Nordic Rainforest Research Network
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The Nordic Rainforest Research Network coordinates and facilitates scientific research in the Maliau Basin (Borneo).
Most of the individual researchers represent their local universities or museums. The Network is further partitioned into five different working groups as follows: Biodiversity-Taxonomy, Crop Physiology, Forest Management-Land Use, Geology-Hydrology-Climate, and, Reproductive Ecology.
The first meeting regarding the formal establishment of the Nordic Rainforest Research Network took place June 21, 2004, at the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. The network includes academic researchers mainly from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
The Maliau Basin is located in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo. The Basin is characterized by the lowland rainforest with dense occurrence of rivers and beautiful waterfalls. More than 50% of the Basin remains unvisited by humans. Estimated number of species in Maliau Basin approximates 240,000. This accounts for 38% of total number of species in Borneo. Many of the species are endemic or are listed in Red Data Book of IUCN.
