A blog dedicated to documenting the BEAT Journey, including the ups, downs, and everything in between.
Listening to the Forest Floor: Discovering Borneo’s Hidden Ground Birds Through SoundBy Sui Peng Heon (Kuamut Rainforest Conservation, Malaysia)
Camera traps, point counts, and line transects have long been the foundation of wildlife surveys in Borneo. Yet despite these well-established methods, some forest-floor species remain mysteriously elusive. Among the most understudied are…
- Unraveling the sounds of the night
By Umar Fhadli Kennedi (Team: Pematang Gadung Apes, Indonesia)
Have you ever felt curious about the sounds you hear in the forest? I often felt this way whenever I heard this sound (attached audio). For a long time, I frequently heard…
- Recording Bustle Behind the Silence
By Izzati, Ain, Mimi and Atiqah, Penang Bats Team
Penang Island, renowned for its rich biodiversity, is home to a variety of bat species that play crucial roles in the ecosystem. However, the increasing urbanization and habitat destruction pose significant threats…
- Passive acoustic monitoring in Bornean tropical forests: some application challenges in post-coal mining reclamation areas
By Mukhlisi, Kukar Mining Team
The PAM method has been widely used as a tool for biodiversity monitoring in various parts of the world. However, its use in tropical forest areas of Borneo is still limited. Its application as an ecological…
- My BEAT journey so far
By Sui Heon, Kuamut Rainforest Conservation Team
On a field excursion some time ago, I was asked to sit quietly on the forest floor with a pair of binoculars and a pen at 5 pm. My task was to record the…
- Into the world of frogs through their bioacoustics: A study in Northen Peninsular Malaysia
By Dasi Ong, Peninsular Maslaysian Frogs Team
In a remarkable discovery during my study in Peninsular Malaysia, I captured the diurnal call of Hylarana glandulosa (also known as Pulchrana glandulosa). Traditionally, it’s understood that most frogs in this region are nocturnal,…
- The Hidden Symphony: Challenges in Capturing the Sounds of Indonesia’s Protected Toad (Leptophryne cruentata)
By Rizki Kurnia Tohir, Bleeding Toads Team
As a dedicated student researching the elusive bleeding toads (Leptophryne cruentata) in their natural habitat for nearly a year, I initially believed that identifying their vocalization patterns would be a straightforward task. However, I…
- Exploring the Peat Swamp Forest to Install Recorders
By Umar Fhadli Kennedi of the Pematang Gadung Apes Team
For me, a child who grew up in an oil palm plantation, the peat swamp forest has one of the most difficult terrains of any forest type. In some scientific publications,…
