2006-2007 - The Field Museum

and parataxonomists at INBio (National Biodiversity Institute) during one further research and training
visits to Costa Rica, and in addition supervised an undergraduate thesis at the University of Costa Rica.
Mammalian Biodiversity in the Philippines. As part of an ongoing training program stretching back
more than two decades, Curator Larry Heaney (Zoology/Mammals) instructed one graduate student from
the University of the Philippines and two wildlife biologists from the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources Philippines on methods of mammalian surveys, field identification, and biodiversity
conservation for two weeks on Mt. Data National Park, Luzon, Philippines. Two young biologists from
Conservation International-Philippines came to The Field Museum late in the year for about one month of
advanced training in assessment of mammalian diversity for conservation science.
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