The SCB Asia Section is proud to provide travel support to 13 students from across Asia to attend SCB’s 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019) next month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The students were selected from among dozens of applicants who applied for the opportunity to attend the Congress to present their research on conservation in Asia. The awards intend to help students advance their presentation and professional skills, expand networking opportunities, and raise awareness for their conservation research.
Following is the list of winners and the title of the abstracts that they will present at ICCB 2019:
Tabitha Hui
Roadkills in northern Peninsular Malaysia
Rahul De
Patterns, drivers and conservation implications of crop-raiding by Asian elephants - human-elephant conflict in the north-west India
Ravi Singh
Genetic diversity of the largest remnant breeding population of gharial in Chambal, India
Anjan Katna
Habitat heterogeneity is essential for mesocarnivore conservation in human-dominated landscapes
Darunee Markviriya
Genetic diversity of two closely related gibbon species, Hylobates lar and H. pileatus, in the contact zone at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Yakuan Sun
Analysis on habitat suitability of Asian elephants in Southwest China bordering Myanmar to enhance population connectivity for long-term conservation
Desiree Andersen
Habitat suitability overlap of two threatened frog species in the Korean Peninsula
Hussain Ali
Artificial nests for conservation of large and small carpenter bees in urban areas
Rajat Rastogi
Exotics rule the land? Effects of two invasive plants on native plant assemblage and ecosystem functioning in a tropical forest
Aisha Uduman
Ecological and social dimensions of leopard-livestock conflict in Sri Lanka
Negin Samadzadeh
Foraging analysis of brown bear (Ursus arctos); Golestan national park, Iran
Bibek Raj Shrestha
Hatch of Hope? Survival Estimate and Habitat Association of Critically Endangered Royal Turtle of Cambodia
Hnin Nandar
Assessing the effect of anthropogenic and environmental stressors on electrolyte balance in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)