Saw Lwin (Orchidologist and Orchid Tissue Culturist
NAME - Saw Lwin
PROFESSION - Managing Director,
Myanma Flora Co., Ltd
NATIONALITY - Myanmar
EDUCATION AND TRAINING -
1. Bachelor of Science in Botany
2 Bachelor of Science (Honours)
(Passed with first class)
3. Master of Science (Yangon University) (M.Sc.)
Thesis Title : Protocorm-like bodies initiations of
some orchid hybrids and nutritional study on DENDROBIUM
protocorm-like bodies IN VITRO 4.
Diploma in Chemical Technology.
5.
Postgraduate Degree in Law (R.L)
6. Diplome
de Langue Francaise
(Sorbonne University, Paris, France)
7. Certificate
on Orchid Growing and Production
Course (Kasetsart University,Bangkok, Thailand)
8 .Doing
Ph.D. Degree research at Yangon University
starting from July, 2004.
Preliminary
research paper “Status Survey of
Native
Orchids in Main-Ma-Hla Island
Wildlife Sanctury and Nat-Ma-Taung(Mt.Victoria)
National Park"
Ph.D. research “Study of survey and conservation
on Native Orchids of Popa Mountain Park"
CARRIER - Head
of orchid tissue culture laboratory,
The Mingladon Gardren, Myanma Agriculture Services
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, 1980-83.
- Proprietor
Than Lwin Orchid Nursery and Laboratory, 1984-1992.
-Managing Director
MyanmaFlora Co., Ltd., 1993-Present.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES - Central Executive
Committee Member
-Chairman, Foreign Relations
Committee
-Vice Chairman, Research
Works Committee
Myanmar Floriculturist Association (MFA)
-
Executive Committee
Member
Myanmar Hiking and Mountaineering Federation
(MHMF)
-Executive
Committee Member
Biodiversity and Nature
Conservation Association
(BANCA)
-Member
Forest Resource Environment Development &
Conservation Association (FREDA) -Advisor
Orchid Tissue Culture Laboratory Central Forest
Development & Training Center, (CFDTC), Forest
Department, Ministry of Forest
-
External Examiner
M. Sc. and M. Res. Degree
students, University of
Yangon.
-Member of American orchid
Society
-Member of South East Asia
Orchid Society(OSSEA)
-Member of Orchid Specialist
Group,IUCN
EXPEDITIONS - Member of
Myanmar's highest Peak Mount Hkakbo-
razi in 1995, jointly scaled by Japanese famous
mountaineer Mr. Takashi Ozaki and Myanmar Hiking
and Mountaineering Federation.
-
Member
of Hkakabo-razi Biological Expedition in
1997,co-sponsored by Forest Department and Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS).
-Member of Naung Mon Area
Expedition in 1997, co-
sponsored by Forest Department and Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS).
- Member of Hu Kaung
Valley Biological Expedition in
1999, co-sponsored by Forest Department and Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS)
- Member of Hkakabo-razi
and surrounding area
Biological Expedition in 2000, co-sponsored by
Forest Department and Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS)
-Member of Hpon-Kan Razi
Biological Expedition in
2002, co-sponsored by Forest Department and
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
-Member of Hu- Kaung Valley
Rattan Survey in 2005,
January 9th to February 11th, co-sponsored by Forest
Department, Wildlife Conservation Society and New
York Botanical Garden (NYBG)
- Upcoming research
trip: Hkakabo-razi National Park
Kachin State, Northern Myanmar in 2006.
- Plant collection and
Myanmar orchid research trips
made by Myanmar Floriculturist Association and
Forest Department
And
-Plant collection and
research trips arranged by
Myanmar Floriculturist Association.
PUBLISHED
PAPERS - "Nutritional Study on
DENDROBIUM
Reflasking media
by Saw-Lwin and Tin-Myint-Saw. (Presented at
Myanmar Research Conference, 1980)
- "Study on
suitable media for DENDROBIUM IN VIVO
culture" by Saw-Lwin and Htay-Aung (In Myanmar)
(Presented at Myanmar Research Conference, 1981)
- "Virus detection by Electron Microscope in
ONCIDIUM GOLDIANA"
by Saw-Lwin, Thet-Win and E.
Tanimura. (Presented at Myanmar Research
Conference,1981)
-"Initiation of
Protocorn-like bodies from bud meristem
of DENDROBIUM"
by Saw-Lwin, Khin-Maung-Sein
and Tin-Myint, Journal of Myanmar Botanical Society,
Vol I, Number 2, 1994.
- "DENDROBIUM
orchid culture" by Saw-Lwin and
Kyaw-Nyunt (in Myanmar) Compiled Papers Vol I,
published by Myanmar Floriculturist Association.
- "PHALAENOPSIS
orchid culture" by Saw-Lwin
(in Myanmar) Compiled Paper Vol II, published by
Myanmar Floriculturist Association, 1997.
- "Myanmar rare
orchids and its conservation in the
Hkakabo-razi area" Conservation poster by Saw-Lwin
presented at 16th W.O.C' 99, Vancouver, Canada,
April 1999.
-"Myanmar Rare Orchids of
Hkakabo-razi, Northern
Frontier of Myanmar" presented by Saw-Lwin at Sino
Myanmar Scientific Research and Technological
Development Exchange and Co-operation Workshop,
99' International Horticultural Exposition held in
Kuming,China, September 1999.
-
"An Introduction to Myanmar Native Orchids of the
Hkakabo-razi area" presented by Saw-Lwin at
Workshop for regional collaboration in conservation of
the Hkakabo-razi mountain ecosystem, Putao,
Kachin State joint sponsored by Forest Department
and ICIMOD (International Center for Integrated
Mountain Dvelopment), October 1999.
- "An
Introduction to Native Orchids of Myanmar"
presented by Saw-Lwin at 7th Asia-Pacific Orchid
Conference (APOC7) held in Nagoya, Japan, March
2001.
-"Myanmar Native Orchids
Listed In CITES Appendix I"
presented by Saw-Lwin at 17th World Orchid
Conference (17WOC) held in Shah Alam, Malaysia,
April-May 2002.
- "Thazin, Royal
Orchid of Myanmar" poster paper
presented by Saw-Lwin at 17th World Orchid
Conference (17WOC) held in Shah Alam, Malaysia,
April-May 2002.
- "Diversity of Myanmar
Native Orchid Species and
Conservation" presented by Saw-Lwin and Myo-Han
at Second Conference on Environmental Education
and Research for Sustainable Development organized
by Yangon University held in Yangon, Myanmar, June
2002.
-Published "Myanmar Native
Orchids Booklet " in
December 2003.
- Published "Myanmar
Native Orchids Booklet, Volume
2" in December 2004
- Participating Myanmar
Floricultural Booth at Kunming
Horticultural Festival in 2000.
-
Participating Myanmar Orchid Exhibit in Orchid Show
of Johor Baru Asia-Pacific Orchid Festival, Malaysia,
2001.
- Participating Myanmar
Orchid Exhibit in 17th World
Orchid Conference , Shah Alam, Malaysia ,April 2002
-Attended
Workshop on Coal Gassification for Clean
and Secure Energy in Beijing, China,August 2003.
- Participating Myanmar Orchid Exhibit in 4th Ipoh
International Orchid Festival 2004 , Ipoh, Malaysia,
from 8th Sept -13th Sept 2004.
- Presented paper entitled "Preliminary Survey on
Native Orchids of Hkakabo-razi National Park"at
Myanmar Science and Arts Research Conference in
November,2005.
- Participating
3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress,
17th-25th November, 2004 Bangkok,Thailand
And
-
Articles related to plant collection trips, mountain
climbing, expedition, agriculture and horticulture
subjects appeared in various monthly magazines and
journals.
CURRENT RESEARCH WORKS - (a)
Tissue Culture Research Woks on various
Myanmar Native Orchids and hybrid orchids
(b)
Conservation Activities on birds, orchids, wild
flowers
and biodiversity
(c)
Preparing to publish" Myanmar Native Orchids Vol3
in
December 2005.
(d)
Writing on "Northern Myanmar Biological
Expeditions" will be published in 2006.
ADDRESS - No.
42 (A), Inya Myaing Road
Golden Valley Ward (2),Bahan Township,
Yangon 11201, Union of Myanmar.
