On 28th of August, Prof. Dr. Ruichang QUAN Deputy Director of CAS-SEABRI and his party had a meeting with Dr. Thaung Naing Oo, Director of Forest Research Institute of FD at director office.
During a field survey in Hongbenghe close to the China/Myanmar border in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, a new species was found and named Polyalthia yingjiangensis.
During the fieldwork in northern Myanmar, specimens of Reinwardtia were found in Putao, Kachin state. Reinwardtia glandulifera is a species new to science.
To improve the practical knowledge on biodiversity conservation, the fourth year students of University of Forestry (UOF) visited CAS-SEABRI on 27th July 2017.
During their recent floristic explorations of the Yuanjiang valley collected an unusual species. After carrying out analysis, the researchers confirmed it as a new species and named it as Tsaiodendron dioicum.
Karstodiaptomus sheni n. gen., n. sp. is a new stygobiotic species of Calanoida (Crustacea: Copepoda), described from a cave in Yunnan Province, China.
