I have a long-standing interest in how we can improve the management and conservation value of heavily logged forests in Northern Borneo. Since 2015, I have spent most of my summers in Borneo, particularly around Danum Valley Conservation Area. Working inside these forests I have had some of the happiest and most formative experiences of my life. As part of my own research, I have investigated ways to speed up the recovery of logged forests by macheting vine tangles and replanting seedlings in the understorey. As part of this, I helped setup an experimental restoration project in a tract of heavily logged forest in 2018 and 2019. I have also led or been a part of projects exploring the impacts of logging on dung beetles and birds
Happiness is finding something you really love doing and making sure you actually make time to do it! It’s an obvious thing to say and it’s unbelievably cliché, but I happen to think it’s true. It’s really easy to get bogged down worrying about the small things in life and […]