Author: NOR, SALLEH MOHD. (INTRODUCTION),
Title: Endau Rompin a malaysian heritage. Reprinted.
Description: Kuala Lumpur, Malayan Nature Society, 1989. Square 8°., original cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine, dustjacket. 221pp. Numerous coloured illustrations in text and full-page after original photographs, credits and acknowledgements, name-list of major donors and participants, indext, table of contents, regional sketch-maps in colour on f.e.p.'s, coloured decorative back endpapers. Lavishly illustrated account of the first malaysian organized large scale scientific expedition Endau Rompin, 1985-86, collecting specimens and composing an inventory, whilst previous expeditions by foreign sicentists the specimens were taken away and results were published overseas. A very good copy. Out-of-Print. (front inner hinge skilfully re-inforced with a narrow cloth strip).

Keywords: malaysia science expedition exploration ecology flora fauna naturepreservation history inventory specimens collecting culture legacy heritage southeast asia mainland protection