RESEARCH and Development (R&D) in Sabah Forestry Department is undertaken by the Forest Research Centre (FRC), based in Sepilok, some 23km from Sandakan town.
As pointed out by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Datuk Frederick Kugan, the centre generates knowledge and technology in support of sustainable forest management in Sabah.
WITH the drastically declining resources from natural forests, forest plantations play an increasingly important role as an alternative source of timber to meet the demand for the wood industries and to generate revenue for the State.
EVER pondered why streams are so clean each time you walk into a forest?
Besides canopy cover that soften direct rain hits, leaf litters that carpet soil surface and deeply penetrated roots increase ground permeability.
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Anthony Lamb, who has died aged 86, spent more than 40 years studying the flora of Borneo, becoming an expert in orchids, of which Borneo has an estimated 2,500-3,000 species; he claimed to be the last Briton to be recruited into service in Malaysia before independence.