These Volunteers operate a research substation south of Kuala Lumpur on the fringe of the jungle. Assigned as a research officer, this Volunteer is studying the factors that cause mortality of merandi seedlings and timer tree seedlings. The Volunteer has lived in Kuala Lumpur for the past three years working on his doctorate in forestry. The opther Volunteer is also working on her doctorate on the effects of selective logging on rain forest under story birds. As manager of the substation, she supervises six workers.