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SANDAKAN: The Malaysian Landscape Association has chosen Sabah’s rainforests as the source for its seed bank project.
The
association’s corporate communications executive Siti Hafizah Mohd
Zahrom said this was in view of the state’s rich biodiversity.
She
said the association would seek the cooperation of the state government
through the state forestry department and Sabah Foundation.
“The
project is important for the conservation of the country’s forests and
the seeds for research in future,” she said when met during the
association’s visit to the forestry department, here yesterday.
The
association, led by its president Tun Jeanne Abdullah who was
accompanied by her husband and former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi, also visited the Mangrove Discovery Centre which is being
monitored by the Forestry Department at Sepilok Laut near here.
Siti
Hafizah said the seed bank project was an idea they adopted from the
millennium seed bank project based in Europe. — Bernama
8 comments:
Adalah satu kebanggaan kepada rakyat Sabah kerana perhutanan tropika dipilih untuk mendapatkan sampel benih. Memang Sabah kaya dengan biodiversiti yang berbeza.
Pengajian sampel benih-benih ini adalah penting untuk masa depan kita semua. Semoga mereka yang terlibat dalam program ini akan berusaha membuat pengajian terhadap benih yang dikumpulkan.
Sabah has one of the richest biodiversities in the world with an area of 59 per cent covered by forests, according to the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) chief representative in Malaysia. There is no wonder why Sabah rainforest was chosen to be the source of seed bank project.
Hope that the Malaysian Landscape Association will be able to do a wide research on the various seeds collected in our rainforests.
Sabah mmg kaya dgn alam semulajadinya yang cantik, hutannya mempunyai pelbagai flora dan fauna. projek ini pasti dpt memastikan hutan di Sabah dpt terpelihara.
Sabah does indeed have a wide range of flora and fauna, however some species are becoming threatened due to rapid development. We hoped this study on seeds will help biodiversity conservation.
http://sabah-go-green.blogspot.com/2011/12/sabah-has-one-of-richest-biodiversities.html
Sangat indah pemandangan di Negeri Sabah. Pelbagai suasana kita dapat rasakan bila berada di Sabah. Jadi jom datang Sabah.
I'm sure that the Sabah state forestry department and Sabah Foundation have no problem to cooperate with The Malaysian Landscape Association to ensure that this project succeeded in achieving its objectives..
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