Motokawa Team @ Lao PDR
A flying squirrel, Belomys sp.
A white-toothed shrew, Crocidura sp.
Hipposideros sp.
Tagane Team @ Vietnam
Entada glandulosa
Mitrephora pallens
Blepharis maderaspatensis
Photos of new projects in 2023
Photos were taken during a survey conducted by Motokawa Team at Laos and Tagane Team at Vietnam from November to December 2023.
A result of fish research in the Thailand Mekong is now available as a field guide.
A Field Guide to Fishes of the Thailand Mekong (82.2MB)
We have revised the CGF programme aiming at young scientists in developing countries, and international students enrolled in doctoral programs at Japanese universities can also apply. For details, please refer to the CGF programme page.
Results of fish research in northern Thailand is now available as a field guide.
A Field Guide to the Northern Thai Fishes (13.7MB)
Findings of Dr Gizelle Akiate Batomalaque's research project "Biodiversity and conservation assessment of non-marine mollusks of the Batanes Group of Islands, Philippines" has been published as a poster.
Non-marine mollusks of Batanes Islands (3.5MB)
Dr Jean B. Jontila's 10-year work on sea cucumber has been published as a field guide under Publication Programme.
The sea cucumbers in Palawan, Philippines: a field guide (31.7MB)
Restuls of NEF's project on fish fauna of the Indochinese Mekong 2006-2011 is available as a guidebook.
Fishes of the Indochinese Mekong (e-book)
Results of fish research in Lao PDR is now available as a field guide.
Fishes of the Mekong Basin of Laos (223MB)
Results of fish research in Canbodia is now available as a field guide.
Fishes of the Cambodian Freshwater Bodies (35.6MB)
Results of fish research in Vietnam is now available as a field guide.
Fishes of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (PDF 76.8MB)
Results of fish research in the Mekong - Chao Phraya region is available.
A team led by Prof. Masaharu Motokawa of Kyoto University held a seminar and workshop using specimens for undergraduate students in Hanoi and Vientiane on March 19 and 20, 2024. The details are posted in the Main Activities of Species diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in the mountains of Indochina in Our Projects.
A team led by Associate Prof. Shuichiro Tagane of Kagoshima University had conducted a survey in Laos from March 13th to 24th. The details are posted in the Main Activities of Plant diversity assessment in limestone karsts in Laos and Vietnam in Our Projects.
The team of Prof. M. Motokawa (Kyoto Univ.) and Associate Prof. S. Tagane (Kagoshima Univ.) met at the National Univ. of Laos on March 23, 2024 (photo below). The Motokawa team held seminars in Vietnam and Laos, and the Tagane team conducted research in Laos. Activities of both the teams will be reported soon.
The results obtained from the funded research projects have been published as research articles. We compiled the information of those articles reported during 2023 as a list and posted to Recently Awarded & Deliverables.
Dr Huynh Quang Thien, Director of Center for Zoological Research and Conservation at Southern Institute of Ecology, Ho Chi Minh City, visited our office on 5 March 2024. Dr Makoto Komoda, Executive Director of NEF, met him for a meeting. Dr Huynh was one of our grant recipients in 2016. He shared his research endeavors after receiving the grant to date. We also exchanged information on NEF's grant opportunities available for researchers and students in Vietnam.
Dr Phetlasy Souladeth, who received funding from the CGF programme in 2018, published a paper; the information of which being listed in Recently Awarded & Deliverables.
The book titled has been published as a part of our project "Projects in Mekong & Chao Phraya" which ran from 2006 to 2015. Please check Topics and/or Publication & Documents.
Dr Phetlasy Souladeth, who received funding from the CGF programme in 2018, published a paper; the information of which being listed in Recently Awarded & Deliverables.
Programme Guideline 2024 for Research Grant Programme is posted on its programme page. The maximum grant size for the research grant will be set at 1,000,000 yen. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
Programme Guideline 2024 for Publication Programme is posted on its programme page. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
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