| accessing local knowledge to identify where species of conservation concern occur in a tropical forest landscape. | conventional biodiversity surveys play an important role in ensuring good conservation friendly management in tropical forest regions but are demanding in terms of expertise, time, and budget. can local people help? here, we illustrate how local knowledge can support low cost conservation surveys. we worked in the malinau watershed, east kalimantan, indonesia, an area currently at risk of extensive forest loss. we selected eight species of regional conservation interest: rafflesia (rafflesia spp ... | 2013 | 23633002 |