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Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting Report 1. The regional meeting
to promote implementation of the Global Plan of Action for
the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific
was held in Manila, Philippines, from 15th to 18th December,
1998. The meeting was convened by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Asia Pacific
Association of Agricultural Research Institutes (APAARI),
and the CGIAR's System wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP),
hosted by the Department of Agriculture and the Philippine
Council for Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCARRD) of the Republic of the Philippines and
organized with the assistance of the International Plant Genetic
Resource Institute (IPGRI). 2. Representatives
and observers from each of the following countries attended
the meeting: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China,
Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea,
Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar,
Nepal, Niue, Palau, the Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, Tonga,
and Vietnam. In addition, a number of representatives of regional
and international organization attended the meeting. A list
of participants is attached (Appendix 1). |
