Scientific Conservation Expeditions
Indonesia, Honduras, Egypt, Cuba, South Africa, Mozambique and Peru
Indonesia Terrestrial Research: Botany and Forest Structure
Publications
Powling, A. (2003) Medicinal Plants of SE Sulawesi. Paper delivered to the Society of Economic Botany, Kew Gardens, London. January 2003.
Reports
2002. Summary of forest structure studies.
Loveday, M. (2002). The effects of selective logging on forest structure.
Woodcraft, A. (2002). The population structure of selected tree species in the Lambusango and Kakenauwe forest reserves and the impact selective logging will have on the forest structure.
McKay, S. (2002). The effects of the road on the Kakenauwe Nature Reserve, Buton Island, South East Sulawesi, with reference to microclimatic and vegetation indices.
2002. Summary of ethnobotany studies around the Lambusango and Kakenauwe Forests.
2001. Vegetation structure and botanical inventory of the Lambusango and Kakenauwe forests.
2001. Soils and nutrients in Buton forests.
2001. Existing usage by local communities of forest plant species.
Dissertations
Deakin, E. (2005). Predication of forest change on Buton Island over the next 10 years.
Ferrari, N. (2005). Usage and value to local communities of medicinal plants.
Moss, P. (2005). Usage and value to local communities of medicinal plants.
Dove, W. (2005). Effects of altitude and disturbance levels on epiphytes.
Milburn, S. (2005). Plant succession during forest regeneration from clearances.
Wheeler, R. (2004). The use of ferns as biological indicators to assess local rainforest habitat in southeast Sulawesi, and the evaluation of the ecological factors that influence species diversity, abundance and distribution.
Kelleher, Y. (2002). A comparison of biogeochemical cycling in Sulawesi and Irish forests.
Background Reading
Siebert, S.F. (2005). The Abundance and Distribution of Rattan over an Elevation Gradient in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Forest Ecology and Management 210: 143-158.
Casson, A. & Obidzinski, K. (2002). Shifting dynamics in illegal logging in Kalimantan. World Development 30(12): 2133-2151.
Palmer, C. The extent and causes of illegal logging: An analysis of a major cause of tropical deforestation in Indonesia.
Tacconi, L., Obidzinski, K. & Agung, F. (2004). Lessons to promote certification and control illegal logging in Indonesia.
“Trees of Lambusango Forest” is now available to download online at: http://www.numyspace.co.uk/~unn_szbc1/butontrees/ButonTrees.html
Powling, A. Plant list for Lambusango forest sites
