Publications – Rimba

Publication update 26: The critical importance of fruit bats!

We’re super excited to make yet another publication announcement so soon after our first one from Project Pteropus Phase 2!

A massive labour of love first started by Sheema in 2013, this second paper from us is another literature review – this time looking at bat-plant interactions that have been documented for the Old World over the 1985-2020 period (36 years’ worth of research!). Published as part of the special issue ‘Animal Seed Dispersal: An Ecosystem Service In Crisis’, it’s fully open access, which means it can be read online, or the PDF file can be downloaded for free.

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April 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Rimba Categories: Home, Project Updates, PublicationsTags: bat conservation, bat-plant interactions, fruit bat, Mary-Ruth Low, Project Pteropus, Pteropodidae, Sheema Abdul Aziz, Yong Joon Yee

Publication update 25: Bane or Blessing? Reviewing Cultural Values of Bats across the Asia-Pacific Region

Our inaugural publication from Phase 2 of Project Pteropus has been published by the Society of Ethnobiology! Led by Mary-Ruth as first author and Sheema as senior author, this literature review was a regional collaboration involving 13 co-authors from 9 countries across the Asia-Pacific, including Malaysia (Peninsular and Sarawak), China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Samoa. It’s fully open-access, which means you can both read it online or download the PDF, completely for free: https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-ethnobiology/volume-41/issue-1/0278-0771-41.1.18/Bane-or-Blessing-Reviewing-Cultural-Values-of-Bats-across-the/10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.18.full

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April 5, 2021September 7, 2021 by Rimba Categories: Home, Project Updates, PublicationsTags: Asia-Pacific, bat conservation, bats, BFM 89.9, cultural symbolism, Cyren Wong Zhi Hoong, flying fox, Mary-Ruth Low, Project Pteropus, Sheema Abdul Aziz

Publication updates 23 & 24: New Malaysian land snail genus and species named after the late Dr. Tony Whitten

In honour of the late Dr. Tony Whitten, the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology has just published a special Memorial Issue showcasing articles celebrating Tony’s career and new species or genera named after him. Project Limestone researchers named one new genus and one new species after him.

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Tony was an avid supporter of Rimba’s Project Limestone. Up to his last day, Tony was still trying his best to bring scientists like us and the cement industry closer together to explore how limestone biodiversity can be better protected (see Tony in action in this video: min 27:37 onwards). Continue reading →

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by Rimba Categories: Home, Project Updates, PublicationsTags: International Institute for Species Exploration, Kelvin Foon Junn Kitt, Kinta Valley, LafargeHolcim, land snail, Liew Thor-Seng, limestone, Malaysia, New York Times, Perak, Project Limestone, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Reuben Clements, Rimba, Tony Whitten, YTL, YTL Cement