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“Water conservation at home is one of the easiest measures to put in place, and saving water should become part of everyday family practice.”
Source: http://www.mrrooterpgh.com/2012/08/06/save-water-at-home-start-toda...
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Sembulan River Park Official Opening
YB Datuk Masidi Manjun attended the Official Opening of Sembulan River
Park which was officiated by YAB Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj Aman, Chief
Minister of Sabah on the 24th June 2012 at the Park compound.
Source: http://kepkas.sabah.gov.my/2012/06/27/sembulan-river-park-official-openin...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
In Desperate to Save the Sumatran Rhonocerous
Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) Director Dr Laurentius said the department is desperate to save the Sumatran Rhinocerous and are still unsuccessful in breeding the animal though they have discussed (the matter) with lots of partners in Sabah and IZW (Institute for Zoo and Wildlife in Berlin, Germany). He said in his opening remarks at the Forum on the Findings of Imbak Canyon 2012 Wildlife...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Immediate Measures Needed to Conserve Environment
Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said environmental conservation efforts must be carried out fast due to the environmental crisis that is increasingly worrying. People all over the world, including in Malaysia are feeling the effects of climate change said Dompok. The effects including frequent droughts and flooding, weather changes, rising sea water...
Remove Oil Palm Tress along Riparian Reserve - Saddi
Sukau Assemblyman Saddi called on the large number of oil palm trees planted along the riparian reserve in Kinabatangan , particularly in Sukau, to be removed immediately in order to protect the river from pollution. Authorities...
Imbak Canyon Wildlife Conservation Research Centre, next year says Waidi
Yayasan Sabah Conservation and Environmental Management Division Group Manager Waidi Sinun said the Imbak Canyon Wildlife Conservation will have its own research centre such as the ones in Danum Valley and Maliau Basin next year.During...
Friday, September 21, 2012
Stop the killing in Sabah
SABAH, without a shadow of doubt, is losing much of its wildlife to the rampant expansion of palm oil plantations.
State Minister for Environment and Tourism Masidi Manjun is on record as saying so.
Sabah
Wildlife Department director Dr Laurentius Ambu agrees, as well as
"Traffic", the worldwide wildlife trade monitoring organisation. The
most recent scientific report has confirmed...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Environmental protection is crucial, says Linda
Member of Parliament for Batu Sapi, Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin, urged everybody to take part in the programme that involves environmental protection. Datin Linda who launched the newly introduced programme ‘Friends of the Environment’ (RAS) for the parliamentary constituency of P.185 Batu Sapi at SK Sung Siew said environment is a very important element for the future of the world. Linda...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tallest Tropical Tree in the World, Tawau
Tawau, Sabah has the tallest tropical tree in the world. In 2006,
American scientist Dr Roman Dial and two friends climbed up a 'Seraya
Kuning Siput' (Shorea faquetiana) in Tawau Hills Park or Taman Bukit
Tawau. The trio risked life and climb in order to find out the accurate
measurement of this tree, a tropical rainforest plant, located in the
forest reserve of some 29,000 hectares.
After...
Monday, September 17, 2012
Wastewater Treatment in Sabah
The provision of wastewater treatment facilities is as crucial as the provision of water and electricity supply. Wastewater needs to be treated appropriately, normally via a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), before it is discharged to drains, rivers and seas. The discharge of inadequately treated wastewater may cause adverse impacts such as:• Water pollution• The spread of waterborne diseases•...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Musa Aman’s Consistency reduces dependency on timber revenue
Cynicism often creates blind spots which distort vision. Of late Sabah political scenario seems to be hugely afflicted by this malady which is going undiagnosed. Heart-warming developments emerging from various parts of Sabah are being clouded by the dust of allegations of corruption and malfeasance of gargantuan proportions in governance.It was reported widely that Switzerland’s Attorney General...
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Royal visit testimony of our good conservation work – Masidi
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has done well, especially when environment conservation is concerned, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit bears testimony to it.
Prince Williams and Kate Middleton will be visiting the state’s Class I (Protection) Forest Reserve, the Danum Valley Conservation Area (DVCA), located on the western side of the upper reaches of the Segama River in Southeast Sabah on September...
Danum Valley Conservation Area
Danum Valley Conservation Area is
one of the last remaining pockets of protected primary lowland tropical
rainforest in Asia and is one of the world’s great storehouses of
genetic diversity.In the early 1960s, between the fading
years of the British rule and the promising years of Sabah's
independence through a merger with independent Malaya, soil surveyors
first carried out soil studies in...
All Saints Secondary School’s sustainable farming effort sets a good example
KOTA KINABALU: Talks of green living and eating healthy food are becoming hot topics among people, especially health and figure conscious individuals.Many are opting for sustainable farmed organic food, and lean meat instead of pesticide contaminated vegetables or hormone injected farm animals for their daily dietary supplement.Realising the importance of cleaner food, air and environment, one teacher,...
Sabah's Potential High To Be Among World's Best Spa Services Providers
Sabah has the potential to be among
the best spa services providers in the world, says Sabah Tourism,
Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.
Comparing it with Bali, the world's leading spa provider, he said Sabah
had an abundance of natural resources for the production of spa
products as well as in the provision of spa treatment services.
"According to Tourism Malaysia's...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Ketua menteri Datuk Musa Aman bantu sejukkan dunia
Sebuah Boeing 747 terbang dari London ke Kota Kinabalu, dengan jarak 11,300km (7,000 batu) mengeluarkan tiga tan karbon dioksida. Setiap tahun, 600 juta tan CO2 dibebaskan ke atmosfera ketika 16,000 pesawat komersial menerbangkan penumpang di seluruh dunia untuk tujuan perniagaan dan bersantai. Dalam masa 10 tahun, pengembaraan udara akan menjadi penyumbang terbesar kepada pemanasan global, kata...
Sabah masuki industri biomass besar-besaran
Nilai sisa buangan kelapa sawit lebih besar daripada kelapa sawit mentah (CPO): anggaran RM30 bilion berbanding RM22 bilion daripada jumlah eskport 5.4 metrik tan CPO dari Sabah - ketiga terbesar daripada jumlah keseluruhan dikeluarkan oleh Malaysa. Usaha bersungguh-sungguh dilakukan untuk menukar 27 juta tan sisa buangan kelapa sawit kepada papan lapis, briket, tilam jerami, baja bio dan tenaga...
Hutan, emas dan galian Sabah boleh hilang jika bukan kerana Musa
Datuk Musa Aman adalah satu-satunya lelaki yang boleh melindungi hutan Sabah, hidupan liar dan kepelbagaian hayat yang akan mampu memperseimbangkan pemanasan global. Beliau adalah ketua menteri yang menghentikan pembalakan di Ulu Segama Malua dan Maliau Basin serta mewujudkan hutan penampan yag mempunyai keluasan tiga kali besar daripada Singapura untuk melindungi Lembah Danum daripada pembalakan,...
New Forests in Sabah conservation deal
In November 2007, an Australian forestry investment firm has partnered with the Sabah state Government in Malaysia to create financial instruments for producers of palm oil to participate in the conservation of forests.Sydney-based New Forests and the state of Sabah, in east Malaysia, will help protect about 34,000 hectares in the Malua Forest Reserve, which is home to groups of orang utan, Sumatran...
Menjadikan Sabah lebih hijau
Musa Aman mula kempen tanam pokok perangi pemanasan global
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tiga suku daripada Sabah, iaitu saiz Scotland, diliputi dengan hutan
dan kelapa sawit. Namun ia tidak kebal daripada pemanasan global. Ia
menderita daripada corak perubahan cuaca yang tidak menentu dengan musim
monsun keterlaluan dan musim kemarau berlanjutan...
Malua BioBank
The Malua BioBank is a revolutionary model for rainforest conservation that seeks to rehabilitate and preserve 34,000 hectares (80,000 acres) of critical habitat for orangutan and other wildlife. Located in Malaysia on the island of Borneo, the Malua BioBank was created in an innovative public-private partnership with the Sabah State Government as an investment in the rehabilitation and protection...
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