

rare or elusive

species in

challenging

21

Sessions 6 2 April 2015

development: making incentives work for conservation

tropical marine mammals in Asia

environments

10:40-10:55am

Eleanor Warren-Thomas; Can we cost-effectively manage increasing demand for natural rubber?

Symposium Introduction and dedication to Kanjana Adulyanukosol by Petch Manopawitr and Brian Smith

Loh Tse-Lynn; Constructing a species distribution map for rare seahorses using anecdotal information and in-water surveys

Ben Swanepoel; Assessing Nomascus gibbon population status at two key sites in Lao PDR

10:55-11:10am

Ashish John; Communities can manage conservation incentive schemes

Long Vu; Conservation status of cetaceans in Kien Giang biosphere reserve, Kien Giang province, Vietnam

Chution Savini; Foraging Patterns and flocking of sympatric hornbills during the non-breeding season

Anthony Lau; Estimation of core terrestrial habitat of the Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis)

11:10-11:25am

Henry Travers; Conservation incentive schemes: predicting conditions for success

Lou Vanny; Conservation status of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia

Zoe Greatorex; Observations of domestic bush meat trade in markets in Lao PDR

Chouly Ou; Fishes and food security in the Mekong River and its tributaries: a preview of life after the new dams are constructed

11:25-11:40am

Alastair Mould: A Status report on Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) nesting in the Northern Plains of Cambodia: A direct payments for conservation program and fledgling success results from 2005 to 2014

Rubaiyat Mansur; Detecting the unseen through application of a robust mark-resight design for estimating humpback dolphin demographics in Bangladesh

Ida Ayu Ari Janiawati; Amphibians response in human- modified landscape at Gianyar Regency Bali

Nutjarin Petkliang; Foraging habitat selection of the Northern grey-rumped swiftlet (Aerodramus inexpectatus) germani in Southern Thailand

11:40-11:55am

Philip Dearden; Diving as an incentive-based

Chalatip Janchompoo; Population

Quek Yew Aun; Horses in the Orient: A Seahorse

Sherryl Lipio-Paz; Habitat determinants of bird

22

conservation mechanism: what have we learned in Thailand in the last 20 years?

estimate of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) using Mark-recapture method in Trat Bay, Trat Province

Population Survey off Penang Island, Malaysia

communities in the selected key mine areas of Mindanao, Philippines: Implication for conservation

11:55am-12:10pm

Amalia Maling; Forest Impact Venture: linking conservation goals and business in sustainable manner

Surasak Thongsukdee; Study of Bryde’s Whale in the Upper Gulf of Thailand

N. Samba Kumar; Hierarchical spatial models of abundance using Distance-sampling data: A methodological advance to evaluate conservation efficacy

12:10-12:30pm

Lindsay Aylesworth; How do you know it's not there? Searching for rare marine species

Luke Gibson; Shifts in rainforest mammal communities from fragments to edges to interior forest





2:20-4:35pm: Parallel Sessions 7 2 April 2015

1d.Moving beyond integrated conservation and development: making incentives work for conservation

Other: Plants and system dynamics

Miscellaneous 1c.Monitoring

rare or elusive

species in

challenging

environments

2:20-2:35pm

Rebecca Riggs; Land Tenure and Livelihoods in Indonesia: A case study of land conflict in Rempek Village, Lombok

Bonifacio Pasion; At what level is recent fragmentation detectable in landscapes?

Carmelita Garcia Hansel; Tapping the free and unlimited energy of the sun for biodiversity conservation: case study of a “proof-

Thanee Dawrueng; Long-term density variation and the effect of landscape on Great Argus (Argusianus argus) in the rainforest of Southern Thailand

23

of-concept” project 2:35-2:50pm

Paola Mejía; Monitoring the effectiveness of Community Conservation Areas in the Eastern Plains Landscape, Cambodia

Ekananda Paudel; Leaf litterfall, nutrient return and decomposition across a tropical forest disturbance gradient

Ian Niel De La Cruz; New species of Perlidae (Insecta, Plecoptera) in the Philippines: Characterization and its molecular evidence in associating life stages

Bhagawan Dahal; Impacts of extractive forest uses on bird assemblages vary with landscape context in lowland Nepal

2:50-3:05pm

Stephen Turton; Paradise lost? The status and future of East Rennell World Heritage Area, Solomon Islands

Rinmanat Waiyarat; Litter production in rubber agroforestry and rubber plantation, Southern Thailand

Sun Visal; Overcoming the challenges of monitoring large waterbirds in a seasonally flooded forest, Prek Toal Core Area, Tonle Sap, Cambodia

3:05-3:20pm

Abu Saleh Md Golam Kibria; Potential of the participatory resource management approach: a case study of Cox’s Bazar participatory forestry program of Bangladesh

Carla Monoy; Temporal changes in tree species and trait composition in a typhoon-prone Pacific dipterocarp forest

Francis Magbanua; Effects of geothermal operations on stream macro invertebrate community structure

Rachel Crouthers; Multi-species, multi-agency monitoring for conservation: an example of best practice from the Eastern plains of Cambodia

3:20-3:35pm

Soun Sakmay; Rice protects critically endangered birds

Ferry Slik; How many tree species are there in the world’s tropical forests?

Leocris Batucan Jr.; Integrated Species Identification of Mayflies (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Layawan River of Mt. Malindang, Philippines

Tedi Setiadi; Predicting the distribution of Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) in Java, Indonesia using a species distribution model

3:35-3:50pm

Sao Sotheary; Best practices in development of the Environment Impact

Akhmad Rizali; Ants and their role in forest transformation systems such as

Kingsly Chuo Beng; Competing land use practices in Xishuangbanna threaten regional

Francois Guegan - Can environmental DNA save the Mekong Giant

24

Assessment law in Cambodia

rubber and oil palm plantations

biodiversity Catfish? in Symposium

3:50-4:05pm

Truong Ba Vuong; Biodiversity in Hon Ba nature reserve Khanh Hoa, central Vietnam: its threats and solution

Damayanti Buchori; Natural enemies in oil palm plantation: their role and utilization

Matthew Nuttall; The flexibility of distance sampling data for monitoring rare species: an evaluation of density surface models versus conventional distance sampling

E. Plenary Presenter Biographies

Professor Susan Laurance Associate Professor Sue Laurance is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and President of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Sue’s research focuses on understanding the impacts of human activities on tropical rainforest communities. She has mostly studied the effects of land-use change in tropical rainforests around the world, but recently has expanded into climate change studies, and has initiated an in-situ drought experiment to study its effects on rainforest communities. Dr Shermin de Silva What do we mean when we say an animal is "social"? And how does its ecology shape its social

life? Dr Shermin de Silva investigates the social networks of Asian elephants in the wild, comparing them to their close cousins the African savannah elephants, in order to understand what factors shape social evolution. In parallel, she is interested in how the study of behavior can inform conservation of this endangered species. A Sri Lankan-born American, Shermin received her BA from the University of California at Berkeley and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She has won multiple grants and fellowships to support her unique research, and also featured in the BBC

documentary "Sri Lanka, Elephant Island." She is the Founder and President of Trunks and Leaves, a non-profit that seeks to promote the conservation of wild Asian elephants and numerous species that share their habitat through science and education in elephant range countries and abroad. Web: www.elephantresearch.net/ www.trunksnleaves.org Twitter: AsianEle Blogs: www.asianelephant.wordpress.com | http://thoughtsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/

http://www.elephantresearch.net/

http://www.trunksnleaves.org/

25

Mr Neang Thy Leading Cambodian herpetologist Thy Neang from the Ministry of Environment (MoE) has

been researching amphibians and reptiles since 2003. He studied forestry in the former Soviet Union for six years before returning to Cambodia to work with the Forestry Administration. Thy works as a counterpart to Fauna & Flora International (FFI), managing the Cambodian Elephant Conservation Group. He is also Head of the Botanical Garden office for the Department of National Park within the General Department of Administration for Nature Conservation & Protection, MoE. Thy has published one field guide about Cambodian amphibians and more than 20 scientific publications. Thy has an

impressive record of Cambodian species discoveries including the: 2015 Ichthyophis cardamomensis caecilian; 2014 wolf snake (Lycodon zoosvictoriae); 2012 Cambodian Kukri snake (Oligodon kampucheaensis); and the 2011 Dalai Mountain blind lizard (Dibamus dalaiensis). In 2010, Thy was honored with a namesake gecko, the South East Asian Cnemaspis neangthyi. Thy will present the Plenary’s “Recent herpetofaunal research in Cambodia: importance of taxonomy for conservation”. Professor Kaoru Kitajima “Frontier of plant functional ecology in the tropics: from understanding biodiversity to sustainable forest use” is the key topic of Dr Kaoru Kitajima from the University of Kyoto, Japan. Kaoru is known for her comparative work of functional traits of seedlings and adult trees in tropical forests, in particular, the first demonstration of the functional basis for growth-survival in tropical tree seedlings. Her work has been conducted mainly in Panama and other neotropical locations, but after moving to Kyoto University recently, she is actively engaged in new research collaborations and tropical ecology education in East and South East Asia. Professor William Laurance

Dr William Laurance will spotlight “Tropical logging and roads: avoiding a fatal synergism for forests”. Bill is a Distinguished Research Professor at James Cook University (JCU) in Cairns, Australia. He holds an Australian Laureate Fellowship, one of Australia’s highest scientific awards. He joined JCU in 2009 after having spent 14 years as a Senior Staff Scientist with the Smithsonian Institution, based in Brazil and Panama. Bill also holds the Prince Bernhard Chair in International Nature Conservation at Utrecht University, Netherlands, and is a research associate at Harvard University and the Smithsonian. At JCU, Bill is Director of the Centre for Tropical

Environmental and Sustainability Science. He also founded and directs ALERT—the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers and Thinkers—a scientific group that advances environmental sustainability and reaches more than 100,000 informed readers and activists each week. Bill received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989. His research focuses on the impacts of intensive land-uses on tropical forests and their biodiversity. He is also interested in protected areas, climatic change and conservation policy.

26

Dr Frank Rheindt “Conservation Genomics of Tropical Non-Model Species” is the topic of Dr Frank Rheindt, from the National University of Singapore. Following a Ph.D. on the evolutionary history and cryptic diversity of neotropical tyrant-flycatchers at the University of Melbourne, Frank moved to Harvard University to apply modern next-generation sequencing technology to vertebrate evolutionary and conservation biology. He is now an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore, where his main interests relate to the study of genetic introgression and the identification of factors that lead to genetic impoverishment in fragmented populations. Dr Ryan Chisholm

Dr Ryan Chisholm from the National University of Singapore will address “Mathematics in the jungle: informing tropical conservation with quantitative theory”. Ryan uses the mathematical and computational tools of theoretical ecology to solve problems in ecology and conservation biology, with a particular focus on tropical forests. The broad questions he tackles are: (1) what determines the distribution of biodiversity in time and space; and (2) what are the consequences of biodiversity for the functioning of earth’s ecosystems and for human well-being.

Professor Richard Corlett From the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China, Dr Richard Corlett will be addressing “Welcome to the Anthropocene; what should we do now?”. Richard Corlett graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1974, followed by a Ph.D. in plant ecology at the Australian National University, with fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. He has subsequently held posts at the University of Chiang Mai (1980-82), National University of Singapore (1982-87, 2008-2012), and University of Hong Kong (1988-2008). In 2012 he moved to the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Yunnan, to head a new Center for Integrative Conservation. His major research interests include terrestrial ecology and biodiversity conservation in tropical East Asia, plant-animal interactions, urban ecology, and the impacts of climate change. In addition to many scientific papers, he is the author or co-author of several books, including The Ecology of Tropical East Asia, with a second edition just published by Oxford University Press, and Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison, co-authored with Richard Primack, with a second edition published by Wiley in 2011. He was a lead author for the ‘Asia’ chapter in the Working Group II contribution to the Fifth (2014) Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is on the steering committee of the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Climate Change Specialist Group.

27

Dr Nicholas Souter “Ten years of the Masters of Science in Biodiversity Conservation at the Royal University of Phnom Penh” is the presentation topic of Dr Nick Souter, from Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Cambodia. Nick is the Project Manager of FFI’s University Capacity Building Project at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. He holds a Ph.D. in endangered species conservation. Before moving to Cambodia Nick worked for the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources' Riverine Recovery Program. Nick is a former President of the Royal Society of South Australia. Dr David Westcott

Rainforest ecologist, Dr David Westcott studies animal movement and is particularly interested in its consequences for ecosystem processes and management. David joined CSIRO in 1995 and since this time has been based at CSIRO’s Atherton Laboratory in Far North Queensland, Australia. David has research experience in Australia, Canada, Central America, India, Papua New Guinea and China. He is a subject editor for the journal Biodiversity and Conservation (2008 to present) and was a subject editor for the journal Biotropica (2005-2013). He is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at James Cook University and was a visiting Fellow with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens

(2005). David has held a number of Governmental and Ministerial Advisory positions and is currently a member of the Wet Tropics Management Authority’s Scientific Advisory Committee and leads the implementation of the National Flying-Fox Monitoring Program. David will present “Living at a landscape scale – flying-fox movement and its consequences”. Dr Madhu Rao “The extinction crisis and the effectiveness of protected areas in South East Asia” is the Plenary topic of Dr Madhu Rao. Madhu is a Regional Advisor (Asia Program) with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Development Coordinator of the Asian Species Action Partnership, an IUCN Species Survival Commission initiative aimed at averting the extinction of Critically Endangered South East Asian vertebrate species. She earned her Ph.D. from Duke University and is currently adjunct faculty at the Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore. She has been involved in developing and implementing science-based conservation projects focused on addressing threats to endangered species and natural ecosystems within and outside protected area systems in South East Asia and China. She has broad experience with capacity development for protected area management in the South East Asia region. Her research interests include protected area policy, the exploitation of wildlife and human-wildlife conflict.

28

Dr Merlin Tuttle “The Amazing World of Bats and a Novel View of Conservation” is the topic of Dr Merlin Tuttle from the University of Texas, USA. Merlin’s research specialty is bat ecology and behavior. He has studied, photographed and lectured on bats worldwide for more than 50 years. He founded and led Bat Conservation International for 30 years. His bat photos have been featured in five National Geographic articles. He continues his work on behalf of bats through his new organization, Merlin Tuttle’s Bat Conservation (www.merlintuttle.org/).

Ms Wulan Pusparini “Protecting the lesser Carnivores: Diversity and Conservation of Small Carnivores in Sumatra” is the Plenary topic of Ms Wulan Pusparini from Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Indonesia Programme. Wulan began her conservation career almost 10 years ago with an undergraduate research on Sumatran rhinoceros with the University of Indonesia. Ever since, rhinos guide her to many conservation endeavors mostly on mammal conservation using statistical models, such as species distribution modeling, population estimate, occupancy modeling, and multivariate statistics. Currently she works for WCS Indonesia as a Species Conservation Specialist. She is a Ph.D. candidate with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her geographic conservation experience is mostly in Sumatra, Indonesia. Currently her interest is shedding light on Sumatra’s less known or data deficient species. Follow her on @wpusparini. Dr Keo Omaliss is Director of the Cambodian Government Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity. His Ph.D. dissertation research on the ecology and conservation of the Giant Ibis

in Cambodia will be the subject of his ATBC presentation entitled “Ecology and conservation of the Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea in Cambodia”. During his Ph.D. and subsequent work, he received recognition and support from the Christensen Conservation Leader Scholarship and Clive Marsh Award (Wildlife Conservation Society), Russell E. Train Fellowship (World Wide Fund for Nature), Smythies Memorial Fund (Oriental Bird Club), Club 300

for Bird Protection, Kushlan Research Award (Waterbird Society), Joe and Rosa Frenkel Trust, BirdLife International, Hardship Fund and Overseas Research Scheme Award (University of East Anglia), Zoologische Gesellschaft für Artenund Populationsschutz, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Dr Omaliss spent 18 months working at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, where he was supported by the Conservation Science Group.

29

5. POSTER BOARDS AND DISPLAYS

Please take the time to visit displays in the foyer from: Song Saa Foundation WWF Conservation International Sam Veasna SMP Ibis Rice Wildlife Alliance CBC FFI James Cook University ATBC

Poster # and Topic

Authors Subject

1. Species and environment

Adrian Dwiputra, Achmad Sjarmidi, and Endang Hernawan, School of Life Sciences Institut Teknologi Bandung

Dhole (Cuon alpinus Pallas 1811) Spatial Occupancy in Baluran National Park, East Java


Ganjar Cahyadi; Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia, with Umilaela Arifin & Djoko T Iskandar,

Feeding activities and prey composition of the Sumatran cascade frogs: are they generalist predator?

3. Animal Behavior

Lien-Siang Chou, National Taiwan University, with Da-Mien Wong, Shiuh-Feng Shiao & Anthony Bain

Dimorphism and mating strategies in male Sycoscapter fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

4.Fig trees and associated animals

Xiao-lan Wen & Rui-wu Wang Kunming, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan

Cooperative conflict in fig-fig wasps system: the Arms Race between style and ovipositor length

5. Journal review Zhao Wanyi, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, with Xu Kewang, Ma Jinshuang, Fan Qiang & Liao Wenbo

The Contributions to the Botanical Journal Sunyatsenia from 1930 to 1948

6. Landscape scale conservation

Renchao Zhou, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, with Seping Dai & Shuqiong Wang

Extremely low genetic diversity and extensive genetic admixture at the northern range margins of Bombax ceiba


Jiaqi Zhang, Alice C. Hughes & Richard T. Corlett, from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Forest islands in a rubber sea: developing methods to maintain and protect forests in a rubber matrix

30


Salindra K. Dayananda, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Rui-Chang Quan,Jia-Jia Liu, J. W. Ferry Slik, Kyle W. Tomlinson & Eben Goodale

Understanding how the spatial distribution of forest fragments influences birds in a deforested landscape of southern tropical China


Kingsly Chuo Beng, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, with Ferry Slik & Alice Hughes

When two or more land use types compete, it is the biodiversity that suffers


Ellen Mc Arthur, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, with Michael G. Schöner, Caroline R. Schöner, Nursyafiqah Shazali, Rebecca Ermisch, Linda Dombrowski & Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan

Echolocation calls of insectivorous bats in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo


Nida Rosyidah & Endah Sulistyawati, School of Life Sciences and Technology Institut Teknologi Bandung Indonesia

Environmental Factors Influencing Understory Cover and Composition across the Forest Boundary in Mount Papandayan Nature Reserve, Indonesia


Lien-Siang Chou, Kang-Yu Fan & Ling-Long Kuo-Huang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Exploring the interactions between Ficus (Moraceae) and non-pollinating fig wasps by comparative anatomy of fig wall structure


Noel Ruting, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

Floristic diversity and patch dynamics in cyclone-disturbed and fragmented rainforests of North Queensland


Rahmawati Ihsani Wetadewi & Dr. Endah Sulistyawati, Bandung Institute of Technology

Forest Regeneration at the Boundary of Mount Papandayan Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia


Prasit Wangpakapattanawong & Pornwiwan Pothasin, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Phenology of Ficus squamosa (Moraceae) in a riparian habitat in Northern Thailand


Hong-Qing Li, Zhong-Ling Lu, Qing-Mei Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Jing Lu & Huai-Zhen Tian, from East China Normal University

Species Delimitation of Ficus gasparriniana-F. erecta Complex of Subsection Frutescentiae (Moraceae) with Additional Molecular Data

17. Species and Mochammad Fikry Structure and Composition of Tree

31

environment Pratama & Dr. Endah Sulistyawati, Bandung Institute of Technology

Community along Elevational Gradient in Mount Gede Pangrango National Park


Yun-Peng Chiang & Anthony Bain from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

The adaptive phenology of Ficus subpisocarpa and Ficus caulocarpa in Taipei, Taiwan


Benjamin Thorne, from Song Saa Foundation, with Marianne Teoh & Jessica Savage

The Song Saa Marine Reserve – Cambodia’s first government recognized marine conservation area


Toby Bakos, Caleb Jones & Peter Brakels, Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity

The status and distribution of primates in Phnom Kulen National Park, Cambodia: A report from surveys in 2013 and 2014


Xue Xia, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, China, with Guy Beauchamp, John H. D. Husson, Chen Jin, Katsiaryna Malykhina & Eben Goodale

Can vocal characteristics predict leadership patterns in mixed-species flocks?

22. Supporting humans and biodiversity

Samsul Maarif & Subeno, Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University

Bird diversity in various forest types in KPH Probolinggo Plantations, East Java, Indonesia


Nguyen Trang, University of Cambridge, with Zain Sabri

Ivory and rhino horns consumption and consumers in Asia with a focus on China and Vietnam


Hang Chandaravuth, FA/FFI, with Chantha Nasak, Neang Thy & Jackson Frechette

Patterns of Human-Elephant Conflict and Mitigation Techniques in Cambodia


Ross McEwing, The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, with Seree Wantai, Saw Sha Bwe Moo, Adam Oswell & Clare Campbell

The Karen Wildlife Conservation initiative (KWCI): Wildlife and forest conservation in Karen State, Burma

26. Bat conservation

Hoem Thavry, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with Julien Cappelle, Lim Thona, Hul Vibol & Neil M. Furey

Diet and reproductive phenology of cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea) in Cambodia and its conservation implications

32

6. ATBC-AP 2015 PHNOM PENH MEETING ORGANIZERS

Overall organization and coordination: 1. Antony Lynam – Secretary of ATBC Asia, Pacific Chapter, and Regional Adviser for

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Bangkok, Thailand. 2. Alice C. Hughes – Associate Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China. 3. Kung Sophea – Tnaot Khmer, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Local Organizing Committee:

1. Phal Des (Chair) – Vice-Rector, Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Cambodia. 2. Antony Lynam (Co-chair) – Secretary of ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter, and Regional

Adviser for WCS, Bangkok, Thailand. 3. Nick Souter – Project Manager, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC), Fauna &

Flora International (FFI), Cambodia. 4. Nophea Sasaki – Associate Professor, Graduate School of Applied Informatics,

University of Hyogo, Japan. 5. Neang Thy – Cambodian Elephant Conservation Group Manager, Ministry of

Environment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 6. Thi Sothearen – CBC, RUPP, Cambodia. 7. Alex Diment – Senior Technical Advisor, WCS, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Scientific Committee:

1. Neil Furey (Chair) – Research Associate, FFI, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 2. Tommaso Savini (Co-chair) – Post-doctoral Researcher, Conservation Ecology

Program, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand. 3. Aldrin Mallari – Country Director, FFI, Manila, The Philippines. 4. David Westcott – Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Atherton, Australia. 5. Steve Turton – Professor of Geography, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences.

James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. 6. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz – Associate Professor, School of Geography’, University of

Nottingham, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Malaysia. 7. Catherine Yule – Associate Professor, School of Science, Monash University, Bandar

Sunwa’, Malaysia. 8. Soumya Prasad – Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, New Delhi, India. 9. Alice C. Hughes (Co-chair)– Associate Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic

Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China. Course and Workshop Committee:

1. Alice Hughes (Chair) – Associate Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China.

2. Soumya Prasad – Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. 3. Rhett Harrison – Professor, World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Region,

Kunming, China 4. Robert Bagchi, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. 5. Nick Souter – Project Manager, CBC, FFI, Cambodia.

33

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Local Organizing Committee for the ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter Annual Meeting 2015 would like to express its sincere gratitude to the following individuals and organizations:

For hosting the meeting, H.E. Dr Chet Chealy and the Royal University of Phnom Penh

(RUPP) and Dr Nick Souter and the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC). To supporting organizations Fauna & Flora International (FFI), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Rufford Foundation.

To Dr Antony Lynam (WCS) in his role as ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter Secretary and Local Organizing Committee member.

To the ATBC Scientific Committee for reviewing more than 250 talk and poster abstract submissions – Dr Neil Furey, Dr Tommaso Savini, Dr Alice C. Hughes, Dr Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Dr Cathy Yule, Dr Aldrin Mallari and Dr Steve Turton. To Dr Jenny Daltry for proposing to publish the abstracts from the meeting in the Cambodian Journal of Natural History, and then for her tireless efforts to edit abstracts for the publication.

To the Course and Workshop Committee led by Dr Alice C. Hughes, who reviewed and approved five pre-conference workshops, inspired four symposia, and helped recruit and facilitate many of the participants from China to join the meeting, and assisted logistics and scheduling.

To our local collaborators who offered field trips: Elephant Valley Project, Sam Veasna Foundation, Cambodia Rural Development Tours, and WCS - Cambodia Programme and to Dr Alex Diment who helped coordinate with the tour companies to obtain information on the trips for ATBC.

To Dr Patricia Sampaio (ATBC Treasurer) for providing invaluable support in handling meeting payments. To Mr Heng Sokha (RUPP) for website design and administration.

To the ATBC Country Representatives for motivating scientists in the region to participate in this meeting.

To the champions of our successful ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter Declarations and Resolution and the ATBC Conservation Council for approving the final statements.

To the Event Organizer, Ms Kung Sophea (Tnaot Khmer) who helped coordinate the conference and workshop venues, arranging discounts on accommodation for participants, and coordinating the meeting registration and other events. To Louisa McKerrow (FFI) for designing the conference programme booklet and assisting with media and displays. To Birds of Cambodia Education and Conservation, Jeremy Holden, FFI, Free the Bears and WWF for use of their images in this booklet.

Finally, to the Plenary Speakers, Symposium Chairs, Presenters, RUPP volunteers and Participants for making this meeting possible. We wish you all a successful meeting.

34

8. CONFERENCE TOURS

A range of exciting tropical conservation themed trips are available, departing from Phnom Penh or Siem Reap, and visiting conservation sites across the country. See the meeting website for more details – www.rupp.edu.kh/ap2015/special-events.php Nine tours will be held after the conference:

Free the Bears: Bear Keeper for a Day program SVC Bird-watching Tours Ibises and Cambodian Tailor Bird and Critically Endangered vultures tour Dolphins and turtles along the Mekong Elephants and Primates Waterbird colony at Prek Toal Sarus cranes and ancient temple tour Koh Ker and Beng Mealea - A Temple and Forest Tour Phnom Kulen National Park - A Temple and Forest Tour

conference programmerupp.edu.kh/ap2015/final... · 2015-03-19 · 6 4. event programme a. training,...

Documents