Comments on: Another nail in Borneo’s biodiversity coffin http://conservationbytes.com/2008/09/11/another-nail-in-borneos-biodiversity-coffin/ Conservation research... with bite Fri, 25 May 2012 04:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Indonesia’s precious peatlands under oil palm fire « ConservationBytes.com http://conservationbytes.com/2008/09/11/another-nail-in-borneos-biodiversity-coffin/#comment-2476 Sun, 31 May 2009 06:07:28 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=694#comment-2476 [...] be converted to oil palm. Is nothing immune to the spread of this crop (see previous posts here and here on oil palm [...]

]]> By: Corey Bradshaw http://conservationbytes.com/2008/09/11/another-nail-in-borneos-biodiversity-coffin/#comment-266 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:59:29 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=694#comment-266 Thanks, Sophie. Deforestation is a serious issue in Borneo with crimes committed by both Malaysia and Indonesia. For a synopsis of the state of the SE Asian biodiversity (and ecosystem services) loss, see the following:

http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405150736&site=1

http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/070193

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RF8hHQ0Zm2cC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=southeast+asia+extinction+sodhi+brook&source=web&ots=eDzsrNXLif&sig=mZEsN87ogr-1OsCWJd9xslH3Qj8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

CJA Bradshaw

]]> By: Sophie http://conservationbytes.com/2008/09/11/another-nail-in-borneos-biodiversity-coffin/#comment-264 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:14:21 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=694#comment-264 Everyone in Malaysia is talking about 16th September, when the opposition coalition may take over from the incumbent ruling party to run the country. I sincerely hope they will take over as you really have no idea what the current regime is capable of. Hope they will stop logging all primary forest in Sabah and Sarawak at the very least.

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