Bootcamp

The ATBC held their global meeting in Kuching in July 2018, and we ran a Boot Camp as a pre-meeting activity. The venue was the Harbour View Hotel in down-town Kuching. We had 22 participants from a wide range of counties, mostly coming for the ATBC meeting, but with several from UNIMAS.  Instructor team:  Chee […]

Our 2018 workshop in Kuala Lumpur was hosted by Sunway University. We had over 20 participants, mostly field researchers from WCS, Pelindung and WWF together with postgrad students at Sunway. Several of the participants in the instructors’ workshop stayed on to help with the Boot Camp, so we had a strong  instructor team: Ngumbang, Chris, Areth,

Last year we had a small group for the Kuching Boot Camp, so we were surprised to get over 20 participants this year. The workshop was hosted by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak and we had participants from UNIMAS, WCS, WWF, as well as UPM and Sunway University.  Instructor team: Ngumbang, Sri, Mike.

Our second Boot Camp in Bhutan organised by UWICER took place at the Regional Centre for Tiger and Cats Research at Gelephu, in the lowlands at the foot of the Himalayas. Most of the participants were Bhutan government staff – UWICER or Forest Department – but 10 people from NGOs and universities in Bangladesh, Nepal and India

In August 2017 we were back in Thailand, this time for a Boot Camp organised by Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) from 28 Aug to 9 Sept. The 20 participants were mostly postgrads from SUT or KMUTT, but included participants from other universities, ZSL Thailand, and India. Support came from SUT, while Sakaerat Environmental Research Station kindly provided accommodation

In association with ATBC and the Xishuanbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens, we ran a Boot Camp as a post-event workshop after the ATBC-Asia Pacific regional meeting. The participants were mostly based at XTBG, though from a wide range of countries and backgrounds. In addition, we had researchers from the Zoology and Botanical Institutes in Kunming.  Instructor team: Ngumbang, Dusit,

Our annual Boot Camp in Kuala Lumpur took place in December 2016 instead of January 2017, as Chinese New Year fell in January. Perhaps as a result, we only had a small number of participants. We used the facilities of Akademi Hevea again.  Instructor team: Ngumbang, Elan, Win Sim, Mike.

We were only expecting a small group for the Kuching Boot Camp, so we booked the conference room at Sama Jaya Forest Park, which can only take 16. In the end, we had to turn away a couple of people. Most people were postgrads at UNIMAS, but staff from WCS, WWF, SFC and Borsamulu were

Our second Boot Camp in Indonesia was organised by the HarimauKita Forum with major support from WCS and FFI. It was held at the Oasis training centre on the slopes of Mount Merapi, just outside Jogjakarta. The 19 participants were mostly field researchers with NGOs, government or industry. As you can see from the photo, HarimauKita produced a spectacular t-shirt

Our first Bhutan Boot Camp was hosted by the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment (UWICE) at their main campus at Bumthang, almost 3,000m up in the Himalayas. The group of 21 included folks from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The Bhutanese participants were government staff from protected areas or UWICE’s own researchers.  Instructor team: Ngumbang, Fen,