F Merlin Franco Editor

F. Merlin Franco is an ethnobiologist working with the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He is passionate about the reciprocal relationship between human culture, language, and biodiversity (biocultural diversity), and the myriad ways in which it manifests. He collaborates with local communities of Asia on topics related to folk medicine, traditional ecological calendars, cultural keystone species, and biocultural landscapes. However, his work lays special emphasis on the cultures and landscapes of Borneo where he is based since 2012.