Conference on natural resources in tropics to be held in Sibu and Kapit
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak ( Unimas) will be hosting the Fifth International Conference on Natural Resources in the Tropics ( NRTrop5) in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of its establishment.
NRTrop5 themed ‘ Biological interactions and their functions in comprehending, safeguarding, and utilising tropical ecosystems’ will be held at two separate venues in central Sarawak – at Sibu next Monday (Nov 27) then at Kapit next Wednesday ( Nov 29).
A total of 77 papers will be presented by international and national participants at NRTrop5.
NRTrop5 is expected to attract over 100 experts in tropical natural resources from 11 countries namely the USA, the UK, Australia,theCzechRepublic, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, China, Japan and Peninsular and East Malaysia to share their research findings.
NRTrop5 will feature plenary speaker Professor David J Mabberley, an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, University of Oxford, and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
Three keynote addresses will be given by Dr Stuart Davies, director of ForestGEO; Frank H Levinson chair for Global Forest Science and a senior staff scientist at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA; Dr Wong Khoon Meng, a principal researcher at Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore; and Dr Wong Sin Yeng, an Associate Professor in Unimas as well as an Associate of the Harvard University Herbaria.
“NRTrop5 is one of a series of events organised by Unimas throughout 2017 to celebrate its formation,” Unimas said in a press statement yesterday.
Those interested to participate as observers are to email nrtrop5@ gmail.com to make reservation.
More information at http:// www. conference. unimas. my/2017/nrtrop5/index.php
Unimas can be reached at + 60 82581231, + 60 82 665088 (fax) or www.unimas.my