SOLS 24/7 receives RM 1 million for Sabah Youth Development Centre

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Feb 2012: East Malaysian youth facing a lack of education opportunities are being given an avenue of help, with the opening of the Borneo Youth Development Centre (YDC) in Sabah, this year. Spearheaded by SOLS 24/7, rural and urban youth from Sabah and Sarawak will finally benefit from unique, holistic training programs thanks to the Berjaya Cares Foundation. Berjaya Group Founder...

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Hospitals launch Go Green Without Plastic Bags campaign

LET’S GO GREEN: Tambunan Hospital staff posing with Paul (centre).TAMBUNAN: All government hospitals, including Tambunan Hospital, launched the ‘Go Green Without Plastic Bags Campaign’ simultaneously, with other hospitals throughout the state at the district hospital conference room yesterday. The foremost objective of the campaign is to reduce and abolish the giving of plastic bags to the patients...

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Environment to become fourth strategic pillar for BIMP-EAGA

 KOTA KINABALU, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- The Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines - East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) ministers have adopted environment management as one of the strategic pillars for sub-regional...

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Riparian reserves become bane of contention at colloquium

KOTA KINABALU: Oil Palm plantations and smallholders have been urged to understand the consequences of unlawfully encroaching and occupying riparian reserves. Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun said...

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Over RM200,000 collected from No Plastic Bag Campaign

KOTA KINABALU: More than RM200,000 was collected from the fees charged on plastic bags at various outlets in the city from June 2010 until December 2012. The actual figure of RM206,774.01 was accumulated from 225 outlets that participated...

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STIA wants gov’t to ease import of raw timber

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA) has urged the State government to come up with effective actions to assist the industry based on its needs, instead of formation and announcement of policies which...

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Littering still a major problem in Sabah: Masidi

Sandakan: The environment must be the first priority when it comes to utilisation of natural resources. "We in Sabah must play a crucial role to ensure that our activities especially the utilisation of natural resources such as...

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Use ‘gotong - royong’ in efforts to eradicate dengue, says Rosnah

KOTA KINABALU: The community cooperation (gotong-royong) carried out to ensure cleanliness is maintained among the community brings about major benefits, especially in the fight against dengue fever outbreak in the state. Deputy...

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RM38m Tg Aru to UMS walk and cycle path soon

Kota Kinabalu: A RM38 million pedestrian cum cycle path stretching 23.5km from Tanjung Aru to Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will be constructed soon as part of the City's Environment Project. He said this during the flag-raising...

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Insight into human-crocodile conflicts by satellite tagging

KINABATANGAN: A satellite tagging project has been started, to tag selected male crocodiles in 10 main rivers of Sabah, as part of an on-going project to gain insight into human-crocodile conflicts.  So far, two Kinabatangan...

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Malaysia dumps 1.3-billion-ringgit Sabah coal-fired plant

Najib walks the green talk and wants environment protected; A gas power station is likely to be built in energy hungry Sandakan By Nurhafizah Yusofimg alt="A gas-fired power plant" height="267" src="http://insightsabah.gov.my/files/articles/image/2011/2/Maliau%20and%20coal/ranhill_new_gasplant_01.jpg" width="400">A gas-fired power plantMalaysia has scrapped plans for a controversial 1.3-billion-ringgit...

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Endangered wildlife can have easier migration

KOTA KINABALU: A move is under way to connect the country's largest wildlife forest reserve, Tabin, with adjacent fragmented forests through wildlife corridors in Sabah's east coast Lahad Datu. The move will facilitate the migration...

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Malua Biobank as orangutan conservation

KOTA KINABALU: Results from recent ground and aerial surveys of 34,000 ha of lowland rainforest known as the Malua Biobank in Sabah, reveal the area will be one of the most important refuges for orang-utan in Borneo.    ...

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Foreign marauders pillage Sabah mangroves – Sam Mannan

KOTA KINABALU: There are syndicates in a neighboring country which send illegal loggers in small boats to fell and strip mangroves in the remote swamp forests of northern Sabah and smuggle them out to their home country, according...

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Musa Aman, conservationist par excellence

Musa Aman, conservationist par excellenceimg alt="A heart for conservation: Sabah chief minister Musa Aman and Lorna Casselton, foreign secretary of the Royal Society." height="395" src="http://insightsabah.gov.my/files/articles/image/2010/7/Forestry/musa_casselton.jpg" width="600">A heart for conservation: Sabah chief minister Musa Aman and Lorna Casselton, foreign secretary of the Royal Society. Sabah’s...

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8 things you should know about the Borneo Sumatran rhino

The smallest of all The Borneo Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrison) is a sub-species of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). It is the smallest of five living species, standing at about 145cm (4 feet 9 inches) and measuring 3m and 17cm (10 feet 5 inches) in length. It weighs between 500kg and 1,000kg. It can live up to about 30 years.  Puntung, a young female...

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WWF on marine conservation

WWF- Malaysia is assessing turtles in northeast Semporna within the Priority Conservation Area (PCA) to establish a marine conservation plan in the coral triangle of the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME).WWF is working with the...

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