Forest Research Institute of Malaysia

FRIM advances economical administration and ideal utilization of woods assets in Malaysia by creating information and innovation through research, improvement and application in tropical ranger service. FRIM is situated in Kepong, close Kuala Lumpur. It was Foxworthy who chose the present site, at Kepong. He was additionally to end up the foundations' first Chief Research Officer. It included a region that was for all intents and purposes stripped of its unique timberland cover aside from a couple of remainder trees at the more blocked off regions. Lalang-grass scour on the slopes cleared a path to vegetable patios on the lower slants, while the valley supported a couple of lakes, the left-overs of a past tin-mining activity.