TThis is an announcement to invite you to the CSEAS Colloquium for October 2016. Date & Time: Thursday, October 27, 2016, 16:00-17:30 Place: Middle-sized Meeting Room (No. 332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Foundation Building, Kyoto University Title: Dynamics demography in lowland forest Kalimantan, Indonesia Speaker: Dr. Tika D. Atikah Researcher at Research Center Biology, Indonesian institute of Sciences(LIPI) Abstract: Lowland forests Kalimantan represent western, southern and eastern of Borneo’s forest ecosystem which are the hotspot of flora richness and diversity. Three forest types are recognized on different hydrological and soil conditions; heath, peat swamp and mixed dipterocarp forests. These forest types are experiencing progressive conversion to palm oil and rubber plantations, [ Read More ]