Calendar 2021 Website programming & management by Artprotect.be THANK YOU TO ALL PARTNERS OF TROPIMUNDO Applicati on Annual scholarship call: 01/10-30/11 Welcome word from the Chair Credits/Contacts Calendar info: This calendar was made using photographs Annual self-funded call: 01/10-15/06 Aft er obtaining the European Commission’s only educati onal excellence courtesy of our students. All photographs were taken or unti l all places are exhausted label (Erasmus Mundus) in 2019 our Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in between 2013 and 2020. Nati onal holidays in Belgium, France, Italy, Cameroon, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems (TROPIMUNDO) faced, together with the our study sites, were included and so were selected events rest of the world, a global health crisis. Upon arrival in Guadeloupe, Sri Lanka of internati onal importance. and Malaysia in February 2020 none of our students could have predicted that Calendar Cover Illustrati on:Gersey VARGAS RIVERA: Corvus splendens (Vieillot). In the darkest ti mes, the sunsets get they would have had to spend most of their tropical hands-on semester behind brighter, Matara, Sri Lanka. a computer following online classes. While we must face the reality of a changed Informati on page photograph Above: Left : Three world and a shift from live to online classes in 2020, we are doing everything in our generati ons of TROPIMUNDO Students & Alumni and possibility to make sure our students achieve the learning competences aimed at in two Coordinators on a memorable MMM5 conference in Singapore (July 2019). This freestyle photograph was voted our inter-university programme. to become the temporary offi cial Twitt er banner. Right: Every year the TROPIMUNDO Student and Coordinator dinner ends Our 12 teaching partners in Belgium, France, Italy, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, in music and singing., Cameroon, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Sri Lanka and Malaysia and our >50 Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS Associated Partners from the fi eld of research, government, NGOs, SMEs, www.tropimundo.eu internati onal associati ons, etc. assure excellence in educati on, research and [email protected] internati onal networking in tropical biodiversity and ecosystems, a focus much- Did you know? TROPIMUNDO Awards needed in this era marked by a largely tropical biodiversity crisis. Nearly 140 Did you know that TROPIMUNDO was the fi rst Erasmus Mundus programme Each year our students compete in a graduates working on rainforests and woodlands, savannahs, mangrove forests, to off set the carbon emissions natural history photography contest seagrass beds, coral reefs and even tropical open ocean waters have parti cipated caused by its compulsory student (resulti ng in this calendar) and for in and contributed to our excellence programme, and many are now pursuing and staff mobility ? In the meanti me academic excellence awards. We academic careers as lecturers and/or researchers. it has become an annual traditi on. have an annual Best TROPIMUNDO Student Award and the Lorenzo Borella Memorial Award for the best TROPIMUNDO thesis. 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Street, Edinburgh, UK, EH2 2PR | ww.planvivo.org Registered Scottish Charity SC040151 Plan Vivo Certificates are issued and tracked through the Markit Environmental Registry. January 2021 Barbara MEYERS: Top: Swamp forest dominated by Pterocarpus officinalis Jacq. upstream of mangrove forests, Petit-Bourg, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday DECEMBER FEBRUARY MTW TFSS 1 2 3 MTW TFSS New Year 1 1 2 3 4 567 Hari Tarun Baru Malaysia 2 3 4 5678 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Epiphany 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Eliza VAN DE SANDE: Inset: Brachythemis contaminata (Fabricius), Lion’s Nature Education Centre, Hong Kong. February 2021 Fernanda GARCIA VALDEZ: Top: Colorful Malaysia, Kapas Island, Pulau Kapas, Terengganu, Malaysia. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 2 3 4 5 National Day in Sri Lanka 6 7 World Wetlands Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Chinese New year 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH JANUARY MTW TFSS MTW TFSS 1 2 3 4 567 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 56789 10 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Eliza VAN DE SANDE: Inset left: The Borneo pygmy elephant Elephas maximus borneensis (Deraniyagala) blends in perfectly between the trees along the Kinabatangan river, Malaysia. Right: Jambu Bongkok, Malaysia. March 2021 Molly GILBERT: Top: Mother and infant Sunda colugo Galeopterus variegatus (Audebert) spotted in the rainforests of Langkawi. These cryptic animals use their camouflage to hide in the forests of Southeast Asia. Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Maha Shivaratri Day Israa and Miaraj International Women’s Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Father’s Day in Italy Spring Equinox World Forestry Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Navaratri World Water Day Human Rights Day 29 30 31 FEBRUARY APRIL Martyrs’ Day in Madagascar MTW TFSS MTW TFSS 1 2 3 4 567 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 56789 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Eliza VAN DE SANDE: Inset: Vegetation around Tasik Kenyir, Malaysia April 2021 Samuel OFORI: Top: Sri Lankan Kangaroo Lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni Wagler). This is a photo of an endemic ground-dwelling agamid lizard species identified in the Sinharaja Rainforest during the field school in Sri Lanka. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MARCH MTW TFSS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 567 Good Friday Easter 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Easter Monday World Health Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ramadan begins Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Italian Liberation Day Earth Day MAY MTW TFSS 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Anne Marieke DE GEEST: Inset left: Odontomantis(Saussure) looking at the camera whilst resting on the spiral-shaped Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Konig) C.Specht. Younger instars are ant mimics. Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka. Gersey VARGAS RIVERA: Right: Merops leschenaulti (Vieillot) Curious young chestnut headed bee eater with glistening eyes, Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka. May 2021 Molly GILBERT: Top: Sunset over Coral Bay, Perhentian Islands, Malaysia Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday APRIL MTW TFSS 1 2 1 2 3 4 Labor day 56789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 France Victory 1945 Mother’s day in Belgium World Migratory Bird Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ascent Hari Raya Puasa: Ramadan ends 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Buddha Birthday National Day in Cameroon Pentecost World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development Endangered Species Day World Turtle Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pentecost Monday Vesak Buddha Purnima Mother’s Day in France JUNE 31 MTW TFSS 1 2 3 4 56 789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pol FERNANDEZ MATO: Inset top: Waves breaking on a little shore of Kapas Island, Malaysia. Rachel LEONG Ai TING: bottom left: Calotes versicolor (Daudin) Male changeable lizard soaking up the sun. The orange head and anterior part of body, and black marking on the throat are typical of breeding males, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Campus. Bottom right: Melaleuca cajuputi (Powell) or Cajuput is especially known for their ethnobotanical uses in Southeast Asia. Essential oils extracted from their leaves have antiseptic and medicinal uses for relieving rheumatism and joint pains. June 2021 Maria Juliana VANEGAS GONZALES: Top: Amphiprion ocellaris (Cuvier) also known as false clown anemonefish living in the anemone Heteractis magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833), Malaysia is one of the few countries in the world when they are found in all the reefs.Pulau Bidong, Malaysia.