ASEAN Heritage Parks Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia and Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in Thailand host gaurs, one of the largest cattle species in the world. Photo courtesy of the ASEAN Heritage Parks programme. Photo by ACB.
LAGUNA, Feb. 11 The Lunar New Year is widely celebrated in the ASEAN region, particularly in member states where the event is declared a national holiday. With optimism and renewed hope for healing and recovery, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) joins the ASEAN Member States (AMS) in celebrating the start of the Lunar Year of the Ox.
Today, we also take the opportunity to highlight the crucial role of the wild large-horned mammals belonging to the family of bovine species across the ASEAN region. While their contribution to the people’s nutrition and livelihood are invaluable, the presence of these herbivores contributes to the health and productivity of ecosystems. Apart from adding balance to the food chain as prey for predators, wild ox or
Inle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary in Myanmar serves as a watershed and water source for communities’ electricity and domestic use. Photo by Hein Htet, winner in the ASEAN Heritage Parks Category of 2020 Zooming in on Biodiversity photo competition.
LAGUNA, Feb. 2 The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity expresses its solidarity with the rest of the world in celebrating World Wetlands Day and highlighting the urgency and need to conserve and protect wetlands ecosystems.
World Wetlands Day, which falls annually on the 2nd of February, marks the date of the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, a treaty ratified by 170 countries to protect wetlands and promote their wise use.
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity joins the international community in amplifying the call for everyone to contribute to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Photo taken in Khao Yai National Park, a designated ASEAN Heritage Park in Thailand.
LAGUNA, Jan. 9 This year marks the beginning of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which is aimed at preventing, halting and reversing the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean while helping to end poverty, combat climate change, and prevent mass extinction. The United Nations General Assembly on 1 March 2019 proclaimed the period between 2021 and 2030 as such amidst the loss of nature that is happening at an unprecedented rate worldwide.