Project summary

Objective: To provide the first national depository and identification facility for insects, a prerequisite for generating the biological information needed for effective biodiversity conservation in Thailand. UK expertise is being used to establish a focus to help build and maintain the human resources, systems and infrastructure needed to obtain, collate and curate the biological specimens that are the basis for taxonomic knowledge. Field work is centred on Doi Inthanon National Park (DINP) and Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (QSBG).

View the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden insect database.