It's time for Nature Reads, a show where we explore the stories behind books that bring us closer to nature and the world around us. Every month, we team up with the good folks at Sunda Shelves, an independent bookstore and café with a passion for wild places and thoughtful reads. Together with co-host, Surin Suksuwan, (co-founder of Sunda Shelves) we are joined by Perpetua George, who has had a long career in conservation and sustainability, spanning work in forest conservation, sustainable production consulting, the FMCG industry, and oil palm plantations. She shares more about some literary works that have inspired her in her work.

Books discussed during this episode:

1. Rainforest Politics - Philip Hurst

2. The Birds of Borneo - BE Smythies (revised by GWH Davison)

3. A Dictionary of Malaysian Timbers - TM Wong

4. The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean

5. Women & Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management & Conservation - Patricia L Howard (ed)

6. Tescopoly - Andrew Simms

7. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo - Junaidi Payne and Charles M Francis

8. Common Commercial Timbers of Peninsular Malaysia - K.S. Gan and S.C. Lim