Nestle promotes environment conservation

Planting Trees (example) KEPONG: The planting of over 100,000 trees under Nestle Project RiLeaf is a clear demonstration of Nestle’s continuing commitment towards greening our environment. It is one of the key initiatives to commemorate its 100th anniversary in Malaysia. Nestle Project RiLeaf is a riparian reforestation initiative to help the sustainability of one of the world’s richest...

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Fujitsu helps regenerate rainforest in Sabah

Borneo Rainforest  SHAH ALAM:  Japanese technology firm Fujitsu have planted 1,000 trees at the Eco-Forest Park at Kinarut, Sabah, this year with the help of other groups in an effort to regenerate the tropical rainforest in Borneo. Individuals from Fujitsu Group as well as the  Japanese embassy,  Kinabalu Japanese School, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Sabah Forestry...

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Musa stresses sustainability in oil palm production

Chief Minister Musa Aman   Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Haji Aman urged plantation operators to take appropriate measures to protect wildlife as many important sites for biodiversity lie close to to plantations. "Let us all work together to find the best solutions as we move forward in the palm oil sector while keeping ourselves mindful of biodiversity conservation,"...

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CM: A RM2 billion Lobster Farm in the offing

Panulirus species (spiny lobsters) also known locally as King lobster During the third day of State Assembly question and answer session, the State Assemblyman for Kunak, Nilwan Kabang asked the Chief Minister on the progress of the proposed lobster farming project in Pulau Timbun Mata in Kunak District, a joint undertaking between Inno Fisheries, a subsidiary company of Yayasan Sabah,...

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Sabah forest management gets acknowledgement

img alt="Image and environment: Galante and Emban at the photographic exhibition in Kota Kinabalu." height="430" src="http://starstorage.blob.core.windows.net/archives/2012/12/22/nation/galante-emban-sabah-forest-n40.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640"> Galante and Emban at the photographic exhibition in Kota Kinabalu Sabah's forest management practices are getting...

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Praise for Sabah's move to ban shark hunting

Shark fins KOTA KINABALU: The federal government lauds Sabah’s move to ban shark hunting for its fins. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Datuk Chua Tee Yong praised the effort of the state government in protecting the ecosystem here by initiating a proper legislation to eventually ban the consumption of shark fins. “The action taken shows just how...

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Modernise agricultural training centres - Yahya

Photo example Agricultural training centres in Sabah have been urged to apply information communications technology (ICT) and modern mechanization to provide trainees with a facilitative learning environment. Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry, Datuk Yahya Hussin said it is an important move to produce more youths as agricultural entrepreneurs.The application...

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Sukau, a model village for environmental awareness

Sukau Rainforest Lodge A decade ago, French Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), HUTAN began their ground breaking work on orang-utan populations surviving in secondary forest.  Little did they realise at that time that they would end up having a long-lasting effect on the local community of Sukau. In 2008, the villagers of Kampung Sukau located by the iconic Kinabatangan River...

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Hard for all states to ban shark hunting, says Tee Yong

Shark KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s ban against shark hunting is laudable but may not be feasible for the rest of the country for now, said Deputy Agri-culture and Agro-based Ind­ustry Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong. He said this was because such a ban would involve various authorities, unlike that in Sabah, where the State Tourism, Culture and Envi­ron­ment Ministry had announced the move. ...

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Sabah forests pulling in tourists

Tourists rediscover and experience nature and wildlife at their best in Sabah. WITH its timber revenue declining as it focuses on reversing the trend of deforestation, Sabah is turning to the tourism sector to displace forestry as one of the main contributors to the  economy. The state recognises that protecting the forest is crucial and runs parallel with efforts to promote...

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Rehabilitation programme rehabilitated 35 orang utan in Malaysia since 1995

Orang utan Thirty-five orang utans have been rehabilitated at the Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort's Nature Reserve conservation centre of Malaysia since its inception in 1995.Sabah Wildlife Department director Dr Laurentius Ambu said the rehabilitation programme was complementary efforts conducted by the department's Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre in Sandakan. These orang utans spend their...

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RM1m for conservation of bantengs

Danau Girang Field Centre KOTA KINABALU: The Wildlife Department and Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC) recently received a RM1 million funding from Sime Darby Foundation for conservation and management of bantengs in Sabah. The project will be in collaboration with several partners including the Forestry Department, Sabah Foundation and Cardiff University. And so far the...

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Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center (BSBCC) - Sabah

The Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) is the first of its conservation centre which rehabilitate/rescue the bornean sun bear. It is the first and only (at this moment) in south east asia region (of course in our country as well). As for now, the conservation centre will be schedule to open in due time (most likely mid of next year. We will keep you update once the conservation centre...

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SABAH more stringent POME discharge Standard

Palm oil plantation SABAH -  plans to adopt more stringent anti-pollution standards for wastewater generated by the palm oil industry, and mills are rising up to the challenge. Some palm oil mills have put up more intensive effluent treatment systems in order to comply with rules on cleaner discharges. This is good news f or the people and wildlife living along the state’s longest...

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Red tide warning in Sabah west coast

Red tide Samples of bivalves taken from Kuala Penyu District, particularly the Setompok Lake area, and from waters off Kota Kinabalu District, including Gaya Island, Sepanggar Bay (Kuala Menggatal included) and Likas Bay as well as Papar, Putatan and Tuaran districts have shown to contain toxic level of PSP toxins   Fisheries Department Director Rayner Stuel Galid KOTA KINABALU:...

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Agrotourism helps generate economic income to Sabah

Sabah Agricultural Park Agrotourism has a huge prospect  in generating economic income to Sabah. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry has made many efforts to further increase its development for the benefit of the tourism sector overall. Sabah Agricultural Park National Productivity Corporation (NPC) director Burhanuddin Saidin said that the Ministry through its departments...

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Special committee to monitor Sungai Petagas

PUTATAN: Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Yahya Hussin wants a special committee to monitor Sungai Petagas to ensure that it is clean. He said it will also help to increase public awareness on the importance of their role in keeping the river clean at all times.  “I have suggested it to the District Officer to form a committee to monitor Sungai Petagas and other rivers in the district.  “Universiti...

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Breathing space for wildlife

Prime passage: Some tracts of forest are more important than others when it comes to strategic conservation, such as the Royal Belum State Park to the north, and the Temengor Forest Reserve to the south. They are connected by the Gerik-Jeli Highway (also known as the East-West Highway).   Development, logging and agriculture have already eaten away at vast tracts of forest....

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Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre Receives RM1,500 Donation

Sepilok Orang Utan Centre in Sandakan has received a donation of RM1,500 from Vino Vino Bistro at KK Times Square here. The donation was collected from tickets for its charity dinner which was held in conjunction with the Miss Bikini Finland 2012 dinner hosted by Vino Vino on Thursday. Several bottles of fine aged whiskey were auctioned off and the money will be donated to  the rehabilitation...

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Sabah’s miss earth beauties tasked with supermarket mission

KOTA KINABALU – Twelve young women will put their skills ofpersuasion to the test today to convince supermarket customers tosay no to plastic bags.  The “No Plastic Bag Challenge” is one of the Miss Earth Sabah 2012activities that will be held at Giant Hypermarket in Citymall,here. All 12 finalists are required to encourage shoppers to use eco-friendly bag thus creating awareness...

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DaMaI, the next UNESCO World Heritage Site of Sabah

Kinabalu National Parkis the 1st UNESCO World Heritage Site of Malaysia and the only one for Sabah. The good news is – DaMaI would become the next and second World Heritage Site for Sabah, and the bad news is – we have to wait until year 2017 or later, as informed in the World Heritage Workshop held in Shangri-La’s Tanjung Aru Resort & SPA on 4 Dec 2012. What is DaMaI? DaMaI stands...

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