“…A complete review of the ICBGs has been published (Rosenthal and Pezzuto, 1999). The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)-based ICBG, known simply as "UIC ICBG" or "Studies on Biodiversity of Vietnam and Laos" (Soejarto et al, 1999(Soejarto et al, ,b, 2004a, serves as a model for the implementation of the ICBG principles, which are, ultimately, the principles of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.…”