The Guardian | Experience: I climbed the tallest tropical tree in the world by Jamiluddin Jami It was a slow ascent: I needed to check for wasps, snakes and scorpions I was born in Tawau, a Malaysian city on the island of Borneo, and grew up around logging camps – my dad worked in the industry. In the early 90s, a lot of the forest here started being cleared for commercial use. At the time, I just thought that was the way things were. That changed when I began working in conservation as a teenager at the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership in the nearby Danum Valley. My job was to plant seedlings in places where the forest had been cut down. I began to learn about the importance of keeping the forest safe. Continue reading... Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/03/experience-i-climbed-the-tallest-tropical-tree-in-the-world #environment #treesandforests #malaysian #borneo #conservation