Harapan Rainforest recovery

http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/sumatra/
http://www.harapanrainforest.org/
http://www.nabu.de/downloads/Info_harapan_rainforest.pdf
http://www.forestlandscaperestoration.org/regional-networks/asia-and-pacific/harapan_rainforest/
http://vimeo.com/18995871

Need for fine-tuning the guitar industry

Guitar industry using 'illegal' wood from India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-govt-tunes-out-legendary-guitar-firm-over-illegal-wood-from-India/articleshow/9753015.cms

The Harapan Rainforest - Indonesia

Photo : By Dave59, at the Orang rehabilitation centre, Buket Lawang ,Sumatra.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna_of_Indonesia

'A massive programme of planting more than five million trees has begun in the most degraded areas of the forest, to link up the fragments of rich forest into continguous wildlife habitat.' - BirdLife International


http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2010/06/second-licence-concession-for-harapan.html

http://www.birdlife.org/forests/pdfs/FoHFinal.pdf

Saving the SE Asian Rainforests

Some of the conservation projects that aim to re-establish lost rain-forests, rehabilitate the wildlife and provide sustainable livelihood to people in SE Asia.

http://www.worldlandtrust.org/projects/malaysia.htm
http://www.leapspiral.org/content/home.php
http://www.leapspiral.org/pdf/Leap-Newsletter-V01.pdf

Rainforests in Peril

A film about SE Asian Rainforests -


http://www.greenthefilm.com/

Life in South East Asian Rainforests - Wildlife and People

The rainforests of southeast Asia have been exploited for decades for timber, and cut down for the Rubber, Oil Palm and Coconut Plantations.

For more photos of the region, see the following Flickr photos -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wak1/1770832501/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wak1/3713607880/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/48942112@N06/4482858485/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjetjep/4525634736/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manggatangutus/4531231751/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30134768@N07/4534729486/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/b10m/4580537401/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/b10m/4580563947/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforestactionnetwork/4584634078/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/49924788@N05/4585166649/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/musiclovenature/4482298526/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareplanet/4473489795/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareplanet/4474266924/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7364846/4417755169/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7364846/4418519594/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareplanet/4473481317/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareplanet/4473479005/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareplanet/4474302502/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/capnsurly/346068113/in/faves-30654468@N03/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareplanet/4473528971/in/faves-30654468@N03/




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Borneo's wildlife unveiled

Latest species discoveries in Borneo - Rainforests at


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8637951.stm