photo (by Brett Mifsud) of the world's tallest documented tropical tree, "Pokok Gergassi Tawau". It is an 88.1 m  Shorea faguetiana (Dipterocapaceae). Tom Greenwood, Brett Mifsud and I measured it with a tape drop in Sabah, Malaysia September 2005. Pictured are  James Aldred on the left and Roman Dial on the right.

• Indonesia to Plant 90 million Trees Oct 2007
• Sabah, Malaysia 2005 - Roman Dial
• Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia  2002 - Roman Dial
• Tropical Tree Comparisons - 2005 Roman Dial
• Borneo Rucker Index Sept 2005 - Roman Dial
• Buttress Measures Sept 2005
• Borneo Tree Experience (musings) - March 2006 - Roman Dial 
• Tropical Malaysia - Aug 2006 - Darrin Wu
• Taman Negra National Park, Malaysia w/photo gallery Darrin Wu Sept 2006
• Mantang Forest Satellite Photo
• Borneo 2007 Feb 2007 - Roman Dial
• Thailand Combats Illegal Logging Nov 2007

      Videos of Southeast Asia and East Indies

• Rain Forest Portal:  Asia:  http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/Asia/
• Paradise Forest New Guinea 
  http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/asia-pacific
• Asia Forest Partnership http://www.asiaforests.org/scripts_afp/default.asp 
• Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences http://trl.ibcas.ac.cn
• Asia Forest Facts http://www.geocities.com/koiralav/asiaforests.html 
• Asia-Pacific Forests
  http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/en/campaigns/forests/asia-pacific 
• Communities and Forest Management in SE Asia 
  http://www.asiaforestnetwork.org/pub/pub30.htm 
• Southeast Asian Rainforests http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/se_asian_rnfrst.htm 
• Preservation of Asia's Forests;  A Global Challenge
  http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=2260 
• World Wildlife Federation:  Asia http://worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/asia.cfm 
• Good News among the gloom and doom http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=2458 
• Heart of the Borneo Rainforest
  http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/asia_pacific/our_solutions/borneo_forests/index.cfm 
• Defenders of the Forest: Asia http://www.wrm.org.uy/peoples/Asia.html 
• Paradise Forests http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/en/paradise-forests/ 
• The Perfumed Forests http://www.actionasia.com/actionasia/Articles/index.jsp?aid=2589 
• AustralAsian Biome regions
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial_aa.html 
• Indo-Malayan Biome Regions 
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial_im.html 

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