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The Natural World Universiti Malaya





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        adequately conveyed through colour pictures                                           1  Tropical White
        or preserved specimens. There is no substitute   3 3                                     Polypore (Favolus
                                                                                                 tenuiculus), a pore
        in seeing and experiencing nature in its                                                 fungus
        natural state. Furthermore, there is increasing                                       2  Red-bellied Squirrel
                                                                                                 (Callosciurus notatus)
        evidence that regular contact with the natural                                           on a fire hose at the
        world is beneficial to a person’s physical,                                              Institute of Biological
                                                                                                 Sciences
        mental and emotional well-being.                                                      3  Tongkat Ali (Longjack,
                                                                                                 Eurycoma longifolia),
            According to the vision of The RIMBA                                                 used in folk medicine
                                                                                                 and as supplements,
        Project of Universiti Malaya, “The dream is to                                           as well as food and
        make the UM a walk-in educational garden,                                                drink additives
        an urban nature park and biodiversity hub,
        where plants, (fungi) and animals (as well as
        microbes) coexist harmoniously with humans.” 


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