Book ID: 99104
Ng, Francis S.P.
Hundred Years of Tropical Forest Research. The Story of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM). 2010. illus. 142 p. 4to.
This book guides through the many events, developments, ideas andpersonalities that have made their mark on FRIM and on tropical forestry. It traces the history of the Institute through the colonialperiod, World War I, the rubber boom, the great depression, World War II, the Japanese Occupation ect. and thereafter, and the developmentof the railways, tin, rubber, hoursing and energy industries. Researchthemes are grouped into five separate chapters: natural forest management, wood-based industries, non-timber forest products, plantations parks and gardens, and biodiversity.