“Botanical Garden Development and Management”
Training Course
September 4th to September 29th, 2017
Course objectives
？ To coordinate, promote and support the development and management of Asian botanical gardens
？ To help build regional capacity and expertise at a time of rapid global change
？ To strengthen botanical garden networking among the Asian developing countries and promote exchange of professional skills and ideas
This course includes
？ 8 days lectures and discussion, cover the origin, current status and future dimensions of botanic gardens; diverse roles of botanic gardens in living collections, capacity-building, plant diversity conservation, herbarium management, botanical garden management, horticulture, and public education
？ 4-day field excursion to Tianmu Mountain to gain practical experience on plant identification, field survey and plant taxonomy
？ 7 days of visits to several leading Chinese botanical gardens
？ 4 days of internship in Chenshan Botanical Garden
Application eligibility
？ Botanical staff (young leaders, deputy director, head of collections, horticulturist in charge of a collection, etc.) from any Asian developing countries
？ Fluent in English, the course will be delivered in English
？ Complete application form
？ Two recommendation letters
？ Resumé
Financial assistance
？ Offered by Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
？ Fully or partially cover the expense of international travel, domestic travel inside China, accommodation and workday lunches
？ Applicants seeking financial assistance should include a formal letter specifying their financial needs in the application package
Contact
？ Please email application form, two recommendation letters and resumé to huangshubo@csnbgsh.cn before May 31st, 2017
？ Further details available from:
IABG-Asian Division, c/o Ms. Huang Shubo, Chenshan Botanical Garden, huangshubo@csnbgsh.cn
IABG-Secretariat, c/o Dr. ZHANG Linhai, South China Botanical Garden, linhai@scbg.ac.cn
