PLENARY 3:  Resourcing Taxonomic Capacity Building Programmes in Support of Sustainable Development

Chair:  Professor Amos Akingbohungwe, Nigeria

0830-0900

Resourcing Capacity Building – the Role of Taxonomists

Prof Gideon Smith, Ms Yolande Steenkamp & Ms Ronell Klopper, National Botanic Institute, South Africa

0900-0920

Resourcing Capacity Building, a regional approach for Southeast Asia: some options and experiences from the Philippines

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Dr Domingo Madulid, National Herbarium, Philippines

0920-0940

Resourcing Capacity Building in Asia and the Pacific

Mr Ian Cresswell, Australian Biological Resources Study, Australia & Dr Junko Shimura, Species 2000 Asia-Oceania, Japan

0940-1000

The Experience of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

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Dr Henrik Enevoldsen, IOC-UNESCO, Denmark

Plenary 3 (cont.)

Chair: Prof Alfred Oteng-Yeboa, Ghana

1030-1050

GEF Enabling Activities and Taxonomic Capacity Building

Dr David Duthie, UNEP-GEF Biodiversity Programme Officer, Nairobi, Kenya.

1050-1110

GEF Medium and Full Size Projects and Taxonomic Capacity Building

Prof Alan Rodgers, UNDP-GEF Programme Officer, Arusha, Tanzania

1110-1130

Resourcing Capacity Building: the FAO and IPPC experience

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Ms Christina Devorshak, FAO, Rome, Italy

1130-1150

Experiences of the International Pollinators Initiative

Dr Wanja Kinuthia, National Museums of Kenya, EAFRINET Coordinator  & Dr Connal Eardley, PPRI South Africa, SAFRINET Coordinator

1150-1210

ALL Species Foundation:  A Call for Partners in Building the Encyclopedia of Life

Dr Piotr Naskrecki, ALL Species Foundation, USA

1210-1230

Resourcing combating Invasive Alien Species - the Working for Water Programme

Dr Guy Preston, Global Invasive Species Programme & Dept of Water Affairs, South Africa