The next AP Chapter meeting is joined with the ATBC Annual Meeting in Cairns, Australia. Website

In 2006 the ATBC launched an Asia-Pacific Chapter to help promote tropical biology and conservation in the region. The chapter held a very successful inaugural conference in March 2007 at Mahabalipuram, India and will continue to hold annual regional meetings. The chapter is also supporting training activities in the region, such as graduate field courses, and workshops associated with the annual meetings. All ATBC members from the Asia-Pacific region are automatically members of the chapter, and other ATBC members interested in joining can do so without additional dues by writing to asia@tropicalbio.org

Office bearers

• Chairperson: Chution Savini, Wildlife Conservation Society, Thailand,
• Treasurer: Steve Turton, James Cook University, Australia, steve.turton@jcu.edu.au
• Secretary: Antony Lynam, Wildlife Conservation Society, Asia Programs, asia@tropicalbio.org 

Chution Savini, Lucia Lohmann (2013 ATBC President) and Tony Lyman (© Tropicalbio.org)

Steve Turton (Treasurer & Chair of ATBC2014) and Tony Lyman (© Tropicalbio.org)

Cam Webb (Co-Chair ATBC2010, Bali) and Rhett Harrison, former Secretary of the ATBC AP Chapter. © Tropicalbio.org

Country representatives

"We are in need of Country Representatives for PNG, Brunei, Timor Leste, and the Phillippines. If anyone knows of motivated individuals with extensive contacts in universities, government and civil society, who can attend the annual Chapter meeting, are able to fundraise to bring along students and beginning career researchers and conservationists, and are prepared to design, participate, organize and/or fundraise for workshops and special events at the annual meetings, who might join us to represent these countries, please do let me know." Tony Lyman, 26 March 2013.

Australia Roger Kitching, Griffith University, r.kitching@griffith.edu.au
Bangladesh Abu Naser Mohsin Hossain, Forestry Department of Bangladesh, abunasermh@gmail.com
Cambodia Neil Furey, FFI / Royal University of Phnom Penh, n.furey.ffi@gmail.com
China Bosco Chan Head of Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, boscokf@kfbg.org
India Prasad Soumya Indian Institute of Sciences prasadsoumya@gmail.com
Indonesia 'Didi' Mochamad Indrawam University of Indonesia jamblang@cbn.net.id
Japan Aiba Shinichiro Kagoshima University aiba@sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
Lao PDR Manichanh Satdichanh, Lecturer Faculty of Forestry (FoF) National University of Laos (NUoL), DongDok Campus, Vientiane Capital Lao PDR, PO.Box 7322 & Research fellow Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Scieences (CAS) Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China chanh199@gmail.com
Malaysia Catherine Yule, A/Prof Deputy Head of School (Education) School of  Science, Monash University Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 46150 Malaysia catherine.yule@monash.edu
Myanmar Nay Myo Shwe, Project Officer Friends of Wildlife - FoW Room 13, Building 22 Golden Palm Villa, YanShin Road, Yankin Township Yangon, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar Office Phone: +95 01 558091 Mobile Phone: + 95 09 49334720 nmshwe@googlemail.com
New Zealand Jason Tylianakis University of Canterbury, jason.tylianakis@canterbury.ac.nz
Sri Lanka Enoka Kudavidanage enokakudavidanage@gmail.com
Singapore Benjamin Lee National Parks Board canopyben@gmail.com
South Pacific Pierre-Michel Forget (temporarily) Call for a representative from the region (contact : pmforget@gmail.com)
Thailand Pongthep Suwanwaree Suranaree University of Technology, pongthep@sut.ac.th
Vietnam Truong Ba Vuong Institute of Tropical Biology bavuong2019@yahoo.com