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New Spider Species in Borneo Named After Missing Activist

· Written by Mong Palatino

Categories: East Asia, Malaysia, Environment, Science, Travel

Aposphragisma brunomanseri goblin spider. Photo from the Natural History Museum of Berne [1]

Aposphragisma brunomanseri goblin spider. Photo from the Natural History Museum of Berne

A new spider species in Borneo discovered [1] by Swiss scientists was named [2] after Bruno Manser, an environmentalist who went missing [3] in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia in 2000. Bruno Manser has been campaigning for the protection of the nomadic Penan people and against the destruction of Sarawak rainforest when he was declared missing.