Prof. Xing Yaowu, director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), headed up a delegation to Madagascar from October 9 to 16. The visit helped XTBG forge partnerships with University of Vakinankaratra and University of Antananarivo, with signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with them respectively to enhance tropical biodiversity studies.

More than 700 scientists, conservation practitioners, and early-career researchers from over 60 countries and regions assembled on June 28 in Xishuangbanna, a biodiverse prefecture in southwest China known for its tropical rainforests, for the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC).