Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium 7
Chiang Mai & Chiang Dao, Thailand
The seventh Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium will be held in Thailand,
and facilitated by C & R Wildlife, Hong Kong, in collaboration with volunteers from the Moths of Thailand project on iNaturalist
This webpage provides information that summarises the symposium and a call for papers.
Later there will be a timetable of events, an abstracts booklet and full registration information from 1st Feb 2026.
The Theme for ALCS 7 is
“Conserving butterflies & moths and their habitats, through research, collaboration, education and action"
Participation
The symposium's conferences are for all nature conservation stakeholders to participate.
A limited number of papers will be presented in person at each conference session.
Submitted papers will need to be academically rigorous and factual.
Accepted papers will be included in a symposium proceedings, which will be subject to academic peer review.
Short papers may be presented in poster format.
All delegates will be able to discuss the presentations (oral and poster) in workshop format so as to elucidate effective actions needed for the conservation of Asian Lepidoptera and their habitats.
The field workshops are training opportunities to facilitate conservationist's field identification skills of Lepidoptera,
as well as provide context for how observational data of Lepidoptera contributes to wildlife conservation
