https://youtu.be/mSHHqlAR6SQ A new publication in Science (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6493/869) has revealed that over the long-term, temperature has the greatest effect on forest carbon stocks by reducing growth, with drought killing trees the…
Dr Joeri Strijk in the field with Fagaceae Natural history collections are storehouses of evolutionary and biological information, constituting exceptional investments of time, money and human endeavor spanning centuries. The…
Documenting Earth’s biodiversity is critical for understanding and conserving it. However, the question of how many species of plants are in Southeast Asia, and where they occur has long remained…
Craspedotropis gretathunbergae n. sp. Image by Pierre Escoubas. Taken from: doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e47484 A new species of snail has been discovered at the Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre (KBFSC) at the…
Seaweeds (marine macroalgae) are one of the fundamental primary producers in coastal marine ecosystems and are supporting the food web through photosynthesis. Seaweeds have been globally receiving attention from many…
Professor David Wardle from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) presented a research talk as part of IBER Seminar Series for 2019. His presentation entitled ‘Linkages between vegetation change, consumers and carbon…
A collaborative project between Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Korea University (Republic of Korea) and National Institute of Forest Science (Republic of Korea) entitled "Monitoring and quantification of spatial-temporal changes in carbon…
SMART–UBD peat swamp research in Brunei Darussalam. (a) Distribution of peatlands in Southeast Asia, after Cobb et al. [2017]. (b) Project sites in Brunei Darussalam: primary forest (Mendaram), logged but…