Digging a soil pit in Mengsong

Taking hemispherical photographs

Collecting dung beetles in Mengsong

Inside Mengsong Forest Reserve

Field team in Mengsong tea plantation

Lijang street view

Dali street view

Typical Dali food stall

Traditional dancing in Mengsun

Getting into the dragon boat

XTBG dragon boat race team

Mathew Potts, Aiba and me on the coast of Yakushima Island

Yakushima Island gets 5 m of rain annually!

Professor Yoneda on canopy bridge in Yakushima Island

Kagoshima active volcano

Traditional Japanese dinner with Professor Yoneda and Suzuki

Forest bordering beach at Allas Purwo National Park, Java, Indonesia

Our team surveying Allas Purwo National Park for a suitable plot site

Allas Purwo National Park, Java, Indonesia

Entering Allas Purwo National Park, Java, Indonesia

Pak Hartono instructs his forest rangers at Allas Purwo National Park, Java, Indonesia

Cibodas Botanical Garden, Indonesia

Plant with hairdo in Cibodas Botanical Garden, Indonesia

Entrance of the nature trail on Doi Inthanon Mountain, Thailand

Montane forest on Doi Inthanon Mountain,Thailand

Montane forest view from alpine meadow on Doi Inthanon Mountain,Thailand

Rhododendron tree on Doi Inthanon Mountain,Thailand

Visiting the permanent plot on Doi Inthanon Mountain,Thailand

Taking the boat on the Mekong river from China to Thailand

Slash and burn along the Mekong river in Burma

Land slide along the Mekong river in Laos

Local river transport on the Mekong river from Thailand to China

Bamboo rafting near Menglun

Going down the rapids

Local river transport in Menglun

The Mekong river near Naban He, Yunnan

A big tree in the Naban He forest

Forest view in Naban He

Dinner at Nabah He field station

Cooking in Naban He field station

Looking for earth worms in Naban He's rubber plantations

A sleepy temple guard in Jinghong

One of the subtempels of the huge Jinghong temple complex

Gallery of the main temple in Jinghong

Canopy walk in Jinghongs Elephant forest

Zai De Li with a gibbon

Here the gibbon on its own

A wild elephant in Jinhongs Elephant forest

Girls in traditional dress taking care of a little boy

Ailoshan montane forest reserve in Yunnan Province.

Meadow at Ailoshan montane forest reserve.

Grand dad & ma having some fun.

Steep downslope towards Ga-Mou.

Taking a bath.

Ci Ci setting up a plot at Ailoshan.

Taking a rest at Ga-Mou

Graduation ceremony 2008 at XTBG

Prof. Cao Kunfang and me on a limestone outcrop near XTBG

Dai traditional water splashing spring festival

Part of our research group on excursion in Krau National Park, Malaysia.
Left to right: Kari, Chai-Shian and Chuck

Some afternoon discussions along the Sarawak River (Kuching) during
the ATBC-Asia meeting 2008

Canopy of the Mengla dipterocarp forest, one of the most
northern dipterocarp forests in Asia and the only example of
this forest type in China.

Me visiting a research site in the XTBG secondary rain forest area

Traditionally managed forest where the understorey is cleared for
ginger production by the Dai population.