Feature covering an experiment in Malaysia involving 500 hectares of artificially seeded tropical rainforest. The area had been denuded for tin mining and vegetable cultivation as recently as the 1920s. The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) is now undertaking a regeneration experiment and using this to understand how best to manage the regrowth of tropical rainforest and restoration of various elements of the corresponding ecosystem.
News
Collected news links from external sources related to topics concerning the Book Chain Project.
Rebirth Control: Lessons Learned from 90 Years of Rainforest Regeneration
Scientific American, 3 May 2012
Log on to end illegal logging
The Star Online, 13 Apr 2012
Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) has come up with a user-friendly website for Malaysians to monitor rainforests and alert the authorities over suspicious activities.