New Spider Species in Borneo Named After Missing Activist
· Written by Mong Palatino
Categories: East Asia, Malaysia, Environment, Science, Travel
discovered [1] by Swiss scientists was named [2] after Bruno Manser, an environmentalist who went missing [3] in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia in 2000. Bruno Manser has been campaigning for the protection of the nomadic Penan people and against the destruction of Sarawak rainforest when he was declared missing.
A new spider species in Borneo