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Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol UniversityEducational ProgramBangkok, Bangkok, Thailand Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University (Established 1985) Rama 6 Road , Bangkok , Bangkok 10400 Thailand Director: Warren Y. Brockelman Center for Conservation Biology, ISTRD Mahidol University Salaya, Phutthamonthon 4 Road Nakhon Pathom 73170 Thailand Phone: 66 (2) 201 5000 E-mail: wybrock@cscoms.com Mission: Program goals are to train students in undergraduate and graduate levels in ecology and conservation biology, carry out wildlife conservation and field research projects, and provide database information on wildlife species in protected conservation areas. Principal Research Programs: Distribution and conservation of gibbons in Thailand; Ecology and social behavior of "Hylobates lar"; Forest ecology, role of gibbons in seed dispersal, Ecology of mammal community in tropical dry forest Training Opportunities: Educational opportunities available for: Undergraduate, Graduate; Field work opportunities available; Program emphasis: Ecology; Conservation Biology; Behavioral ecology; Financial support occasionally available; Note: M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees offered in environmental biology, with emphasis on conservation biology. Teaching is in English.; The Center and most of its staff members are officially part of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, which since 1974 has offered post-graduate degrees in environmental biology. The Biology Department has about 40 faculty members of which at least 20 have the Ph.D. degree. The department teaches the basic first year biology courses for all university students entering the medical and life sciences, and offers an undergraduate major in biology. Number of Staff: Total (4) Key Personnel: Warren Y. Brockelman, Director of Center of Conservation Biology Phone: 66(6)009, E-mail: scwbk@mahidol.ac.th Visut Baimai, Director of Special Program in Biodiversity Phone: 246-1360 x. 2402 Sompoad Srikosamatara, Teaching, Research Staff Phone: 246-1360 x. 2501, E-mail: scsrk@mahidol.ac.th Philip D. Round, Project Manager of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Conservation Project Phone: 247-7051 Pilai Poonswad Diretor - Hornbill Project Phone: 246-1360 x. 4606 Species Supported: No captive primates at the university, but many gibbons are held by the National Zoos and the Dept. of Parks and Wildlife. Associated Field Sites: Long-term research on gibbons and forest ecology in Khao Yai National Park, where a 30-ha forest dynamics plot has been established; wild Asian elephants in Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary, Rainforest conservation at many other tropical forest sites Entry created: 1998-03-30 [Update Entry] [Delete Entry] |