The Indonesian archipelago harbors great biological diversity. Working closely with Indonesian professionals from the Bogor Herbarium, NETC has developed a program for plant exploration in the mountain forests of this vast and beautiful nation.

The first research expeditions to the rainforests of Indonesia set off in 1995, beginning a 14 year association with botanists from Indonesia’s National Herbarium in Bogor, West Java. NETC has worked with Bogor Herbarium for 14 years conducting botanical exploration. Our work together has focused on montane tropical forests. We have explored about 45 mountains, a possible record for any Western scientific institution. As a consequence of NETC’s proven capability to partner with Bogor Herbarium and produce significant work, our organizations have moved to a much greater level of institutional capacity building with implementation of the IBETP.