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To many in the Western World concerned about the wholesale clearance of primary rainforest and with it the loss of livelihood and living space of tribal groups like the Penan of Sarawak, Bruno Manser became a hero in the 80′s & 90′s. He lived with the Penans and encouraged them to resist development pressures, before [...] 
‘A Journey Through a Changing World’ is the subtitle. It is an account of life and work in Sarawak, Papua New Guinea and Brunei. Peter Eaton’s experience of SE Asia began with national service with the UK armed forces during the Malayan Emergency. He then moved to Sarawak and taught as a headmaster before moving [...] 
Classic WWII story of one man’s fight against the Japanese invaders down the Malay Peninsula and then behind the lines as a guerilla blowing up trains etc for 3 years. There is a key lesson in the title – the jungle is not against anybody, but it has to be treated with respect. It is [...] 
The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series II provides revisions for seed plant families that occur in Peninsular Malaysia. Volume 1 includes general chapters on the see plant families and vegetation types in Peninsular Malaysia.This is Volume 1 of Series II (of the Malayan Forest Records No. 49). Species assessment and conservation of seed plants [...] 
The Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series II provides revisions for seed plant families that occur in Peninsular Malaysia. Vol. 2 is devoted to 2 subfamilies of the Apocynaceae: Apocynoideae with 21 genera and 55 species , and Rauvolfioideae with 14 genera and 57 species. Both subfamilies included indigenous species that are important ornamental plants, like [...] 
This publication is Malaysia’s first attempt to list indigenous plants into the national Red List. This output is one of the many envisaged for the work on threat assessment of native plants of Malaysia which Will accomplish Target 2 of Malaysia’s National Strategy for Plant Conservation. Target 2 aims to have a preliminary assessment of [...] To the casual eye, mangroves do not look like any other forests, but they thrive in this amphibious environment. Every living being is a product of the environment, moulded by intricate events throughout its evolutionary history. Nature endows mangrove communities with ingenious adaptations for success. As such, many associated life forms have found a niche [...] This book aims to provide information to visitors and the general public on the various trees that are found in this special man-made forest. information is presented in layman’s language as far as possible, and illustrated with photographs. It attempts to describe 137 taxa of trees from 36 families and 89 genera, of which 107 [...] These recordings were made in an area of primary rainforest in Sabah Borneo. The sequence of sound represents the distillation of many hours of listening. The composition starts the day before the dawn and ends with nightfall, it has most of the birds’ calling such as bushy crested Hornbills, Asian fairy bluebird, great Argus, animals [...] Lush tropical rainforests including mangroves with some of the world’s rarest flora and fauna together with a rocky coastline interrupted only by pristine white sandy beaches are not a thing of the past: they can be enjoyed fist hand in Bako National Park. Bako is one the smallest parks in Sarawak, yet one of the [...] |
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