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The
Second Meeting of TdH Regional Partners’ Working Group
on Biodiversity.
This
meeting was a yearly event calendar of Terre des Hommes
Germany Southeast Asia Coordination Office, Bangkok.
This event was carried out by the Association
for Community and Ecology Development (ACED)
which is being an environmental division of TdH Bangkok.
This
meeting discussed Biodiversity and some related issues
such as environmental damaged as a result of woods
exploitation, development projects, and the conversion
of forest became monocrop plantations. The topics were
around illegal logging for industries purpose, dam
project to support hydroelectric power plant, genetic
engineering, and bio piracy as the most popular issues
in the meeting session. These issues are considered to
be the most serious threat for the biodiversity
continuation cycle.
Fifteen
attendees from seven countries in Southeast Asia were
participated in the meeting, included Indonesia which
was represented by Ms. Evi Naria MPH., of LSPL.
The
result of the Second Meeting of TdH Regional Partners’
Working Group was poured in Declaration for
Biodiversity.
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Creating an electronic mail out on
biodiversity issues to be circulated among partners
monthly under the direction of the Association for
Community and Ecology Development. Each partner has
agreed to submit at least twenty lines of text each
month. |
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Following through with Training of Trainers (ToT)
as proposed at the first meeting of this group.
Francis Morales of MASIPAG has committed to train a
traveling group of trainers who will visit partner
countries and conduct training sessions on
Biodiversity. |
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Researching traditional methods of
restoration and development of biodiversity to be
presented to partners at the next meeting of the
group. Partners have committed to prepare at least
twenty pages of text and Jaturong
Boonyaratanasoontorn has agreed to act as an
advisor. |
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Meeting formally in North Sumatra, Indonesia
from October 22nd-28th, 2002.
Evi Naria will organize the meeting, Nuttarote
Wangwinyoo will act as the convenor, and Terre des
Hommes has committed to sponsor one key partner from
each participating Southeast Asian countries.
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The
declaration has been supported by seventeen representatives
from Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, the
Philippines, and Laos.
The
meeting on biodiversity was ended on November 7th,
2001 and then continued with a short exposure visit in some
villages, Mae Khong river basin, Mirror Art Group which
focuses on the under schooling child – provides them an
alternative education – and the victims drugs/psychotropic
matter and assisting for indigenous people of Akha.
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