Malay and Filipino

The tropical islands and peninsulas of Southeast Asia are one of the world's richest centers of biodiversity.  Here live the monkey-eating eagle, Sumatran tiger, Javan rhino, orang-utan, Komodo dragon and countless other unique organisms.  Malaysia is one of the tropical island nations where visitors are welcomed and are encouraged to find the best travel deals to explore its picture perfect beaches.  Here also live more than 400 million people whose lingua franca is either Malay or Filipino.  Because libraries in this region are often short of funds for buying new books, these people rely heavily on the internet for up-to-date information, hence the special need for ecological information online in Malay and Filipino.

Ecology Online has acquired the domain names "ekolohiya.net" and "ekologi.net" to publish ecological information in Filipino and Malay.  However, to set up these free websites and make them a success, we need the collaboration of people from Southeast Asia.

If you would like to volunteer your time and skills to help develop these free websites, please write us today (in English) at the following e-mail address:

director@ecology.info

Photograph:  Ecological investigations on Palawan.
Photographer:  Paolo Dizon (Philippines)