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| My job in Klias is not particularly an enviable one but surely provides a challenging field experience. My outings would normally present interesting discoveries. Apart from dealing cautiously with the people who have direct interests in the management of the peat swamp forests and the surrounding wetlands, I have to survive the unforgiving environment. Klias Peninsula is unaccommodating when it comes to predicting weather. It is located in the wettest part of Sabah, receiving 3,400 mm of rain. Yet, it is fire-prone during the prolonged droughts during January-March. The field-works to the peat swamp forests can be unnerving. A daily trip to the study sites will require a casual boat-ride along the extensive peripheral drainage and irrigation canals; followed by a knee-deep hike to the impenetrable interior to set up observation plots, a short lunch-break and picnic in the temporary shelter or camps set up for the field workers; and finally a mad rush back to the base camp before one gets drenched in the unpredictable evening storms. |
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