Gunung Penrissen. The Roof of Western Borneo. 2017. illus. 198 p. Paper bd.

The Borneo Highlands are both mysterious and magical. It is a living museum of remarkable plants and animals. These forests harbor trees ranging from the stunted to the towering, many with exquisite flowers,ferns, herbaceous flora, as well as uncountable endemic insects and vertebrate animals. There is a lack of information on the biodiversity of Gunung Penrissen. This book draws material from new research and areview of literature. This book assesses the biotic diversity of basins of rivers arising in the mountains of western Sarawak, and traverse the plains and the coast by employing selected plant , invertebrate and vertebrate groups as surrogates of biodiversity, in order to estimate species turnover with stream orders, gradients and elevation of local habitat diversity. Study of life histories of selected species of conservation importance, including both plant and animal taxa. Analysis of landscape change effects, chiefly habitat fragmantation through anthropogenic activities, on biodiversity, at both community and population levels. Examination of human use of natural resources and development of an applicable environmnetal model on ecotourism from a holistic perspective.