Is Biotechnology the Answer to a More Sustainable Beauty Industry?
Scientists are replicating endangered botanicals to produce renewable versions of rare active ingredients.
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Scientists are replicating endangered botanicals to produce renewable versions of rare active ingredients.
In Borneo, the balmy forests of the Malay Archipelago are home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. The ecosystems of this island nation, the third-largest in the world, and the largest in Asia, support more than 15,000 plant species and 1,400 amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and insects. But since 2000, Borneo s wildlife has faced critical endangerment. Because in just the last two decades, the island has experienced a forest loss that rounds out to at least 39%.