South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership

Tropical forest research

The rainforests of Southeast Asia are rapidly disappearing. And with the trees goes the service they provide. A forest is a water reservoir, it acts against drought and it is a source and a sink for carbon. That's why ecologists came onto the scene.

Borneo

The island of Borneo supports high levels of biodiversity including in its unique tropical forests. However, decades of selective logging have altered these ecosystems changing their structure and functioning. The remaining forest has also become reduced in extent, fragmented and isolated as large areas of selectively logged forest are converted to agriculture - mainly plantations of palm oil.