Botanist had a vital role in book


Happier times: Dr Hovenkamp with Chan at the symposium in Brunei.

KOTA KINABALU: Dutch botanist and naturalist Dr Peter Hans Hovenkamp, who died in the Mulu Caves flash flood last week, was a key figure in a local publisher’s plan for a book on Borneo ferns.

Publisher Datuk C.L. Chan said that he had recently connected with Hovenkamp to work on A Guide to Ferns of Borneo targeted for publication next year.

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