== 27 Jun ==
Staff travel
== 28 Jun ==
Preparation
== 29 Jun (SUNDAY) ==
Arrivals
17:00 Party at Borneo Books
== 30 Jun ==
Travel to Lambir
11:15 Board bus at Kinabalu Daya
12:00 Check-in, BKI
13:30 Flight to MIRI (AK5813)
14:20 Arrive MIRI, transfer to Lambir
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Participant introductions
== 01 Jul ==
Lambir (1) Introduction
textbook: ch01 (via email)
blog: Alan
08:00 Lecture: Introduction to course (Cam Webb)
09:00 Safety briefing (Kamal)
09:15 Lecture: Lambir, CTFS (Stuart D/Sylvester T)
10:30 Guided orientation walk (3 groups)
12:00 Picnic lunch
13:00 Exploring, and thinking up scientific questions
17:00 Discussion on `question forming'
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Lecture: Biodiversity of Borneo: Past, Present, Future (Cam Webb)
== 02 Jul ==
Lambir (2) Plants, the CTFS-AA plot
textbook: ch07 (via email)
blog: Anna
08:00 Lecture: Plant ecology, a CTFS perspective (Stuart)
09:00 Lecture: Plant taxonomy / phylogeny (Cam)
09:30 Lab: 15 plant families, digital keys (Cam/Stuart)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 To plot. Field tour of sub-communities (Stuart/Sylvester)
15:00 Collect growth data for R analysis (Stuart)
19:30 Quiz on plant taxa
20:00 Lecture: Introduction to phylogenetics (Rod Eastwood)
== 03 Jul ==
Lambir (3) Insects I
blog: Ayu
textbook: ch03
08:00 Lecture: Macaranga and ants (Stuart)
09:00 Lecture: Entomology (Dave L)
10:00 Lab: insects (Dave & Rod)
12:00 Picnic lunch
13:00 General insect collecting (Dave & Rod)
16:00 Lab: insect analysis/pinning
19:30 Movie and discussion: Carbon trading and conservation
== 04 Jul ==
Lambir (4) Stats and R. Computers
blog: Ben
08:15 Lecture/lab: Basic stats, R (incl anal. of collected data) (Cam)
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Lecture/lab: Producing our digital record (Cam)
20:30 Night walk
== 05 Jul ==
Lambir (5) Insects II
blog: Cindy
08:00 (Hand in taxon declaration)
08:00 Lecture: Biology of the Lycaenidae (Rod Eastwood)
09:00 Lab: Sampling bark fauna in plot (Dave & Rod)
12:00 Picnic lunch
14:00 Lab: Sorting, and R analysis
== 06 Jul (SUNDAY) ==
To Niah
blog: Dwi
textbook: ch13
08:00 Morning free
11:30 Lunch
12:00 To Niah (karst, caves, bats) - bring flashlights
19:00 Dinner at truckstop
20:00 Return to Lambir
== 07 Jul ==
Lambir (7) Project preparation
blog: Edna
08:00 Project presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Pilot work and reformulation
16:00 Presentation of revisions (ca. 10 x 5 min)
17:00 Malay language (Malay speakers)
== 08 Jul ==
Lambir (8) Projects
blog: Eni
19:30 Jan Beck (guest)
20:00 Using your digital camera to the max
== 09 Jul ==
Lambir (9) Projects
blog: Greg
19:30 Lecture: Global Change Biology I (Paul Moorcroft)
== 10 Jul ==
Lambir (10) Analysis and writing
blog: Justine
17:00 Lecture: Ecology and conservation of Yunnan golden monkeys (Shirley)
== 11 Jul ==
Lambir (11) Presentations
blog: Karl
08:00 Turn in write-ups for peer review
08:00 Presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 min)
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Bus to Miri
13:45 Check in at Miri (MYY)
14:45 MYY-BKI Air Asia AK5814
15:35 Arr BKI, transfer to hotel
== 12 Jul ==
Rest in KK. Finish reports/digital record of Lambir
blog: Katherine
18:00 Return reports after peer-review
== 13 Jul (SUNDAY) ==
Rest in KK. Finish reports/digital record of Lambir
blog: Kwek
== 14 Jul ==
UMS lectures (morning). Marine (1)
blog: Ling
textbook: (Marine papers)
08:00 Bus to UMS
08:00 Hand in reports to staff
09:00 Lecture: Intro to UMS Marine program (Prof Dr Saleem Mustafa)
09:30 Lecture: Plankton and red tides (Normawaty Mohammad Noor)
10:15 Lecture: Marine mammals (Saifullah Ariffin Jaamam)
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 Visit BMRI Aquarium
12:00 Depart BMRI
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Short bus talk: Intro to marine segment, Safety (Cam)
14:00 Boat to Malohom Bay
16:30 Pitch tents, snorkel
18:00 Dinner
19:30 Lecture: Human Health and Conservation (Kinari Webb)
== 15 Jul ==
Marine (2) Corals and conservation
blog: Nayana
08:00 Lecture: Marine conservation (Paul Moorcroft)
09:00 Lecture: What is a coral? Coral ecology (Zarinah Waheed)
10:00 Field: Reef habitats incl. seagrass (Zarinah Waheed)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Lecture: Coral evolution and basic taxonomy (Zarinah/MS)
14:00 Field: Observation of coral forms (drawings)
17:00 Tidying of coral drawings and ID
19:30 Lecture: Conservation by Sabah Parks (S Parks staff)
20:30 Malay practice
== 16 Jul ==
Marine (3) Fishes
blog: Noor
08:00 Lecture: Fish taxonomy (Cam Webb)
09:00 Lecture: Fish behavior and ecology (TBA)
10:00 Field: Fish observations and drawing
14:30 Field: Coral and Fish observation on Sapi island
19:30 Lecture: Small mammals (Henry Tiandun)
20:30 Slide show: Marine invertebrates & reefcheck (Min Sheng)
== 17 Jul ==
Marine (4) Group project and analysis
blog: Shreekant
textbook: ch17
08:00 Lecture: Rain forest trees vs. corals and fish (Cam)
09:00 Group project. Variation in taxa across reef habitats
12:00 Plankton sweep
19:30 Lecture: Global Change Biology II (Paul Moorcroft)
20:30 Night snorkel and plankton sweep
== 18 July ==
Marine (5) Project write-up and presentation
blog: Wan
09:00 Examine plankton samples
13:00 Hand in project for peer review
13:00 Presentations
15:00 Strike camp
16:00 Boats back to KK
== 19 Jul ==
Rest in KK
blog: Will
18:00 Return projects after peer-review
== 20 Jul (SUNDAY) ==
Sepilok, Deramakot
blog: Wulan
textbook: ch15
05:45 Bus leaves hotel
06:30 Check in at airport
07:30 BKI-SDK (MH 2042)
08:10 Arrive SDK
10:00 Orangutan feeding time at Sepilok
11:00 Rain forest Discovery Center visit
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Depart for Deramakot
19:30 Briefing (Deramakot staff)
== 21 Jul ==
Deramakot (2), Logging
blog: Katherine
textbook: ch08, ch09
08:00 Lecture: Forest management in Sabah (Peter Lagan/Robert Ong)
09:00 Forest management trail. To active block. Observe felling.
13:00 Explore
19:00 Discussion: Sustainable forestry vs. oil palm
20:00 Malay practice
== 22 Jul ==
Deramakot (3) to Kinabalu (1)
blog: Ben
10:00 Leave Deramakot
12:00 Lunch at Telupid
15:00 Exploring Kinabalu Park HQ area
19:00 Lecture: General intro to Kinabalu (TBA)
== 23 Jul ==
Kinabalu (2), climb to Gunting hut
blog: Dwi
textbook: ch18
== 24 Jul ==
Kinabalu (3), High elevation ecology
blog: Kwek
08:00 Lecture: Forest zonation and adaptations to high elevation (Cam)
09:00 Field: Observations (Cam & Chuck)
12:00 Picnic lunch
13:00 Field: Focal taxon observations and question forming
16:00 Discussion of questions
== 25 Jul ==
Kinabalu (4) To peak and down
blog: Edna
03:00 Depart for summit
17:00 Transfer to KK by bus
== 26 Jul ==
Rest in KK
blog: Ayu
== 27 Jul (SUNDAY) ==
Rest in KK, Afternoon lectures
blog: Eni
textbook: ch19
17:00 Lecture: New approaches to conservation in Sabah (Cynthia Ong)
== 28 Jul ==
To Maliau (travel day)
blog: Greg
05:30 Bus leaves
06:00 Check-in
07:00 BKI-TWU MH2121
07:45 Arr Tawau
08:00 Breakfast in Tawau
09:00 To Maliau FSC by 4x4
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Lecture: Intro to Maliau (Waidi/TBA)
20:30 Talk: Plans for Hike (Cam)
== 29 Jul ==
Maliau (1). Hike day 1
blog: Justine
textbook: ch12
09:00 Hikers: to Ginseng camp
09:00 Non-hikers: 4x4 to Agathis camp
13:00 Fast hikers: Trip to heath forest (optional)
== 30 Jul ==
Maliau (2) Hike day 2
blog: Karl
09:00 Hikers: to Maliau Falls, on to Seraya Camp
09:00 Non-hikers: At Agathis and back to FSC
== 31 Jul ==
Maliau (3) Hike day 3
blog: Shreekant
09:00 Hikers: back to FSC
09:00 Non-hikers: Canopy walkway (safe, 500 m) and nature trail
== 1 Aug ==
Maliau (4) Rest and proposal writing
blog: Wan
17:00 Lecture: Seed dispersal (Min Sheng)
19:00 Lecture: Phylogeography (Shawn Lum)
20:00 Deadline to hand in written proposals
== 2 Aug ==
Maliau (5) Proposals
blog: Wulan
08:00 Proposal presentations (ca. 10 x 10+5 mins)
14:00 Lab: Cladistic analysis of morphological data
20:00 Lecture: Pollination ecology (Santiago)
== 3 Aug ==
Maliau (6) Projects
blog: Cindy
19:30 Lecture: Biogeography of Malesia (Cam)
== 4 Aug ==
Maliau (7) Projects
blog: Ling
textbook: ch21
19:30 Discussion: `Nature's rights vs. Human rights in conservation'
== 5 Aug ==
Maliau (8) Project analysis and write-up
blog: Nayana
13:00 Deadline for handing in write-up for peer review
19:30 Deadline for returning peer-review
19:30 Discussion: `Getting into grad school'
== 6 Aug ==
Travel to KK
blog: Noor
07:00 Depart by 4x4
11:00 Visit IKEA restoration project
18:00 Dinner (independent) in Tawau
21:40 Flight TWU-BKI MH2148
22:25 Arr KK, transfer to Kinabalu Daya hotel
== 7 Aug ==
Project presentations
blog: Will
08:00 Transfer to UMS
08:00 Deadline for handing in revised reports and presentations
09:00 Presentations (ca. 6 x 30 min)
12:00 Lunch at UMS
14:00 Presentations (ca. 6 x 30 min)
17:00 Transfer to Atmosphere restaurant
18:00 Farewell Party
21:00 Transfer to Hotel
== 8 Aug ==
Fly home