Home Our Products 中文版 English Home   English Menu Home Our Collections Our Products Enquiry/Contact Us FAQ About Us Yanc Subscribe Keep yourself updated with our FREE newsletters now! Name: Email: Recieve HTML mailings Subscribe Unsubscribe Swiftlets of Borneo: Builders of Edible Nests Written by Webmaster    Monday, 26 December 2005 Since the close of the 16th century AD, the edible nests of swiftlets have roused the perplexed curiosity of European travellers to South-east Asia, while at the same time providing one of the most important constituents of traditional Chinese medicine. Swiftlets of Borneo For both cultures-western and eastern-this book clarifies the nature of these nests, the troglodytic lives of the birds that build them, and the exploitation of this highly valuable natural resource. Borneo is now the world's most important source of wild edible nests. These are built by three species of swiftlets. Regional differences in management of swiftlets in the various limestone caves of Borneo are reviewed. The authors also describe the emergence of swiftlet house-farming, which they see as inevitable. For many readers this section of the book will be of great interest, outlining the hope of an amalgam between a prosperous domestic industry and sustainable management of wild populations. Author(s): Lim Chan Koon and Earl of Cranbrook Dr Lim Chan Koon is trained in Conservation Biology and has conducted first-hand research into the breeding biology of the White-nest Swiftlets in the Baram area of Sarawak. He continues to do work on management plans for the sustainable harvesting of the edible nest swiftlets in Sarawak.The Earl of Cranbrook has lived in Sarawak and carried out much research into the cave swiftlets there. He has also taught zoology and has followed a career of mixed activities in conservation biology and natural resource management, in which cave swiftlets have played a continuing part. Publisher: Natural History Publications (Borneo) First Published: 2002 No. of Pages: x + 171 pp. Size: 15 x 21.5 cm (Hardcover) If you are interested in this book, please send us mail for enquiry and order arrangment. Last Updated ( Monday, 26 December 2005 ) Next > [ Back ]

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