The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
Spring Symposium, 2003

Support for the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Spring Symposium was provided by Daniel and Sheryl Tishman, and John Tishman. Additional funding for this year's Symposium was provided by Eleanor Briggs.

Support for the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation is provided by The Starr Fund for Biodiversity and Conservation, established by The Starr Foundation, and by other generous foundations, corporations, and individuals.

Partial travel support was provided by US Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP), a program of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); and by SNV Netherlands Development Organization.

Many people helped in the planning of this symposium, and while they are far too numerous to list individually, the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation extends its thanks to all of them.

For their significant role in shaping the form and content of this symposium, we especially wish to thank Joshua Ginsberg, Arlyne Johnson, Madhu Rao, and Nguyen Thi Dao.

We also wish to acknowledge the valuable contributions of Erin Willigan, Hannah Messerli, Alicia Stevens, Susan Phillip, Liz DeGaetano, Mike Baltzer, Michael Hedemark, Pieter Stoer, Soulisak Vannalath, Nathan Sage, Martha Honey, Mary Wong, Petch Manopawitr, Rusty Staff, Neil Challis, Colin Poole, Tony Lynam, Frédéric Goes, Sok Heng, Panomporn Pathius, Bibiana Chit, Soumalie Sygnavong, Minh Duc Le, Jimin Lee, Linda Krueger, Rose King, Jessica Rogers, Jenny Springer, Deb Gray, Jack Tordoff, Jezhua Reddener, Emily Summerhays, Karen Giorno, Margaret Graham, Brian Olson, Dick Houghton, Eileen Fisenne, Beverly Heimberg, Nicole Winns, Nancy Goodwin, Myrna King, Lupe Miller, Helen Sorensen, Joe Handy, Deanna Greene, Susan James, Humberto Negron, Tony Spilios, Nader Ibrahim, and High Country Passage.

Many thanks to the staff of Asia Transpacific Journeys for their logistical support.

Finally, we thank the symposium speakers for traveling here to deliver their presentations, and for the additional input that many provided.

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