The Expedition was directed to find the answers to many fundamental questions about the vegetation of the unique island of Palawan and to suggest a suitable area to be set aside for the gene conservation area project.
Short Stories
The expedition and rainforest
This is the full collection of stories on Palawan
All the stories here tell different aspects of the vegetation and the island as discovered by the expedition. These stories appear on the relevant pages as well
The extremely rare Palawan Peacock Pheasant, Red-Vented Cockatoo, other parrots, Palawan Hornbill, butterflies, other insects, snakes, pangolin and Mouse Deer all make Palawan a very special island.
Palawan rich and unique palm flora was increased by 42% through the expedition. Heterspathe dransfeldii was a new species described from a high ridge forest that has now been destroyed, while Calamus erinaceus var. declivium was a new endemic rattan subspecies from St. Pauls Bay.
Almaciga may soon disappear from Palawan due to logging and incorrect resin tapping.
