11.13.2008
Malaysia has an astonishingly diverse forest flora. One estimate puts the number of tree species in Peninsular Malaysia at over 9,000. Many of these trees are rare and highly localized. The state of Perak, in northern Malaysia, has identified five sites where very rare trees are located, and is acting to preserve those sites. The [...]
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10.20.2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will create a model forest to include 400 species of Malaysian forest trees on a 27 hectare site near the campus in Serdang and on a 48 hectare site at the Bintulu campus in Sarawak. The project will receive nearly $400,000 in funding from Mitsubishi Corporation. Deputy Dean Dr. Mohamad Azani [...]
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