Conservation of a Biodiversity Surrogate Based on case study entitled : “Conservation of a Biodiversity Surrogate (Gibbon) : Lessons Learned from Mahidol University” Authored by : Dr. Sompoad Srikosamatara, from Mahidol University, Thailand Presented by : Dr. Sompoad Srikosamatara, at Asia Regional Forum on Biodiversity, Cha-am, Thailand, November 2011 Mahidol University is a research university that originated from Thailand’s first hospital, Siriraj Hospital, which was founded by H.M. King Chulalongkorn in 1888. The university was established as the University of Medical Sciences in 1943. It was then renamed with great honor by H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1969, after his father H.R.H. Prince Mahidol of Songkla, who is widely regarded as the ‘Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health in Thailand’. The university became autonomous in 2007. 62 THE ASIA REGIONAL FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY The educational institution, which has an academic and administrative staff of 26,000, nurtures approximately 18,000 undegraduate students and 10,000 post-graduate students annually. Its annual revenue is about 28 billion baht, while annual expenses is estimated at 27 billion baht. Found in the capital city of Bangkok, Mahidol University has several campuses. Two of these are older inner-city campuses in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The 17-hectare Bangkok Figure 1. White-handed gibbons during rehabilitation process before releasing back to the forest.
In Celebration of His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 84th Birthday Anniversary
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