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Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Clive Jermy
Clive Jermy
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, UK.
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In 1977£78 the Royal Geographical Society sent one of the largest expeditions it has ever mounted to Sarawak to study and survey the newly gazetted Gunung Mulu National Park. The expedition was carried out with the full cooperation of the Sarawak Government particularly the Forest Department under whose care the National Parks in Sarawak reside. Over a period of 15 months 115 scientists spent 10,000 man-days in this wonderfully rich area: over 2500 plants have been identified, 60 mammals, including the world's smallest, Savi's pygmy shrew, over 260 birds, including all Borneo's eight hornbill species, and 320 fish. Insects may number 12,000 species and fungi over 8000.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 6 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1983

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