A prolonged La Nina episode
CURRENTLY, we are in a La Nina episode, which meteorologists originally predicted would last month or this month. Recent research…
Browsing: Nature Matters
Upcycling! What is this?
WHEN, in 1876, Henry Wickham smuggled thousands of Amazonian rubber tree seeds (Hevea brasiliensis) to Kew Gardens, in the UK,…
Dugongs – the secret mammals of the shallows
DUGONGS are one of four species of the order Sirenia; the others are manatees of which there are three varieties,…
Back to nature – fieldwork in Biology and Geography
RECENTLY, while reading David Attenborough’s magnificent book, ‘Life on Air – The Memoirs of a Broadcaster’, memories flooded back to…
The much maligned mangrove forest
DID you know that only five days ago, on July 26, was the International Day for the Celebration of Mangrove…
A multi-use timber source home grown in Sarawak
THINKING that I was up to date with metric measurements, I visited a building supplier in England last year and…
An agro-biodiversity project at its best – Kampung Sekuduk
IT was in 2004 and 2005 that I first was introduced to this integrated project whilst attending a school field…
Abahs, colugos, and dracos – natural forest gliders
JUST how many readers have ever heard of these three words let alone appreciate that they are animals that glide…