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  Vatica odorata (Griff). Symington

  Vatica odorata, a member of the Dipterocarpaceae, is known by the locals in Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak as Resak ranting kesat.

  Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw   •   20 Nov 2020   •   99 views
• • Dryobalanops aromatica C.F. Gaertn
  • Shorea lamellata Foxw.
  • Impatiens curtisii Hook. f. (Balsaminaceae)
  • Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Firmiana malayana Kosterm. (Malvaceae)
  • Spongispora temasekensis G. Wu, S.M.L. Lee, E. Horak & Zhu L. Yang 2018
  • Attacus atlas – Atlas Moth
  • Dipterocarpus costulatus Slooten
  • Climacodon sanguineus (Beeli) Maas Geest.
  • Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) (Moonrat)

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• Publications

  FRIM in FOCUS

  Ida Suraini Abd. Shukor   •   Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
• • MyBIS - Malaysia Biodiversity Information System, Malaysia's Clearing House Mechanism (August 20...
  • FRIM in Focus (June 2020)
  • Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, volume 3 (February 2020)
  • Conservation Malaysia (31), 2020
  • Birds and biodiversity targets: what do birds tell us about progress to the Aichi Targets and requir...
  • Conservation Action Plan for Begonia herveyana. Pelan Tindakan Pemuliharaan Begonia her...
  • Fishes of North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest (2020)
  • Flora Mercu Tanda Negeri-negeri Di Malaysia (2020)
  • Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (2020)
  • IUCN EICAT Categories and Criteria. The Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa First edi...

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• Introduction To Access To Biological Resources And Benefit Sharing (ABS)

  Access and benefit-sharing (ABS) refers to a set of rules and principles governing the use of biological resources, or in other words, the way in which biological resources may be accessed, and how users and providers of biological resources reach agreement on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that might arise from their utilisation.

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• Aichi Biodiversity Targets 2011 - 2020

  Strategic Goal B - Target 5

  By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where feasible brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation is significantly reduced.

IPBES

• Media Release: Biodiversity and Nature's Contribution Dangerous Decline, Scientists Warn (March 2018)
• Media Release: Worsening Worldwide Land Degradation Now 'Critical', undermining Well-Being of 3.2 Billion People (March 2018)
• Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Asia and the Pacific: A Primer (2017)