A Visual Celebration of Borneo's Wildlife

464 Pages·2016·29.066 MB·English

by  Fanny Lai, Bjorn Olesen

A Visual Celebration of
Bor neo’s Wildlife
Published by
Bjorn Olesen Wildlife Photography, Singapore
First published in 2016
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© Photography: Bjorn Olesen, 2016, except individual photographers credited on page 437.
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A Visual Celebration of
B o r n e o ’s W i l d l i f e
Fanny Lai & Bjorn Olesen
Editor
Yong Ding Li

Contents
Foreword 1 The Places to Go 408

Introduction 2 Malaysia: Sabah 408
Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary – The Corridor of Life
Borneo’s Great Naturalists 4 Kinabalu Park – Cloud Forest Country
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913) Danum Valley Conservation Area – A Pristine Wilderness
John Whitehead (1860 – 1899) Tabin Wildlife Reserve – A Dazzling Diversity
Charles Hose (1863 – 1929) Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve – Where The Wild Things Are
Maliau Basin Conservation Area – Sabah’s Last Frontier
The Land of Plenty 14
Habitats Malaysia: Sarawak 421
Mangrove Coastal Forest Gunung Penrissen – Back to Nature
Freshwater-swamp & Riverine Forest Gunung Mulu National Park – World-Class Wonders
Peat Swamp Forest Bako National Park – Wet and Wild
Lowland and Hill Dipterocarp Forest Kubah National Park – An Amphibian Dream
Heath Forest Lambir Hills and Niah National Parks – ‘Home of early Humans’
Montane Forest
Brunei Darussalam 431
Flora Ulu Temburong National Park – The Jungle Never Sleeps
The Radiant Rafflesia
Endemic Pitcher Plants Indonesia: Kalimantan 432
Tanjung Puting National Park – Domain of the Forest Man
The Wondrous Wildlife 56 Gunung Palung National Park – A Daring Odyssey
Marine Life Kutai National Park – Rendezvous with Nature
Invertebrates Sungai Wain Protection Forest – Balikpapan’s Avian Wonderland
Amphibians
Reptiles Acknowledgements 436
Birds
Mammals Useful Websites & Blogs 437

The People of Borneo 362 Sources & References 4 38
The Conservation of Nature 390 Recommended Reading 441
Wildlife Hunting, Trapping and Trade
The Heart of Borneo Project Glossary & Abbreviations 4 42
Ecotourism
Index 4 44
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros borneoensis)