Assistant Professor F. Merlin Franco of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam has co-authored an article with Nurzahidah Bakar on “The Fading Popularity of a Local Ecological Calendar from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo.”

Published in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, the article describes how the ecological calendar of the Kedayan people of Brunei Darussalam links skyscape and biodiversity with sociocultural aspirations to foster adaptive management of landscape, and provide an understanding of the transmission of calendric knowledge in the community.

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Bakar, N., Franco, F. The fading popularity of a local ecological calendar from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine 18, 33 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-022-00525-9