The Universiti Brunei Darussalam biological collections: history, present assets, and future development

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Language

English

Creator

Polgar G.
Grafe T.U.
Pang H. Y. K.
Brahim A.
Cicuzza D.
Slik J. W. F.

Source Title

The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Publication date

2018/05/11

Publisher

Dept. of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Page

320–336

Content Type

Journal Article

Object Type

Text

Terms of Use

Open Access

Access Status

Open

Repository

NUS Libraries

Start File Page

320

End File Page

336

Volume

66

Issue

2

Call Number

QL319 NMB

Subject

Biological specimens -- Catalogs and collections -- Brunei

Keyword

museums
Southeast Asian biodiversity repositories
Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre
type material
botanical and zoological collections
Brunei Darussalam

Abstract

The Universiti Brunei Darussalam Museum and Herbarium are two small zoological and botanical university collections that started in the 1980s, mainly as research facilities. They contain collections and type material from northern Borneo that are of historical and scientific interest, and have received the contributions of several internationally renowned researchers. We here provide a first account of the history, recent activities, current state, present assets, and possible future developments of these two natural history collections. A brief review of the Southeast Asian natural history museums and collections, including herbaria, highlights the scarcity and importance of natural repositories of biodiversity in this region, one of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots.

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