The Tropical Biodiversity Centre is the recognized national depositary authority and provider of high-quality biological materials (micro-organisms) for any related biotechnology industry in the country.
The center also provides education and learning programmes, including to document information on the wealth of the nation’s terrestrial biodiversity to facilitate more effective and efficient biodiversity knowledge to promote strategized efforts on sustainable and wise use of biodiversity resources; and in the area of eco-tourism, by providing facilities such as lecture room, discussion room, exhibition and library.
The natural botanical garden of mixed dipterocarp forest which stands within the Tropical Biodiversity Centre complex aims to promote ecotourism activities and biodiversity educational programmes.
