KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — More than a century’s worth of knowledge and information on tropical forest biodiversity and science from the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) is now accessible worldwide through its digital repository, the FRIM Research Depository (FRED).
FRIM said in a statement today that the FRED portal, fully operational since last year, recorded an average of 2,885 user accesses annually and offered free registration for round-the-clock access to 160,244 metadata records and 77,600 digital files.
The digital resources include scientific articles, books, theses, journals, forest maps and newspaper clippings, benefiting researchers, policymakers, industry players, students and the public.
