1. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA Biodiversity Databases at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia and the Malaysian Clearing House Mechanism Saw Leng Guan Forest Research Institute Malaysia Los Banos, The Philippines November 2013

2. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Malaysian Biodiversity TaxonTotal Species Mammals298 Birds742 Amphibians203 Reptiles397 Freshwater fish449 Marine fishc. 1,300 Vascular plantsc. 15,000 Mosses522 Fungi> 4,000 Insects & other arthropods?

3. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Databases managed by FRIM Research Collection Database – Herbarium database Kepong Herbarium database (BRAHMS) – Entomological collection database Databases under the Malaysia Biological Diversity Clearing House Mechanism (CHM)

4. Biodiversity Collections and Research Databases in FRIM CollectionsNumber of specimens Records in database Botanical Collection >350,000> 220,000 Macrofungal Collection c. 5,000nil Entomological Collection >600,000c. 1,000 Zoological Collection c. 3,000nil

5. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards The Herbarium

6. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards

7. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Botanical Specimen Dataset

8. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System (BRAHMS)

9. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Data Structure of BRAHMS Core databases Taxon info Geographic info People Images & documents Collection databases Botanical records Living collections Seed bank DNA Plot samples Maps

10. Database started in 1991 Database now contains over 220,000 entries of the over 350,000 specimens at KEPONG herbarium

11. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Data Entry at Kepong Herbarium Records

12. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Output from Kepong Database Flora revision – Tracks taxonomic information Nomenclature, typification Synonymy Authority Literature Checklists Distribution maps and other analysis Conservation assessment and studies Other outputs

13. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards

14. Iguanura geonomiformis

15. Iguanura kelantanensis

16. Entomological Collection Over 600,000 specimens in the collection

17. www.chm.frim.gov.my

18. INSTITUT PENYELIDIKAN PERHUTANAN MALAYSIA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA http://www.frim.gov.my ISO 9001-2008 Certified5S BrandLaureate Best Brand Awards Flora and Fauna Databases at CHM Flora Databases – Vascular plants of Malaysia – Seaweeds of Malaysia Fauna Databases – Mammals of Peninsular Malaysia – Birds of Malaysia – Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia – Amphibians of Peninsular Malaysia – Freshwater fish of Malaysia – Marine fish of Malaysia – Freshwater crabs of Peninsular Malaysia – Rhinoceros beetles of Malaysia – Butterflies of Peninsular Malaysia – Ants of Peninsular Malaysia

19. The more matured database – Vascular Plants

24. Protected Area database

26. Cycas cantafolia (described in 2010 from Johor) Thank you so much