Since 2010, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has worked with Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) on various projects to strengthen taxonomy in ASEAN. These include training workshops on the taxonomy of hard corals, freshwater fish, monocot and dicot plants, economically important insects, and bryophytes and pteridophytes. These projects have since trained more than 600 participants from academic institutions, conservation agencies and organisations, protected areas, and ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) in the ASEAN Member States (AMS). These initiatives also generated a number of knowledge products, including field guides, manuals, and workshop reports and proceedings.
